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Thread ID: 130138	2013-03-27 22:25:00	Persistent Tearing (need knowledgable help tracking cause)	Dragoncub (13417)	Press F1

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1334355	2013-03-28 04:55:00	2: No onboard graphics. If there is no card, there are no graphics. Bugger, not sure about Asus, but six out of Gigabyte's eight B75 motherboards support the 3770's integrated GPU. I guess you got one of the few without it. You've checked for a VGA/HDMI output I presume...	pablo d (15490)
1334356	2013-03-28 05:28:00	Bugger, not sure about Asus, but six out of Gigabyte's eight B75 motherboards support the 3770's integrated GPU. I guess you got one of the few without it. You've checked for a VGA/HDMI output I presume... As mentioned, yes. The card has one DVI and two HDMI, and the monitor is VGA/DVI. The monitor used to be using a VGA cable with a DVI adapter, but it caused striping. The DVI-DVI cable fixed that. Considering the striping, I'm not keen with the idea of using any adapters. Take a photo of this tearing? Hmm. Got some interesting results here, having the advantage of a snapshot (though the camera is low-tier, so, the info may not be too helpful). See, what I pictured was, well, what vsync should be fixing - monitor refresh rates out of sync with card rendering, result in 'hlf-frames'. To make it obvious, I used Photoshop, had a black canvas, put a white box on its own layer, and jiggled it horizontally rapidly. This is the resulting triptych: img41.imageshack.us First two are tearing results. Curious that there seems to be multiple tearing... The third is an example of the 'shimmer' I have noticed when panning, where the image appears to duplicate and layer on itself (but only while being moved), even in the few games without tearing. However, the tearing as made me paranoid about graphics so maybe that's common for monitors? I could be an illusion of the human eye! (Though considering how blatant it is on Far Cry 3's map, I rather doubt it). From my view though, it looks like tearing - one FINE line where the space below updates SLIGHTLY slower. This line is (usually) not static on the screen, but appears to 'scan down' while moving the box. For some reason in windowed skyrim, it lurks exclusively in a line near the very bottom, but it seems like an odd version of vsync is in play there.	Dragoncub (13417)
1334357	2013-03-28 05:36:00	Bugger, not sure about Asus, but six out of Gigabyte's eight B75 motherboards support the 3770's integrated GPU. I guess you got one of the few without it. You've checked for a VGA/HDMI output I presume... On that note, I had a HTPC that we took the graphics card out of to replace it. In the mean time we were using the on die GPU (i7 2600 I think) anyway, no video. Had to reset the BIOS since it wouldn't use the on die CPU because we had previously set it up to use PCI. Could try that if you don't have a massively customised BIOS that would be a pain to re configure if it didn't work.	The Error Guy (14052)
1334358	2013-03-28 07:10:00	Just a thought, whats the refresh rate of the screen set to ? incorrect Refresh rates can cause all sorts of weird problems :2cents:	wainuitech (129)
1334359	2013-03-28 07:17:00	Just a thought, whats the refresh rate of the screen set to ? incorrect Refresh rates can cause all sorts of weird problems :2cents: 60 Hz. It does support 59Hz, which I tried, just in case. Didn't fix anything (obviously, or I'd not be here).	Dragoncub (13417)
1334360	2013-03-28 08:16:00	Whelp, this brings up a new question. I don't know where the styrafoam packing for my tower is. I mean, I know I KEPT it, but I for the life of me do not know WHERE. So uhh... how to I go about getting this thing all packed up..?!	Dragoncub (13417)
1334361	2013-03-28 08:35:00	Worth a crack :) Sorry didn't see it was listed at the start, bit of information overflow. Anyway - been reading the original post that was made regarding the problem, putting together with this one, everything is pointing towards hardware, and not the actual Graphic Card. One thing that is good is the fact it can be reproduced. Just a suggestion, send it back under warranty, anyone who knows what they are doing, esp if they are actually any sort of legit system builders or repairers should me able to find the problem components reasonably quick, (If it took more than an hour I'd be surprised). They should have components that are used for testing purposes. Example: If its tearing all the time, simply change the parts one at a time, as soon as the faulty part is replaced the tearing should stop. Then further testing of the suspect part could be carried out when the builder does a RMA - In cases like yours I would simply locate the part, call the supplier ( wholesaler) get a forward replacement for the part, then put it back together and return it after doing a test to make sure its fixed. Buying Electronics from Trademe is often dangerous / Troublesome at the best of times, Esp when warranties are required. As it was mentioned in the first thread, both ASUS and Gigabyte have 3 year manufactures warranties on Motherboards and Graphic Cards, NOT 18 Months.	wainuitech (129)
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