Alternative to FSE to avoid screen tearing

fuzzweed · 2008-10-24, 02:05 PM

I've searched the forums, and I'm pretty sure I'm going to be repeating a much asked question, but are there any known ways to eliminate screen tearing without resorting to FSE?
My ATI 9550 (R.I.P) never had any issues with VMR9 custom or EVR but the (I thought comparable) nVidia 5500 I got as a replacement refuses to handle live or recorded video nicely with anything but FSE regardless of decoder choice and setting.
I seen several mentions of using older nVidia drivers but can anyone confirm a 'good' revision, and where to download it from?

mikeh49 · 2008-10-24, 04:42 PM

From what I recall, tearing is a "common" Nvidia issue. Shining Dragon had a lot of information on this a couple of years ago. Search for his posts. He recommended older drivers in the 94 series. Lots of old drivers are available at guru3d.com.

I had no tearing with a Geforce 6200 using VMR9 at NTSC 720X480 resolution. It was not up to the task when I got an HDTV and tried to use 1366X768, even with SD programs, I think I had some tearing then. Resolved with a 9600 Pro off e-bay for $25.

sgilani · 2008-10-25, 05:33 AM

I had tearing issues when using anything other than FSE on my old nVidia 5600 card. After I upgraded to a 7600GT PCI-E card, I'm happily using VMR9 driving an HDTV at 720p, tear free on both SD and HD content.

I think your video card s just not up to it...

frankmcg · 2008-10-25, 11:23 AM

Having tried dozens of driver revisions across two nvidia cards (firstly an integrated 6150, now an 8500) I've never got rid of tearing 100% without resorting to FSE. Vista has a solution in EVR which I may try at some point, and while EVR is in theory available on XP as well I can't get it to work.

fuzzweed · 2008-10-25, 11:44 AM

I've got evr working fine on XP - just need .net3 and a screen ratio patch from somewhere on the forums (or I think microsoft themselves). Didn't stop the screen tearing tho - although it might work with your better spec card.

***sub*** · 2008-10-25, 04:37 PM

EVR works quite different on XP vs Vista, so its not worth comparing what you see on XP as an indication of what you'd see on Vista.

liteswap · 2008-11-09, 06:44 PM

Sub, would you recommend EVR or FSE on XP?

stustunz · 2008-11-09, 07:41 PM

fuzzweed have ticked the box force wait for vertical sync that should stop the tearing

Etacovda · 2008-11-09, 08:32 PM

wait for vsync is only on full screen 3d apps, isnt it (ie, FSE)

***sub*** · 2008-11-09, 08:43 PM

liteswap Wrote:Sub, would you recommend EVR or FSE on XP?

Whatever works best.

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