2009-08-16, 02:40 AM
Well, I have been having on and off issues of screen tearing for a while. It seems like I get things working and a new movie comes along with an updated encoding and it tears. I have an older AMD 4200+ machine with an ATI 1650XT running driver version 8.33 that operates anything I throw at it just flawlessly. However, my main PVR machine has run the gamut of upgrades to try and make the perfect machine (ie; I'm trying to make one that has no problems with tearing).
I had an MSI MB with Geforce 5200FX. Worked most of the time but not quite powerfull enough on some HD content. Upgraded to an Abit MB with onboard 7050 video. Not quite powerful enough for some HD. Upgraded to an ATI 2400XT (passive cooling) video card. Had tearing. Upgraded HDD to new WD SATA2 500Gig from older SATA 200gig. Didn't help. Upgraded video card to ATI 3850. Had tearing problems. Upgraded MB to Asus with geforce 8300 onboard video. Still used ATI 3850 video card. Had tearing. I always maintained the latest drivers as they were released in the hope that one of them would make things better. Same with codecs. I then took out the ATI 3850 video card and installed the drivers for the onboard geforce 8300 video. Low and behold, no more tearing, even on HD content. I am elated. Hopefully it is not like many other times when a new video came along and tearing resumed.
Latest PVR config that seems to work:
MB - Asus M3N78 Pro (geforce 8300 onboard video)
HDD - WD 50000ABYS enterprise edition
PVR - Hauppauge 2215 (dual tuner card)
Enermax 350 powersupply (20A rails)
LG 22x DVDRW
PVRX2 with EVR renderer running under Windows XP
I had an MSI MB with Geforce 5200FX. Worked most of the time but not quite powerfull enough on some HD content. Upgraded to an Abit MB with onboard 7050 video. Not quite powerful enough for some HD. Upgraded to an ATI 2400XT (passive cooling) video card. Had tearing. Upgraded HDD to new WD SATA2 500Gig from older SATA 200gig. Didn't help. Upgraded video card to ATI 3850. Had tearing problems. Upgraded MB to Asus with geforce 8300 onboard video. Still used ATI 3850 video card. Had tearing. I always maintained the latest drivers as they were released in the hope that one of them would make things better. Same with codecs. I then took out the ATI 3850 video card and installed the drivers for the onboard geforce 8300 video. Low and behold, no more tearing, even on HD content. I am elated. Hopefully it is not like many other times when a new video came along and tearing resumed.
Latest PVR config that seems to work:
MB - Asus M3N78 Pro (geforce 8300 onboard video)
HDD - WD 50000ABYS enterprise edition
PVR - Hauppauge 2215 (dual tuner card)
Enermax 350 powersupply (20A rails)
LG 22x DVDRW
PVRX2 with EVR renderer running under Windows XP