BadCompany
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Hey, I've been having this problem ever since I built my computer (about 6 months ago) and it's always been an annoyance for me, but now I MUST fix this problem.
I've looked all over the internet and posted in many different forums to try to find a fix to this problem, but no one has been able to help me. I've tried so many possible fixes and have done countless experiments to try to see what the heck is wrong and why I am the only person with this problem. This is incredibly frustrating and I can only hope that you guys will be able to help.
Well with that out of the way, the problem is most noticeable in PC games, and is why I care so much. When playing, the video is distorted in a way that horizontal lines appear on the screen when the video moves left to right. For example, I just bought Doom 3, and when I move the mouse from left to write, those horizontal lines will appear creating this choppy, almost 'wavy' effect. This video distortion also makes it seem like a really bad framerate, but in fact the framerate is fine, and these horizontal lines have no effect on the FPS.
This problem is more noticeable in the newer games with better graphics. For example, in Call of Duty (which runs on the Quake 3 engine), these horizontal lines are not present.
I should add that these horizontal lines aren't black or colored or anything...they are rather not lines at all, just a split in the video creating a "line" effect.
So the first thing that came to mind when I saw this problem was the refresh rate of the monitor. This seems pretty obvious because video refreshes vertically and the problem is only noticeable when the video "moves" horizontally. I tried changing the refresh rates to all the different choices and also different resolutions, but no luck.
Along the way on trying to get help, I was told that disabling Vsync would solve the problem. It seemed to make sense from what I've heard about it, but unfortunately disabling it had no effect.
Yes, I have updated catalyst drivers.
An interesting tidbit: I can't take a screenshot of the distortion - the picture always comes out fine.
I think the reason that I am one of the few that have this problem is because I built my computer from scratch, and that tends to cause conflict. Here are my specs:
Asus 865PE P4P800 Deluxe
Intel P4 3.2ghz
x2 Corsair XMS 512MB DDR PC3200 (dual channel)
128MB DDR ATI Radeon Pro 9800
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Western Digital 120GB 7200RPM SATA
Windows XP Home
Yes, my BIOS are up-to-date.
I'm trying to hit every possible quick-fix so that you know that I've already been through that sort of stuff.
For some reason I still think that maybe the Vsync still has something to do with it...maybe it's not really turning off when I disable it? I have no idea, I'm just getting desperate.
I'm trying to ask as many people as I can to get help, hoping that magically someone will actually know how to fix this. I just bought Doom 3 is it's very disappointing that I can't really play it yet before I fix this problem that has been haunting me for like 6 months now. Well I really hope you guys can help. Thanks a lot.
I've looked all over the internet and posted in many different forums to try to find a fix to this problem, but no one has been able to help me. I've tried so many possible fixes and have done countless experiments to try to see what the heck is wrong and why I am the only person with this problem. This is incredibly frustrating and I can only hope that you guys will be able to help.
Well with that out of the way, the problem is most noticeable in PC games, and is why I care so much. When playing, the video is distorted in a way that horizontal lines appear on the screen when the video moves left to right. For example, I just bought Doom 3, and when I move the mouse from left to write, those horizontal lines will appear creating this choppy, almost 'wavy' effect. This video distortion also makes it seem like a really bad framerate, but in fact the framerate is fine, and these horizontal lines have no effect on the FPS.
This problem is more noticeable in the newer games with better graphics. For example, in Call of Duty (which runs on the Quake 3 engine), these horizontal lines are not present.
I should add that these horizontal lines aren't black or colored or anything...they are rather not lines at all, just a split in the video creating a "line" effect.
So the first thing that came to mind when I saw this problem was the refresh rate of the monitor. This seems pretty obvious because video refreshes vertically and the problem is only noticeable when the video "moves" horizontally. I tried changing the refresh rates to all the different choices and also different resolutions, but no luck.
Along the way on trying to get help, I was told that disabling Vsync would solve the problem. It seemed to make sense from what I've heard about it, but unfortunately disabling it had no effect.
Yes, I have updated catalyst drivers.
An interesting tidbit: I can't take a screenshot of the distortion - the picture always comes out fine.
I think the reason that I am one of the few that have this problem is because I built my computer from scratch, and that tends to cause conflict. Here are my specs:
Asus 865PE P4P800 Deluxe
Intel P4 3.2ghz
x2 Corsair XMS 512MB DDR PC3200 (dual channel)
128MB DDR ATI Radeon Pro 9800
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Western Digital 120GB 7200RPM SATA
Windows XP Home
Yes, my BIOS are up-to-date.
I'm trying to hit every possible quick-fix so that you know that I've already been through that sort of stuff.
For some reason I still think that maybe the Vsync still has something to do with it...maybe it's not really turning off when I disable it? I have no idea, I'm just getting desperate.
I'm trying to ask as many people as I can to get help, hoping that magically someone will actually know how to fix this. I just bought Doom 3 is it's very disappointing that I can't really play it yet before I fix this problem that has been haunting me for like 6 months now. Well I really hope you guys can help. Thanks a lot.