Screen Tearing : what is it?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_tearing is a pretty accurate description with a picture to the right.
Its difficult to actually capture the effect in a still image, because in motion, the tear often moves rapidly and can jitter up and down the screen or cause a headache inducing flickering.
Its found most commonly in 3D rendered games as graphics cards without vsync enabled will always output as many frames as they can render. Most screens have a refresh rate of 60hz, 100hz or 120hz, but modern graphics cards will push out frame rates well above that in scenes not straining them, this will result in screen tearing.
Its difficult to actually capture the effect in a still image, because in motion, the tear often moves rapidly and can jitter up and down the screen or cause a headache inducing flickering.
Its found most commonly in 3D rendered games as graphics cards without vsync enabled will always output as many frames as they can render. Most screens have a refresh rate of 60hz, 100hz or 120hz, but modern graphics cards will push out frame rates well above that in scenes not straining them, this will result in screen tearing.