LCD and vsync

[zerga]

If you have vsync off in a game, such as Counter-Strike 1.6 and Counter-Strike Source, where you get over 75 fps, will this look choppy on LCD's. I know on my bad Dell Monitor, anything with higher FPS than my refresh rate will cause "tearing" and choppiness of the screen. I'm wondering since LCD's only have a refresh rate of 75, if this will occur with vsync off. Lastly, I'm willing to deal with some interpolation problems since I need to run Counter-strike 1.6 at 800 X 600, but I was wondering if running the game at a not-native resolution would mess up the vsync and tearing up anymore?

 

[cbehnken]

LCDs will tear just like CRTs do, but the non native resolution will have nothing directly to do with the tearing.

 

[cirthix]

tearing and non-native resolutions are not related. i personally use vsync and ALWAYS stick to native res. vsync eliminates tearing