Screen tearing in Mists of Pandaria while vertical sync is enabled

[utahraptor]

Any ideas on what to try and adjust? I am using 680 GTX and the game is running in full screen window mode.

 

[netarangi]

Take off window mode..

 

[utahraptor]

I need it on so I can freely move the mouse pointer to other monitors and interact with programs on them.

 

[netarangi]

Well Vsync only works when the game is full screen

 

[blackened23]

Well Vsync only works when the game is full screen

This is not correct. Vsync does work in fullscreen windowed, as I play in full screen windowed.

I use adaptive vsync in the nvidia control panel. The ingame vsync option ONLY works while fullscreen, to enable vsync you must do so in the nvidia control panel. Make a program profile for WoW in your nvidia control panel, or make a global option with adaptive vsync / vsync on. This will enable vsync even in fullscreen windowed.

Fullscreen mode for WoW sucks because the screen blacks out for 3-4 seconds while switching between the desktop and the game. With fullscreen windowed, it is instantaneous - and you can also view your desktop at the same time with multi monitor (on a different screen). Since skype, streaming and mumble are pretty integral for many wow players (including myself), fullscreen windowed is the best mode to play it with. I can't imagine using fullscreen for WoW, ever.

 

[balane]

I was just going to say, set vsync for your game in the nVidia control panel and it will work and work well. And I agree, the biggest benefit for me is the alt-tabbing speed, makes a huge difference.

 

[utahraptor]

Thanks for the advice. I will check it out tonight.

 

[Vesku]

I can vouch for Vsync capable of functioning in windowed mode in WoW. Hope setting it in control panel works out for you.

 

[Piano Man]

Do AMD users have the option blackened23 suggested?

 

[Vesku]

I run a 7950, it worked without any manual adjustments.

Also worked without tweaks when I had a GTS 450, so either a driver quirk or a consequence of dynamic vsync.

 

[Vesku]

Checked for anyone who might have vsync issues with a Radeon: AMD's Vision Engine Control Center in the gaming profiles section lets you force "wait for vertical refresh" by application.