Dolphin Screen Tearing/Horizontal Lines w/Vsync On

[r3robbie]

Hello! Fairly new user here; I just wanted to make a quick investigation into a little problem I've been having with Dolphin, as other solutions mentioned in alternate threads haven't been successful.

So here's the problem - currently, when I play any game in Dolphin, horizontal lines appear and make their way down the screen.
The odd thing is, I have VSync on and a 60Hz display, so I'm not too sure why this is happening.
Any help would be appreciated.

[mimimi]

Hmm, i think vsync only works with exclusive fullscreen. But on the other hand, with Aero enabled, windows should force vsync in borderless fullscreen.

Can you try both fullscreen modes? Do you have Aero enabled? Did you try opengl and d3d? Oh, and only the vsync setting in Dolphin matters, the one in the gpu driver usually does not work from my experience, not even for opengl.

[r3robbie]

(12-12-2015, 12:52 PM)mimimi Wrote: Hmm, i think vsync only works with exclusive fullscreen. But on the other hand, with Aero enabled, windows should force vsync in borderless fullscreen.

Can you try both fullscreen modes? Do you have Aero enabled? Did you try opengl and d3d? Oh, and only the vsync setting in Dolphin matters, the one in the gpu driver usually does not work from my experience, not even for opengl.

Hi,

I apologize for the incredibly late correspondence, I thought I had this thread set for email updates - it appears I did not.
Yes, Windows Aero is enabled; As for OpenGL, I get the same screen-tearing. Regarding "both" fullscreen modes, I'm afraid I only know of one, so I'd appreciate some clarification on that.

I've yet to try out d3d, and will test it tonight, when I get the chance.
Thank you for your reply by the way, I'd just about lost hope that anyone would. ^^

[r3robbie]

Alright - I tried it in Direct3D - the tearing is reduced, however, it's definitely still prominent. Any ideas?

[Kurausukun]

Try turning off Vsync inside Dolphin and forcing it through your video card settings instead.

[r3robbie]

Yes! Haha, I can't believe I didn't think of that - after tweaking some settings in Crimson, everything (as far as I can tell) is running as smooth as silk. Thank you very much, /u/mimimi and /u/Kurausukan!