Screen Tearing Under All Plugins

[wingzrow]

I've got a problem. A tearing problem. Dolphin always tears at the top even with vsync enabled in dirextX9. DirectX10 tears even more.

I recently switched my motherboard from an ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO, to an ASUS Sabertooth X58 LGA 1366, and went from an AMD Phenom Black edition, to an Intel Core i7-960 Bloomfield, and the problem is STILL there.

What could be causing this? Even when enabling vsync in games and in CCC the problem does not disappear. Does my graphics card just suck?

And yes, i've enabled vsync and it helps, but does not eliminate the tearing completely. Also, directx10 doesn't even seem to be effected by vsync.

Current build

Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate X64
MOBO: ASUS Sabertooth X58 LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
PROCESSOR:Intel Core i7-960 Bloomfield 3.2GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80601960
GRAPHICS CARD: Radeon 4890
RAM: Corsair 4GB
CASE: Coolermaster
DISC DRIVE: SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X
POWER SUPPLY: Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W Continuous Power
HARD DRIVE: 1.5tb Seagate Baracuda

[wingzrow]

Ok, so I think I isolated the problem. I ran driver sweeper to delete all of my ati display drivers. Then, I installed the official drivers again. When I started the computer up again the tearing was gone.

HOWEVER

After I started it again, (aero? ) was off, and my bars were no longer transparent. The tearing was back when aero disappeared.

So I ask you, how do I keep aero on permanently, and is aero being on or off the entire reason my emulators are tearing and not tearing?

[Squall Leonhart]

aero should not be turning off what so ever.

ensure you aren't using a compatibility property that disables themes or dwm, and make sure the selected video backend is not software.