Haswell System, Screen tearing and adjusting video settings

twood86

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Specs:

Monitor: ASUS VS248H-P Black 24" 2ms HDMI LED Backlight
GPU: GTX 770 4gb
CPU: i5 4670K 3.4ghz
MB: Gigabyte z87x UD3H
Ram: 8gb G.Skill
PSU: Corsair HX750
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

Problem:

I am having the most annoying time trying to adjust my monitor display. I adjust the brightness and contrast to make browsing the web look nice and clear, but then videos are really dark. Can't even make out what I'm seeing in dark scenes. Now I can adjust my settings again to make the video come in better but then websites are off color and hard to read. I've been using the nvidia control panel. I try to adjust settings under video settings but it doesn't change the videos. Only the desktop settings affect them. I am also getting screen tearing in all the videos when in full screen HD. Watching online, or downloaded through itunes.

My monitor is connected via HDMI cable to my GPU. I have all newest drivers, tried rolling back graphics card drivers too. I have messed with 3D settings in nvidia control panel, vsync etc. Am I missing anything? Could it have something to do with the graphics adapter built into the cpu? I've also tried disabling that. I have spent so much money on this system and watching videos look better on my older pc. I don't remember having such a hard time getting the settings right.
 

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I don't think it's to late but I would like to avoid doing that. My older flat panel monitor never gave me any problems. I only upgraded because it only went up to 1680x1050.

If anyone else can comment. Does this sound like it's just a crappy monitor? Should I get a different one? IPS? This is also my new gaming machine, and I was thinking LCD was still better for gaming. Now I wish I didn't throw out the box it came in.
 

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I seemed to have found the solution to the screen tearing. Just in case anyone else does this. For whatever reason, having the Windows Aero theme is better for playing videos. I don't see the tearing anymore. I had switched the theme to Windows basic because I didn't really like Aero but I'll get used to it now. As for my contrast/brightness. I think I found a happy medium.