Tearing and Movie Lag at High FPS

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i currently run my VG278HE monitor at 110Hz at 120-144 my movies in WMP will start to lagg and shake which is almost sickening to watch but is fine at 110 also it doesnt matter what i set the refresh to i seem to experience alot of occasional tearing i hear Nvidia G-sync can fix this but is that the only way? never had a problem on my old HP2011X monitor...but that was a pos compared to this one
 
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It is likely your computer is struggling to decode the video. Perhaps the high refresh rate and higher resolution of the monitor is causing more strain on your graphics card than your old monitor. Try VLC, but likely you need a new graphics card.

From AMD you could look at the Radeon HD 7750 or the new Radeon R7 250 that is replacing it. These should handle your desktop and movie requirements well. They don't require an auxiliary power connector and will work with small power supplies. These cards are ok for games on lower detail settings.
From Nvidia, the new GTX 750 or GTX 750 Ti have similar power requirements to the above cards but much better performance. The GTX 750 Ti 2GB version will be good for medium to high settings in...
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Windows graphics settings should be set to 1080 x 1024 @ 120Hz.
This should be the default if you are using a dual link DVI cable.
If the graphics card supports HDMI version 1.4, HDMI is also OK.
The d-sub connection will limit you to 60Hz, which is not desirable with this monitor.

If you are seeing the issue in movies, tearing is not your issue.
The monitor desktop will be refreshed at the configured refresh rate.
Watching a movie in a media player is refreshing on the screen at the same rate.

Games are different. You can eliminate tearing in games by enabling vsync in the game settings.
Under some circumstances this can reduce your frame rate to 60 FPS if the card is capable of rendering between 60 and 120 FPS, or 30 FPS if the card is only capable of rendering between 30 and 60 FPS.
To be taking advantage of a 120Hz monitor you need to have a fast CPU and graphics card, or reduced detail settings on a slower graphics card.
G-sync is a feature of recent Nvidia graphics cards and so far there is only one monitor that supports it, the Asus VG248QE. There is also the soon to be released Asus ROG PG278Q. This fixes the frame rate limiting problem above and actually refreshes the monitor at the rendered frame rate. This is not required to fix screen tearing.

What graphics card and CPU are you using?
Do you have the latest drivers installed?
Is your media player (e.g. Windows Media Player, VLC) up to date?
Have you tried an alternate media player?
 
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AMD HD 6450 GPU and AMD Phenom II X4 840T for my CPU ya i have all the drivers but its with windows media player and only some movies my vlc (according to FRAPS) only runs at 24fps while WMP runs at w.e its set to its its like the movie is actually lagging it just looks awkward and i could be wrong it might not be tearing but idk what else it would be called it all tho i know my GPU could be better
 
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Your GPU is very basic. It's not really a good combination to buy a high end gaming monitor and a low end graphics card. If you don't play games, there are much better looking monitors than this (e.g. Asus PB278Q, Dell U2713HM). The only thing the VG278HE has over these is 144Hz refresh / 3D capability, but your card can't take advantage of these in games because it is too slow.

Try downloading VLC. It is much better than Windows media player and it is free. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html
 
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If your movies stutter and lag, it is likely the computer rather than the monitor.
Your old monitor was only 1600x900, so you are asking more from it with the new monitor.
Check also if different video types are better than others. Is your problem only with 1080p and 720p content, or also with lower resolution video?
Is there a difference on your computer between playing x264 content (usually mkv files), divx content (usually avi files) or mpeg4 content?
VLC may do a better job of decoding the video. You can also change settings in VLC to disable GPU accelerated decoding if required.
 
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it seems to be MKV's that it occurs with
 
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It is likely your computer is struggling to decode the video. Perhaps the high refresh rate and higher resolution of the monitor is causing more strain on your graphics card than your old monitor. Try VLC, but likely you need a new graphics card.

From AMD you could look at the Radeon HD 7750 or the new Radeon R7 250 that is replacing it. These should handle your desktop and movie requirements well. They don't require an auxiliary power connector and will work with small power supplies. These cards are ok for games on lower detail settings.
From Nvidia, the new GTX 750 or GTX 750 Ti have similar power requirements to the above cards but much better performance. The GTX 750 Ti 2GB version will be good for medium to high settings in games. These cards are more expensive than the AMD cards above, so it depends on your budget and whether you play games.
 
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i can go 150 tops ona video card and id need somthing i can run Black ops and that kinda stuff on idc if its set to high or not but i know i need an upgrade from what i have...i just wasnt sure if that was most likely the problem
 
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Looking at Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 benchmarks. Is this the game you mean?
The HD 7750 or R7 250 will give 40 FPS at medium detail settings
The GTX 750 will give 40 FPS at the highest settings without MSAA or 65 FPS at medium detail settings
With your monitor, staying above 60 FPS is best.

Newegg has the GTX 750 for about $125 to $135 with shipping:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125503
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121854

The GTX 750 Ti is faster again, but around $180.
 
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i was actually looking at the 750 ti the other day...but overall price for performance what u think ill be best off/happiest with i just like fps games n zombies n want to make sure i wont b lagging out everytime someone hucks a grenade or somthing stupid lol
 
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The GTX 750 Ti is a mid range gaming card. I recommended it because it is small enough and has low enough power requirements to work with most cases and power supplies. It is certainly the fastest card of its size and power usage by far.

FPS games tend to have the highest graphics requirements of any game. Far Cry 3, Crysis 3 and Metro Last Light are the most graphically intensive games available. The GTX 750 will be able to run these at medium detail settings at 1920 x 1080 resolution with average frame rates of around 40 FPS.

Your $150 budget only allowed the GTX 750. The GTX 750 Ti is a good step up from this with similar size and power requirements. If you do spend the extra money on a GTX 750 Ti make sure you get a 2GB model to support higher detail settings:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125502
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487024
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127784

There are of course faster cards available, but these are considerably bigger, have considerably higher power requirements and higher cost. At that point you have to check that the card will fit in your case, have sufficient cooling and that your power supply can handle it. If you would like advice on this, provide details on your case and power supply.
 
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