Youtube on XP = tearing. Fix?
Posted: 08 Sep 2017, 14:18
I thought I'd ask here too.
Findings:
1. XP did videos (and dragging windows on the desktop, first test ) fine (without tearing) when I last used it.
2. Now I got a 2012 graphics card to hot it up a little, and it doesn't.
3. "It's cos you use DVI/HDMI instead of VGA." Too bad the graphics card doesn't have VGA out! So. --> VGA-DVI adapter. --> blurry picture. You could say I want to bust the blur!
Otherwise, I'd have been set I think. I.e. have what I had before, but faster.
What I've tried: (I guess this is also Findings to most people...)
1. Settings. None in Catalyst or Nvidia Control Panel (HD 7870, GTX 670) or all the standard Guru3D tools.
2. 3D games and Direct 2D-accelerated games and apps. Works fine. So obviously you can get rid of tearing over DVI on XP.
3. Firefox 52 is the latest web browser for XP that has a Direct2D enable setting. Enabled, still tearing.
Maybe it works on my old X1950Pro, but it's slow & I have Win7 x64 on this PC as well.
I want to switch to XP for great, not-that-old software but still do the google -> Youtube -> happy loop *with* extremely basic graphics settings such as Vsync.
"Don't tell me I can't have what I want. I don't like it when people tell me that!" (c) creepy movie character
Findings:
1. XP did videos (and dragging windows on the desktop, first test ) fine (without tearing) when I last used it.
2. Now I got a 2012 graphics card to hot it up a little, and it doesn't.
3. "It's cos you use DVI/HDMI instead of VGA." Too bad the graphics card doesn't have VGA out! So. --> VGA-DVI adapter. --> blurry picture. You could say I want to bust the blur!
Otherwise, I'd have been set I think. I.e. have what I had before, but faster.
What I've tried: (I guess this is also Findings to most people...)
1. Settings. None in Catalyst or Nvidia Control Panel (HD 7870, GTX 670) or all the standard Guru3D tools.
2. 3D games and Direct 2D-accelerated games and apps. Works fine. So obviously you can get rid of tearing over DVI on XP.
3. Firefox 52 is the latest web browser for XP that has a Direct2D enable setting. Enabled, still tearing.
Maybe it works on my old X1950Pro, but it's slow & I have Win7 x64 on this PC as well.
I want to switch to XP for great, not-that-old software but still do the google -> Youtube -> happy loop *with* extremely basic graphics settings such as Vsync.
"Don't tell me I can't have what I want. I don't like it when people tell me that!" (c) creepy movie character