Screen Tearing

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averyblund said:

dbot said:

jesus kung fu magic said:Perfect dark zero? Thats a launch title , how old is this interview? because if it is when PDZ came out then it is mute

 

Obviously this is an older interview, but it is very relevant to this discussion.  Many people on this thread have tried to claim that this is not an issue with the 360, but an issue with the television/display device.  Clearly from this you can see that it is related to the console.  I am not saying that all 360 games suffer from this, or that all PS3 games are free from screen tearing.  

 

Exactly. When I referenced this article back on page 1 I pointed out that what made this article bothersome was that it is so old. The fact that this has been a problem since launch gives me a somewhat bitter view of MS and the devs who are doing it.

As somebody pointed out earlier I suspect vsync is turned off to try and create the best looking screenshots for marketing. Based on the performance hit I see on a PC I suspect that there would have to be a decent reduction in detail or framerate. The PS3 sacrificing frames (and sometimes graphics) for vsync seems to back that point up. I'm still glad I bought my 360 but I tend to prefer the direction Sony is leaning on this one. Just a matter of taste I guess.

 

Just thought I'd further iterate this.  It is a game specific issue, not console specific.  It is also not 360 games or multiplat game specific.  PS3 games have tearing as well.  Off hand I can think of Uncharted as a prime example.

Overall I guess I'd prefer the higher frame rate and tearing since I don't notice it and only saw it in one 360 game so far.  I guess my eyes aren't sensitive enough.  I have perfect vision and don't need glasses, but I do have those weird floater things and stare at LCD's all day, so who knows