Guild Wars 2

Hi. Ever since I got this game, I’ve been having really heavy screen tearing. Its literally everywhere and makes it difficult to play sometimes, and very displeasing to look at.
I’ve attached a screen shot showing what I’m talking about.
Anything I can do? I tried updating my graphics cards driver before, and then lots of problems happened and i had to restore.

This seems to be a common issue with some ATI Mobility cards and obsolete drivers (from 2010).

When you said that you tried to update the drivers and problems happened, what did you mean exactly?

When i updated my drivers, it stated that I had no graphics driver installed, and nothing worked.

At some point, AMD stated that obsolete hardware will have no support in new driver versions.

Have you tried using this tool by AMD?
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/auto_detect.aspx

I suggest making a restore point (should things go wrong again) so that you can easily revert back.

tekwiz.8635:

At some point, AMD stated that obsolete hardware will have no support in new driver versions.

Then why do 12.8 release notes list 5400 series as supported?
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalystSoftwareSuiteVersion128ReleaseNotes.aspx

tekwiz.8635:

At some point, AMD stated that obsolete hardware will have no support in new driver versions.

That is not what they said.

AMD/ATI stated that older series cards (4xxx and prior) will only receive periodic legacy updates, meaning every 6 months. Those updates will contain bug-fixes only, as they claim that the older series have already been optimized to their full potential.

“AMD has moved to the AMD Radeon™ HD 4000, AMD Radeon HD 3000, and AMD Radeon HD 2000 Series new driver support model. These updates will focus on resolving application specific issues and critical updates. The reason for the shift in support policy is largely due to the fact that the AMD Radeon HD 4000, AMD Radeon HD 3000, and AMD Radeon HD 2000 Series have been optimized to their maximum potential from a performance and feature perspective.”

This does not mean you cannot run with the newest drivers on the “older hardware,” it just means that you shouldn’t expect improved performance with them.

I have had issues with ati 5400/5500 series and drivers with some games. using older drivers fixed most issues and in some cases improved performance.
I went back to nvidia over their drivers.

Have you tried changing the render mode? I was having that issue on one mode but when I went to supersampling one its been great since (and looks better)

Ok, thanks. i’ll try all these and see what happens tomorrow.

i have the same exact problem!

how do you change the render mode?

In the graphic options > Render Sampling.

I’m Having the exact same problem.

System Information
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Time of this report: 9/21/2012, 01:21:32
Machine name: PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120503-2030)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: Z68X-UD3H-B3
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.6GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8110MB RAM
Page File: 1590MB used, 14626MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 64bit Unicode

DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Display Tab 2: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Sound Tab 3: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 550 Ti
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1244&SUBSYS_83BE1043&REV_A1
Display Memory: 4019 MB
Dedicated Memory: 947 MB
Shared Memory: 3071 MB
Current Mode: 1024 × 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic Non-PnP Monitor

Fixed. Turns out my monitor was plugged into my motherboard as opposed to my graphics card. Just plugged it in the right place and presto. bumped all the graphics up to ultra and the game runs perfectly.

Uh-oh, guys, screen tearing is a completely different issue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_tearing

i have the exact same problem. has anyone fixed it?