Screan tearing?

[Qubis]

Hello, i was wondering can screan tearing happen because of old screen, my flatscreen is now 5 years old and i got some issues with screan tearing
not in games tho, but when i example look at small fonts like at mmo-champion in the right cornor under the welcome menu is tearing abit.. can it be due to old screan or can it be my driver?

[pvpKILLSwow]

Are your drivers up to date?

[Qubis]

Not at all, and might never be, using ati cataclyst 10.9 since all the other drivers got problems.. i would use the 11.9 but the opengl bug destroyed it so im still stock at this one

[OhpUldum]

Screen tearing is usually caused by outdated video drivers, overheating video card, or video card about to bite the bucket.

[pvpKILLSwow]

Screen tearing is usually caused by outdated video drivers, overheating video card, or video card about to bite the bucket.

Here's to hoping it's just an outdated video driver

[Qubis]

hopefully its the driver, overheated not at all, the card is nearly 1 year old don think it already reached its dead :P

[Nightbliss]

D-sub connection right? (VGA)
If so, there is nothing you can do, specially if you're using a D-Sub to DVI adaptor. That type of screen tearing appears due to the signal loss when transforming the analogue signal into digital.

I myself, was forced to buy a new screen with HDMI after my old 4 year old Asus LCD screen started tearing when I upgraded my rig.

[Qubis]

Yeah, it's VGA connection.. i probably gonna buy a new screen this month anyway so i get it getting rid of the tearing

[Qubis]

Will a new screen fix the tearing

[pacapaca]

Could be drivers or simply a result of a digital to analog signal conversion. Does your video card have a DVI output and your screen a DVI input? It would definitely be worth the $5 cable if you have both connectors.