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Extreme screen tearing while playing Minecraft (iMac)

Ps2001 2/4/17 9:11 pm
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3/26/2017 4:37 pm
Hi,

I am playing Minecraft on a 2007 iMac and it's running fine for the most part. The only thing that is bugging me is the screen tearing. When V sync is on, I get 30 fps without screen tearing, however it plays very choppy. When V sync is off and it is unlimited, I reached 90fps but I get a crazy amount of screen tearing, it's unbearable. I tried setting the option to 60, but the screen tearing is still there. I know the computer is old, but is there any fix for this?
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striker107
03/26/2017 3:47 pm
Level 30 : Artisan Blacksmith
What's screen tearing? Because I'm not familiar with the term.
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Ellie
02/07/2017 5:46 am
Level 36 : Artisan Artist
Moved to Minecraft Help
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carbonawk
02/07/2017 4:46 am
Level 18 : Journeyman Cake
I am actually very surprised to hear someone still having screen tearing in this day and age. But yes, Vsync should be an solution.
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Azrath
02/07/2017 6:11 am
Level 27 : Expert Button Pusher
Not everyone has next gen PCs, I for one got my new PC like a year ago while before I had some old dual core processor, 2gb ram, some random GPU and 100gb of HDD.
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carbonawk
02/07/2017 6:32 am
Level 18 : Journeyman Cake
Wouldn't say next gen, but current gen. But true. Even then it's not common.
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Zirconium
03/26/2017 1:28 pm
Level 1 : New Network
Screen tearing doesn't have to do with your pc but your monitor lmao.
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Azrath
03/26/2017 4:37 pm
Level 27 : Expert Button Pusher
So funny, just because we are playing games doesn't mean we have to know everything about computers.
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real_galaxiverse
02/07/2017 2:36 am
Level 3 : Apprentice Miner
Mine's fine lol
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Leeberator
02/05/2017 11:24 pm
Level 47 : Master Button Pusher
Vsync is designed to combat screen tearing. If you turn it off, there will be tearing. I'm not sure how macOS manages its desktop, but in Windows you can safely play games in windowed mode with Vsync off without tearing thanks to triple-buffering on the desktop.

If you aren't already playing in windowed mode, give it a try.
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YMbrothers
02/05/2017 11:09 pm
Level 5 : Apprentice Crafter
Render distance?
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Ps2001
02/05/2017 1:57 pm
Level 1 : New Miner
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