My specs are listed below. I am playing on a Sony Wega 36 inch High Def TV capable of 480p, 720i, and 1080i. I have noticed recently that a lot of games have tearing problems. I have noticed tearing on Metal Arms demo, Grand Theft Auto 3, and slight tearing on Tony Hawk Underground. I always play on HDTV modes if available. Why is there so much tearing in games now? Is it the HDTV modes. Backups won't cause tearing correct? Almost three games in a row. What's up with that. It's slight on Tony Hawk but it is noticable. Do any of you guys out there expierencing what I am? Thanks.


Now on GTA Vice City, there is a different problem. It's not exactly screen tearing. When in first person mode, slightly noticable in 3rd person, when you moves the camera past the sky or palm trees, the textures kinda tear away fromt the palm trees. I don't have trails on, I have them off. Anyone else have this.

You know what, I have the same problems. I do think that i know what causes it, heat. It is especially bad in Amped 2, but only happens after i have been playing a lot of something else, like say watching movies in xbmp/c, it also doesnt happen if i play with it cool after turning it on. The backup issue doesnt matter because amped is a backup. I use the m$ hi def av pack. I am toying with the idea of adding another fan to try and correct the issue, it wont be for a while though. Let me know if you find a suitable fix for it, in case it isnt heat.

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xbox 1.0
hd swap with evox running ed's debian 0.4.1
original 10 gig
Advent 27" hdtv