Horizontal scan lines ><

[KrittyCat]

One other thing to keep in mind is your monitor's refresh rate. If you have it set too low, you'll get those lines.

The refresh basically determines how long it takes to clear your screen for the next image, and if it's too low you'll see some tearing.

Make sure that your monitor is set to 60Hz, and check your computer graphics settings to make sure they're at 60Hz as well.

If this doesn't fix your issue, then you should definitely look into getting the computer checked for any hardware malfunctions/power issues.

[zachyy]

So, I'm not seeing anything wrong with the picture so I'm thinking it's a hardware problem. Being that this is custom built from a mom and pops shop it could be any number of things though. I've seen this problem with custom computers when there is a problem with the power supply. 600W should be more than enough for your system if thats what it's actually putting out. Then again, it could be some thing as simple as a lose connection to your GPU.

What can I do, then? Because I was thinking it could be like... if my monitor can't keep up to the amount of frame rates my computer is putting off? Because even after uploading the image I could see it in the picture. I can almost see it on the screen when I'm not playing games--it just gets worse when I'm playing them.

[zachyy]

One other thing to keep in mind is your monitor's refresh rate. If you have it set too low, you'll get those lines.

The refresh basically determines how long it takes to clear your screen for the next image, and if it's too low you'll see some tearing.

Make sure that your monitor is set to 60Hz, and check your computer graphics settings to make sure they're at 60Hz as well.

If this doesn't fix your issue, then you should definitely look into getting the computer checked for any hardware malfunctions/power issues.

How can I check my monitors refresh rate/change it? The only options in the little button thing on the front is like, contrast/color etc.

[KrittyCat]

How can I check my monitors refresh rate/change it? The only options in the little button thing on the front is like, contrast/color etc.

You'll have to go into your Display settings. Right click your main screen, and then go to Personalize. Display should be under that (at the bottom left of the window). Go there, and then Change display settings. In that window, there should be blue text on the right hand side that says Advanced settings. Click that, and it'll take you to a tabbed window. Click the Monitor tab, and make sure that's set to 60Hz on the Screen refresh rate dropdown menu.

[zachyy]

Mine's at 75Hz. :s I dunno. Maybe I'm just looking too hard at my computer screen? :c

I updated the monitors drivers to see if that would help :x

[KrittyCat]

Mine's at 75Hz. :s I dunno. Maybe I'm just looking too hard at my computer screen? :c

I updated the monitors drivers to see if that would help :x

Ah, that could be an issue as well. Your monitor might be refreshing faster than the game can provide new information. Try setting it down to 60Hz and see if that fixes the issue. Most games run at a 60Hz refresh rate without changes being made to video settings.

[zachyy]

That fixed it. Thank you soooo much! :O

[KrittyCat]

That fixed it. Thank you soooo much! :O

Not a problem. Glad your issue was easy to solve.

[zachyy]

Ohp, nope, I see them again. ._.

[Raace]

Ohp, nope, I see them again. ._.

Wow sorry, I haven't had much time to post lately so I am just catching up with them now. Since the image you posted doesn't have the lines you describe it's an issue with your monitor. The only reason why I know what your seeing is because I had this issue on an older monitor that I had using HDMI for it's input.

Also to note 75hz is a very odd refresh rate to use most monitors are at 59hz, 60hz (lie it's actually 59.4hz), 120hz, and 240hz.

If your monitor has an autocalibrate option I suggest opening up a monitor test image http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/clock_phase.php.

The site I linked when opened should have a black and white image and if my theory is correct you should blatantly see some lines just browse down to where the image fits your screen and then click the calibrate button on your monitor; if that isn't available go into the monitor settings and adjust options called "clock" and "phase" until the lines become less noticeable or disappear.

Asides from that there really isn't much more I can do to help.