Asus G74 Screen Tearing

I have an Asus G74 bbk8(Best Buy model). I have been noticing a screen tear near the top of my screen. It is only noticeable when watching movies and it doesn't matter about the format. It does it on youtube and such as well. I keep v sync turned off in games so some tearing happens from time to time, but haven't noticed it doing anything extreme. It always happens in the exact same spot about an inch from the top of my screen. It seems to happen the most when there is a lot of physical movement in that specific area of the screen. Every other aspect of the monitor works flawless, but that one tearing spot.

The laptop is working great, but that tearing doesn't seem to be leaving me anytime soon. Anyone got any similar problems or suggestions?

current nvidia driver Version- 268.37

 

I hooked it up to two different monitors via hdmi. 22inch 1080p and my 55 inch 720p tv. It tears at the exact same spot while watching video. I logged on SW:TOR and there is no tearing in games with vsync. Even without vsync it doesn't tear at all. I also tried forcing vsync on for all applications, but it did nothing for video playback.

I've pinned it down to either a graphics card issue or driver issue. Any suggestions now? I have the latest asus drivers released. Are there any newer ones recommended for this series of laptops that may fix the issue?

It is a relief it doesn't do it games, but I am a huge movie buff. This one tearing line is pissing me off, lol.

 

I'd be tempted to try the NVIDIA 285.62 WHQL driver: http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windo...ok-win7-winvista-64bit-international-whql.exe

I would boot into Safe Mode, launch the NVIDIA installer, choose "Custom Install" and check the "Clean Install" checkbox. Safe Mode will disable any running drivers that may interfere with your NVIDIA installation.

See if you can then reproduce the tearing issue. If so, I would then attempt to disable hardware acceleration in YouTube: http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hlen&answer=1230977 In fact, that is something you could try first with your current NVIDIA driver.

 

I turned off hardware acceleration first, but with no prevail. Those newer drivers actually fixed the issue 100%. I love you, lol.

I actually sat down and watched Princess Mononoke without a single tear. I got so interested that I put my old drivers back on. A fresh install of it, but it started the video tearing again. I have no clue why those older drivers are tearing my screen like that. Either way ty again. I owe you a soda.