What is Screen tearing?
[[File:Tearing (simulated).jpg|300px|thumb|An example of screen tearing with three different frames being displayed at once]] '''Screen tearing''' is a type of video [[error]]. It can happen when multiple [[video frame]]s are displayed at a single time on a [[computer monitor]]. The frames will each be shown on different parts of the screen, and can leave horizontal lines if the pictures are different at the point. Screen tearing can be stopped by synchronizing the frames that are put on the screen. [[Vertical synchronization]], or VSync, is one popular way. Another way is [[FreeSync]] or [[G-Sync]], but these options only work with certain [[Graphics processing unit|GPUs]] and monitors. [[Category:Graphics]]