How good is the ATI Tray Tool to enable vsync in Vista

[Tech Diver]

Has anyone here used the Ray Adams ATI Tray Tools utility to force vsync with their ATI cards? I haven't installed it yet because I'm concerned that it may be too invasive. That is, it may change my drivers or other system files. I did try D3dOverride, but it caused the screen to go completely black for a half second every time I switched views, brought up the ATC window, or applied the brakes during a landing. As such, I removed the tool.

Note, I have a Radeon HD 4870 with 2GB running under Vista 64. If there are other solutions that will force a vsync please let me know.

Peter

[Formula_1]

I did try D3dOverride, but it caused the screen to go completely black for a half second every time I switched views, brought up the ATC window, or applied the brakes during a landing. As such, I removed the tool.
Peter

Hi Peter
I'm sorry, I have no idea about Tray Tools. I'm using a GTX285.
But your line I quoted is something I too am experiencing in FSX. I don't have D3dOverride or anything like that. FSX is the only game I have that does it too. It just began doing it one day. I don't what changes I made to cause it, but I can say it had nothing to do with D3dOverride.

Not to hi-jack your thread, but if anyone knows what causes the screen(s) to black out from time to time like Peter has explained, please help

[Tech Diver]

I don't know if have a solution, but I did learn somthing interesting from the d3dOverride tool. With the audio option that beeps when ever there is a forced vsync, I found that it triggered when text was written to the screen (like the red colored message for "break", "overspeed"), or when the ATC window is brought up. That tells me that you may be forceing a vsync in your NVidia setup. If so, try disabling vsync to see what happens.

As for myself, I have given up on the vsync issue and am getting used to the minor tearing.

Peter

[Formula_1]

Thank you Peter

I do have vsync on in my driver. I will turn it off and try it that way next time I launch the game.

[Formula_1]

That indeed fixed it.
Thanks again