Debian: Stop Screen Tearing

General Information

Fix screen tearing in games.

Checklist

• Distro(s): Debian Wheezy/Jessie (7/8)

• Turn off compositing
  • KDE: Settings > System Settings > Desktop Effects > Advanced > Suspend desktop effects for fullscreen windows.
• Enable sync to Vblank
  • Nvidia Settings Utility
• Force GPU power levels to max

nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf
Section "Device"
    Identifier "My GPU"
    Driver "nvidia"
    Option "RegistryDwords" "PowerMizerEnable=0x1; PerfLevelSrc=0x2222; PowerMizerDefaultAC=0x1"
EndSection