The refresh rate is how frequently the monitor updates the image on the screen. If your GPU’s frame rate is higher than your monitor’s refresh rate, you’re going to run into some problems.

Greetings Mac Arsians,I'm getting some very annoying screen tearing when trying to watch a DVD on my Mac and was wondering if anyone out there had any ideas or knowhow on how to solve this problem ...

If you’ve been playing Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, especially on consoles, you may have experienced some screen tearing. This is an issue that isn’t game-breaking, but in some cases, it can be ...

Players reporting screen flickering on Modern Warfare 2 were able to resolve the issue by reducing the in-game frame rate from 120hz to 60hz.