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Actually I don't even know does this question actually belong to SuperUser, but I still wish to try. I've recently built more or less decent gaming PC with:
16 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX-970 4Gb GDDR5 (MSI)
AMD A8 6600-K 3.9GHz (4 cores)
... and when I play for example CS:GO I can see, using ingame metrics and tools, that game is running 80 fps and more. But I still can't see that smoothness which I see when watch, for example, 1080p 60fps youtube videos of the same game. And it makes me kinda sad, because I built this PC with hope to play games on smooth high fps. What could be the reasons, why can't I see that smoothness? This is like game is running on 30-40 fps tops, but the game says it's 80+. The same thing with battlefield 4, it also shows 60-70fps but it is not smooth at all. Like nothing absolutely changed when I played it on 40 fps with my old configuration. I've already updated all possible nvidia drivers. Could the problem be with my monitor? It is kinda old, has 1650x1080 resolution, max 60 Hz refresh rate (which is basically the same name for 60 fps) and uses VGA port to connect to the graphics card. But it is still able to properly show youtube prerendered 60fps videos and 60 fps gifs, for example. I know what 60 fps looks like and I still can't see it in my games. Why?
This could be a ram problem. I had this type of thing. – RookieTEC9 – 2015-12-05T21:26:49.657
Sounds like you are experiencing tearing. See my answer. – Varaquilex – 2015-12-06T13:56:31.790