Confirm the tearing with "unredirect fullscreen Windows" enabled. Linux mint 17 Cinnamon 64 bit, Nvidia GT 530, driver 331.38 (i tested the 340 also with the same result).
This workaround ( http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=208&t=155365 ) allow to disable "unredirect fullscreen windows" and, thus, "fix" tearing.
Confirm the tearing with "unredirect fullscreen Windows" enabled. Linux mint 17 Cinnamon 64 bit, Nvidia GT 530, driver 331.38 (i tested the 340 also with the same result). forums. linuxmint. com/viewtopic. php?f=208& t=155365 ) allow to disable "unredirect fullscreen windows" and, thus, "fix" tearing.
This workaround ( http://