# DevTerm screen has “tearing” effect when scrolling in Chromium **URL:** \ **Category:** DevTerm\ **Created:** [April 27, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/devterm-screen-has-tearing-effect-when-scrolling-in-chromium/13120 "2024-04-27T03:08:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bsodmike](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/bsodmike/32/9397_2.png) [@bsodmike](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/bsodmike)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/devterm-screen-has-tearing-effect-when-scrolling-in-chromium/13120/1 "2024-04-27T03:08:57Z")
Looks like a slow buffer update issue - is this due to low GPU performance? Screen works but had a horridly slow refresh rate or tearing. I cancelled my uConsole order as I’m worried you’re using a substandard Panel. Is the existing panel 60Hz? Just try scrolling in chromium. You’ll see the issue ---
**Author:** ![mikeschnier](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/mikeschnier/32/9697_2.png) [@mikeschnier](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/mikeschnier)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/devterm-screen-has-tearing-effect-when-scrolling-in-chromium/13120/2 "2024-04-29T18:36:38Z")
Which SoC module are you using? Screen tearing is a [common issue](https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/116141/raspberry-pi-4b-screen-tearing) when running an X11 window manager on a SPI screen using a CM4 or Raspberry Pi 4, and I definitely saw it on the uConsole running the ClockworkPi provided distro. When I switched to PostmarketOS running SwayWM (using Wayland instead of X11) the screen tearing was completely gone. It was so bad that it bugged me on day 1 and I’m surprised anyone thought it was acceptable. Thankfully it’s a software issue not a hardware one.