HELP! New i5 3570k build with EVGA 660 2gb won't output 1080p Games through RX-A 3010

I just did a new HTPC build with i5 3570k, an EVGA 660 2gb and 16gb DDR3, I have it running through a 10GBPS (so they say) Monoprice HDMI 8' cable to my Yamaha RX-A 3010, then through another Monoprice HDMI to a 60' Sharp Aquos 1080p 60hz. TV is only about 1.5 years old. The build is 99% just for movies, so I want to stick with HDMI for the digital sound. I have 2 problems..well, with my setup anyhow:

1. I tried to play the included Assassins 3 game, but it won't go over 720p (which is a default HORRIBLE resolution) over the HDMI. If I go through DVI, it will go to 1080p, but I obviously lose sound. I could switch cables or do some dual cable set up, but I want it to work over HDMI like it should, what am I missing?

2. I have been doing some serious forum surfing, only to fing that not only the 660 (entire 600 series) has tearing, as does the 7700 series! Starting to regret the upgrade. I have gotten the tearing nearly gone (I am a perfectionist) by using vsync of course, the newest stable driver and the LAV filters. Any other suggestions? I still catch one every once in a while on Hulu or Netflix.

Thanks!

I guess I should have added this info, 1080P videos through MPC-HC, or dvd/Bluray drive are no problem, slight tearing but still looking for optimal settings...all game settings have been tweaked and re tweaked. So long story short, videos/movies look about 95% as good as they should. If I could get rid of the tearing, I would be happy.

Assassins creed looks like crap unless I use a DVI cable.....which I don't want to or shouldn't have to do.

I am bummed because it is no better than the Q6600 and 9800GT setup it is retiring. Ughh...add in the tearing and it is actually worse!

Thanks for all the tips guys, but so far I think we are all on the same page. I am running Windows 7 with Aero enabled. It has a 7.7 rating to boot! I came across that one in the Geforce Forums... I thought it was weird that that can throw it off. There was JUST a firmware update last night for the Yamaha!! It didn't help though. I did try lowering it to 1080p and all the different HZ that were available for the game, nothing worked. I could try it on the card output, but that will drop the framerate of everything.

I have tried both, most of the forums say leave it set to "ON", so I did set it as an OVERALL setting, not just in the game or explorer (one tab is on an individual basis).
This stinks! From everything I have read the entire NVidea 6000 series has this issue in a lot of cases, and so does the AMD 7000 series! There has to be a fix out here somewhere! I have a business trip for a couple days now, then I have to decide whether to keep the card and wait for a driver update that fixes it, or send it back and try something else.
Hard to focus on work when your HTPC isn't working right!! LOL

I'm not a noob to PC's or HT but I Guess I didn't describe this well enough in my frustration, sorry. I have been trying to get everything done before I hit my heavy workload for a few days. I upgraded everything so I could clean up my HTPC area and just run HDMI. Yes the HDMI is being ran through the GeForce 660, not the MB, with a 10GBPS+ monoprice HDMI cable.

I DO get 1080P video through HDMI, and great sound, but I am getting screen tearing EVEN with Vsync turned to ON globally on the GeForce and playing with the various VSYNC options in Media Player Classic. I have gotten to an almost subtle tear, but you still see them once in a while. The point is, I never once had a tear on my 9800gt!
I have the receiver set to PASS THROUGH for the video signal, so it shouldn't be processing anything.

If I load up Assassins Creed using the same HDMI setup as above the TV and receiver both have a pop up that shows the signal changed to 720p, but it looks REALLY BAD. I can hardly read the words, but manage to muddle around and find the graphics settings....no matter what setting I use, it still looks the same, even at 1080p 60HZ, 24HZ, doesn't matter. Fullscreen, but really fuzzy! The game does a little refresh when you exit the screen, but I have even closed out the game entirely, the settings ARE holding, etc...just always looks like crap.

If I use a DVI cable through the Geforce 660) the picture looks fine, but 1080p in a box in the middle of the TV, like something still isn't right about the resolution I loose the digital audio obviously. Besides, the card is supposed to handle it! If I go from the video card to the TV with the HDMI, I would lose the digital audio to the receiver and it defeats the HTPC clean up idea (all HDMI inputs to the receiver, 1 out to the TV.).

I hope this is a better description, I am ready to send the card back if this isn't resolved by the weekend.....but it sounds like the 7000 series AMD cards have the same tearing issues. Maybe I will just throw the 9800 into this one and call it a day.

I get back Thursday and will try #2 and 4 (it's at 60 now), thank you!
For number 3, the upscaling was on when all this started, so I turned it off, I will give it another try though.
I will move the PC in front of the receiver and try the shortest HDMI I can.
I did try #1 right before I left, switched inputs on the TV and that is where I got Assassins creed in 1080p, but centered in the screen. I will play with this one some more as well, but it still defeats the purpose of a 1080P capable card cleaning up my cables to 1 HDMI per device. Does the frame rate or HZ lower by doing it this way?

It seems like running dual cables to the TV is the fix for people who have issues w/ 3D as well. Not many other options from what I can find.
This is a pretty good read:
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1251962/the-3d-via-a-hdmi-1-3-av-receiver-thread/240

Yes, I have ran AC at 1920x1080 in all three of the HZ settings that the game has available. (60, and 2 less than that I don't remember). Currently at 60HZ.

The TV picks up 1080p on the desktop immediately through HDMI in the current config. I have heard from home the last 2 days that the PC has rebooted twice on it's own, shut down 2 other times and froze twice. Maybe the 660 actually has an issue! I am running a Thermaltake 850w PSU, an i5 (not overclocked yet, but watercooled, running at 29-30C) . I am going to pull the 660 as soon as I get home and see if it stops, it's not overclocked either if I didn't mention that.
I can't catch a break on this.

Here is an update...I figured out why the game wasn't displaying!! To use the media center, I have to enlarge the text dpi to 200%. Even though everything else works, that way, the game would not open properly until I changed it back (even with DPI scaling turned off) !! Now the games open in 1080P and at the correct size. Tearing is still the same however, and I have to change the DPI back to be able to read anything from the couch.

Now if I could just eliminate the tearing and figure out why the 660 keeps making it reboot! Temp still seems good, and not overclocking.

As soon as I reduced the text DPI back to 100% the game opened fine and in the right resolution. I hope that helps you! Worked great!
No real fix for the tearing yet though....
Edited by mikehenya - 1/13/13 at 1:40pm

I have CPU-Z and the NVidea tools showing all the temps.....watching close and nothing is even getting close to being hot. I am trying the dreaded 310 driver now. Works a little better for the media, but still getting some tears! I don't know whether to keep it or not......

OK, GPU-Z, CPU-Z, the NVidea soft all showing low normal temps......