Refresh rates and fps.

[Shkevi]

Hi, okay so i kind of just made a discovery...but at this point idk if its real of just in my head. I had a 240 1080p monitor with gsync for a couple of months now and today i noticed that in nvidia control panel<change resolution my monitor was set at 60 hz, even though i can cap 240 fps in some games. I changed it to 240 hz and i think everything is way more smoother, i started to get dizzy after 10 mins cause i wasn't used to it. I am going back and forth between 60 and 240 hz to see the difference, there seems to be one but i feel like its in my head. What confuses me that whether i pick 60 hz or 240 hz i still get 200 fps in the game. I always though that if a monitor is set to 60 hz the fps is max 60. 

[Loadent]

60hz is the max display per second. 60 full frames per second. Capped gives you 60 full frames (gsync or vsync). Uncapped and you can get 200+ per second but not full frames, thus tearing. More then 1 frame displayed at the same time 

[Loadent]

Use UFO tester and you see 

[Shkevi]

but if my gsync 240 hz monitor was set to 60 hz this entire time, how come my fps meter always said 180+ fps and it would never go over 240. Also there was 0 screen tearing. Now with 240 hz same exact fps but everything feels and looks different

[Godlygamer23]

If you don't have V-Sync enabled, the GPU will push as many frames as possible. 

[Shkevi]

so even though i was pushing 200 fps i was still locked to 60hz?

[MrPizza0021]

Just now, Shkevi said:

so even though i was pushing 200 fps i was still locked to 60hz

Yes, because it was capped at the refresh rate of 60. Your monitor was only showing 60 frames per second, even though you were getting 180+ as you mentioned. You were getting more frames than were being shown, thus making them not been seen, just not making it laggy as you always had a high frame rate.

[Godlygamer23]

Just now, Shkevi said:

so even though i was pushing 200 fps i was still locked to 60hz

Yes. 

I also think that if you have G-Sync enabled, but V-Sync disabled, it will allow you to go above the monitor's refresh rate once the GPU exceeds the required frame rate. It only steps in once the GPU dips below it.

[Shkevi]

lmao thats hilarious, i had this monitor since july thinking it was automatically set to 240 hz.

[Godlygamer23]

Just now, Shkevi said:

lmao thats hilarious, i had this monitor since july thinking it was automatically set to 240 hz.

I had to do the same thing with my 144Hz display. 

 

When I first connected it, I didn't see a difference and then checked the display output settings  

[Shkevi]

i always had 60 hz monitors and this one is ips so looked much better than my other one, i thought that was it lol.

[Fasauceome]

35 minutes ago, Loadent said:

60hz is the max display per second. 60 full frames per second. Capped gives you 60 full frames (gsync or vsync). Uncapped and you can get 200+ per second but not full frames, thus tearing. More then 1 frame displayed at the same time 

There's no tearing because of the g-sync.

[Godlygamer23]

50 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

There's no tearing because of the g-sync.

I believe G-Sync is only in effect up to the refresh rate. After that, you switch to a different mode, such as V-Sync, Fast, or no V-Sync(continually going beyond the monitor's refresh rate).

 

Correct me if I'm wrong. It may have changed. 

[Fasauceome]

Just now, Godlygamer23 said:

I believe G-Sync is only in effect up to the refresh rate. After that, you switch to a different mode, such as V-Sync, Fast, or no V-Sync(continually going beyond the monitor's refresh rate).

 

Correct me if I'm wrong. It may have changed. 

Not as far as I have experienced, it is always using the adaptive refresh rate tech

[Shyam Ganapathy]

3 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

I believe G-Sync is only in effect up to the refresh rate. After that, you switch to a different mode, such as V-Sync, Fast, or no V-Sync(continually going beyond the monitor's refresh rate).

 

Correct me if I'm wrong. It may have changed. 

Since g-sync does come at a price premium it does seem to be a little more polished. From my experiences really only freesync does that.

[Godlygamer23]

8 minutes ago, Shyam Ganapathy said:

Since g-sync does come at a price premium it does seem to be a little more polished. From my experiences really only freesync does that.

I'm not claiming it wouldn't be a smooth transition. Using Adaptive V-Sync is a smooth transition when V-Sync is being switched on and off.

 

I found two things that explicitly support what I'm claiming:

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/967102-going-over-gsync-limit-causes-input-lag/

 

And this:

https://www.blurbusters.com/gsync/gsync101-input-lag-tests-and-settings/14/

 

Specifically under Optimal G-Sync Settings for the second link.

 

Originally, the Vertical Sync option under Manage 3D Settings had to be set to G-Sync, but that has since been revised to allow the user to choose their own setting.