60hz monitor - games look choppy

[Flanelman]

Hey guys, So I'll start with my specs:

 

System (laptop): GTX 970M 3gb, i7 4720HQ, 16gb ram, 1tb 7200rpm HDD

Monitor: 1080p, IPS, 60hz, 5ms, AOC I2477fwq
 

So I'm having some issues gaming recently, it feels like I have to play with Vsync which feels really off to me, or play with screen tear. I thought I'd found a work around by capping fps to 58/59 with Vsync off, and it did remove the screen tear, or most of it at least to the point where it doesn't bother me, but it looks like it's running at 30fps, it feels responsive and feels good but it just looks really choppy like a 30fps game which can give me a head aches at times. 

The thing that I can't wrap my head around is that I was playing Apex Legends and Battlefield V on my desktop: GTX 770 3gb, i7 4670k, 16gb ram, 1tb 7200rpm, and it was running smooth, no screen tear, no vsync, no choppy image quality but with my laptop on the same screen I had the problems I mentioned above. Is this primarily a laptop problem? I'm super confused as to why one worked perfectly fine and one is a chore to game on.Obviously everything looks fine on my laptop with Vsync on but it feels completely different and almost 'sluggish' for lack of a better word. Was hoping someone where could shed some light on what's happening or possibly offer a fix/work around.

Thanks in advance. :)

[schwellmo92]

Unless you can maintain >60 FPS you will get noticeable stutter when using VSYNC. Your laptop GPU is about 50% slower than your desktop GPU so I would begin with trying to turn the settings down.

[Princess Luna]

15 minutes ago, Flanelman said:

I thought I'd found a work around by capping fps to 58/59 with Vsync off

FPS cappers are always stupidly worse than V-Sync.

[Flanelman]

Just now, schwellmo92 said:

Unless you can maintain >60 FPS you will get noticeable stutter when using VSYNC. Your laptop GPU is about 50% slower than your desktop GPU so I would begin with trying to turn the settings down.

My issue is trying to avoid using Vsync, I can get more than 60, but with Vsync off and >60fps I get screen tear. I don't like the feel of having Vsync on but turning it off is giving me a whole bunch of other issues unfortunately.

[Flanelman]

1 minute ago, Princess Luna said:

FPS cappers are always stupidly worse than V-Sync.

I just did this through console commands, not sure if that makes a difference. It's really a dilemma for me atm, I either have sluggish feeling aim, or a headache inducing picture, really making me go off gaming over the last couple of weeks.