FPS cap vs VSync?

[Afthrast]

I'm running a 144Hz Freesync display and I was wondering about the following:

So VSync (with triple buffering) introduces a slight input delay.

For Freesync to work properly, I have to set a built-in FPS cap to 142 in some games, because with 144, it still sometimes goes above, and the screen tearing happens.

At this point I started wondering if FPS cap + freesync is still worth it instead of vsync, since having less FPS means bigger timeframes between frames (higher frametime).

I'm not sure how much delay can VSync produce, so I was wondering if anyone had insight on this prefarably with the calculations behind it?

 

[Guest]

What's the point of Vsync if you have a Freesync monitor? Losing 2fps is such a little difference that almost nobody would notice.

[narrdarr]

there is no need to use v sync at all. Just use freesync. If you want in depth analyst check out Battle(non)sense YT. He has several videos regarding this this and how each one works.

[Afthrast]

12 minutes ago, Darpyface said:

What's the point of Vsync if you have a Freesync monitor? Losing 2fps is such a little difference that almost nobody would notice.

I don't want to use VSync, but for Freesync to work I have to cap my fps, if I cap it to 144, it stutters because the game sometimes goes over 144 with it's built-in fps cap. So I have to limit it to 142. Having 142 instead of 144 FPS means a slighly bigger time between frames. And I was wondering if this time can be higher than the delay that VSync introduces (so it would make sense to use VSync instead of freesync+fps cap).

[narrdarr]

2 minutes ago, Afthrast said:

I don't want to use VSync, but for Freesync to work I have to cap my fps, if I cap it to 144, it stutters because the game sometimes goes over 144 with it's built-in fps cap. So I have to limit it to 142. Having 142 instead of 144 FPS means a slighly bigger time between frames. And I was wondering if this time can be higher than the delay that VSync introduces (so it would make sense to use VSync instead of freesync+fps cap).

vsync is still worse. use freesync. the 2 fps is going to mean nothing. If you are that worried about the 2 fps then get a 240hz monitor.