Best V-Sync settings for FPS games?

[Jakub_NF]

Hi, I looked for this online but everything I find is just always the same with some people saying to leave v-sync off and some say that g-sync monitors are supposed to have v-sync on to work best. I have a g-sync compatible monitor but there is still tearing when I move my mouse up and down (no noticeable tearing when moving side to side), this is with v-sync off in game and v-sync off in NVIDIA control panel. Just now I tried turning v-sync on in the control panel and that has 2 options, "On" and "Fast". There is still tearing with in on "fast" but it slightly less than having it off, switching to "On" eliminates tearing entirely. I don't thing the in-game v-sync switch matters at all now so I'll just ignore that. My concern is that when I turn v-sync to "On" I will have more latency (I think it's around 7ms at 144hz) and I will be at a bigger disadvantage, then again The tearing when moving my mouse up and down is also very distracting and may even be worse than the extra latency. I have my FPS limited to 143 to keep it in the g-sync range of my monitor. Last option I have is to turn all of them off, see what average fps I can get in the game and limit it to just below that (around 500 fps in valorant) to keep latency low but also avoid a cpu bottleneck which would introduce latency yet again. There is also the "Low latency mode" option which I have on ultra (shown on the screenshot). Thanks

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

This is what I do and it works well enough for me:

 

Low latency mode: Ultra

G-sync: on

Power Management: Performance

Vsync: Fast

Tripple buffering: off

Framerate cap: 160fps (165Hz monitor, you should use 140fps for 144Hz)