Do you use Vsync?

[Frestylezz]

I've seen a fair amount of people over the year that always are like "Vsync, let's leave that turned off". I, for one, have always left it on (or enabled it when it was disabled) because I don't see the point in rendering more frames then my monitor can handle. I honestly can't think of a single reason to disable it (especially with Nvidia's Adaptive Vsync).

I was just wondering, do you guys turn Vsync on or off, and for what reason?

[Hi Im Garrett]

I left it off when I first built my gaming pc because I thought all the super high framerates were cool for some reason. Nowadays I leave it on because I noticed screen tearing on games and figured there is no point in working my video card than absolutely necessary.

[MdX MaxX]

I honestly don't know how anyone can deal with the tearing that occurs with Vsync disabled. It totally ruins the experience for me. Vsync definitely stays on when I game.

[Borek]

I keep it off unless there's tearing. Back in the day, turning on Vsync introduced mouse lag in some games. Me keeping it off is just a legacy habit of that phenomenon.

[garyjpaterson]

I keep it on most of the time, unless its a game where i rarely get up 60 FPS

[Helltech]

Depends on the game, but usually yes. V-Sync / Adaptive V-Sync > Screen Tearing.

[TechFan@ic]

Only in games that are constantly over 60 FPS.

[Baxterz]

Any game that I get over 60 FPS I will turn it on because I just can't stand the screen tearing that happens.

[R3SISTOR]

I enable Adaptive V-Sync in pretty much all of my games, but I always make sure I have enabled Triple Buffering in the Nvidia control panel as well. I prefer the smooth 60fps with no screen tearing, and with Triple Buffering and Adaptive I don't notice any performance hit or input lag at all.

[RuecanOnRails]

I tend to keep V-Sync on as often as possible.

However some games benefit more than others from having it on or off.

Best thing I can recommend is to try playing each game with it on and off to see which "feels" better. It has been posted before that, rarely you can get input lag while using V-Sync. Just like the rest of the video settings you need to adapt and change them to meet your specific needs in each game to get the best possible set up.

[7eque]

Coming from using a 60Hz monitor for years I always used v-sync off and on depending on the game type, but now that I've upgraded to a 120Hz monitor I need to get over 120fps in games to experience any tearing which is rare for new games.

So I don't use it anymore.

[The Scanner Darkly]

Since I got a 670 it's always on. On the 560ti I had I would try it without, any screen tearing and I'd turn it off.

[Prettyfinej]

The input lag used to annoy me with vsync but that's pretty much unnoticeable now with triple buffering. But I still find with rts style (including mobas), that the camera feels like it has a slight delay when moving it around, so I have it off in rts style games.

In single player games it depends if I notice and tearing.

[zephiK]

No vsync is always off. 120Hz monitor and more fps the better for me.

[TheProf]

it depends, on some games I keep it on and other games I keep it off.

[Anult]

Im using Adpative V-Sync and it works great for the games that support it.

Otherwise I keep V-Sync on, I can't stand screen tearing.

[Michael McAllister]

I'm not sure I quite follow the thought process of turning off V-sync on a 120 Hz monitor. V-sync will allow up to 120 FPS so what is the point of turning it off? It's not like you're going to notice anything more than 120 frames if your monitor can only output 120 Hz.

[REDMAFIA]

I leave it on. Screen tearing is bad m'kay.

[BCMods]

I am one of those people the author mentioned. I ALWAYS turn it off.

I've noticed that in a lot of games it causes a very slight stutter, which i find way more annoying than screen tearing.

[Kouroshb26]

I don't as on battle field it is incompatible.

[Villain]

Depends on the game. First Person shooter, I almost always leave it off, unless the game is really slow-pace. I can't stand mouse lag. However, third-person games are not too difficult with mouse lag.

[Robizzy]

Depends what you're playing.

[samyG]

I use Adaptive V-sync via the Nvidia control panel.

[xeks]

Don't use vsync cuz I play all my games fullscreen windowed :P

[Mindmyself]

I always turn it off cause I always notice mouse lag when I turn vsync on. Never experienced tearing thou.