Refresh rate higher than FPS?

[Hi P]

What happens if say my monitor is 144hz but my output is like around 100 FPS?

 

Would adaptive gsync fix any problems?

[fuzz0r]

Just now, Hi P said:

What happens if say my monitor is 144hz but my output is like around 100 FPS?

 

Would adaptive gsync fix any problems?

As long as you're around 100fps you won't notice anything I think.

I don't use Gsync on my monitor, I just run it at 120hz and set game settings accordingly.

Never had any tearing.

[Alex Atkin UK]

2 hours ago, fuzz0r said:

As long as you're around 100fps you won't notice anything I think.

I don't use Gsync on my monitor, I just run it at 120hz and set game settings accordingly.

Never had any tearing.

Correction, you've almost certainly had tearing, there's only two options vsync stutter or tearing.  The key is you haven't noticed it.

[Hi P]

6 hours ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

Correction, you've almost certainly had tearing, there's only two options vsync stutter or tearing.  The key is you haven't noticed it.

So if my FPS are around 100, I shouldn't be buying a 144 hz monitor?
Reason being, some heavy games run around 80 FPS and light games go above 200 FPS, so it's hard to tell what to do...

 

Or is there a way to fix the problems? Taking into account Adaptive G-Sync

[Alex Atkin UK]

16 minutes ago, Hi P said:

So if my FPS are around 100, I shouldn't be buying a 144 hz monitor?
Reason being, some heavy games run around 80 FPS and light games go above 200 FPS, so it's hard to tell what to do...

 

Or is there a way to fix the problems? Taking into account Adaptive G-Sync

If its G-Sync or Adaptive Sync then its fine, if its working correctly tearing can't happen.

Its only if its fixed sync that you either have some tearing (which as @fuzz0r mentioned you might not notice but it depends on your own tolerance and game to game) or resort to v-sync.

[Stahlmann]

When you run adaptive sync and your game is only 100 fps then you will only run 100Hz, no matter how high your monitor's refresh rate is. That's what VRR is for. It always keeps fps and Hz in sync to reduce or eliminate tearing. I've not used anything other than adaptive sync displays in the last years and i cannot remember the last time i saw tearing. But as soon as there is tearing i instantly notice it.

 

Owning a high refresh rate monitor doesn't mean you always have to run high fps. It brings versatility.