V-sync vs frame limiting.

don_svetlio · July 19, 2015

So as I was searching for Witcher 2 videos of it running on a 850m i noticed that while I was running @ 52fps with v-sync on, mine was considerably less smooth than v-sync off 40 fps. Is it better to just have a frame limiter (if available) set to 60 and have v-sync off or just increase settings a bti so that I run at 50 fps constantly and have it off to begin with? What are your thoughts?

Aytex · July 19, 2015

Id rather have high frames and low settings or

medium settings at 60 fps vsync

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

othertomperson · July 19, 2015

A frame limiter won't stop screen tearing because it won't actually synchronise the frames with your monitor refresh rate, but it will stop your GPU from sitting at 100% utilisation pumping our frames your monitor can't display anyway.

Dimetime35c · July 19, 2015

okay so would vsync work with a tv? i use a 40 inch HDTV as my monitor which has a 60mhz refresh rate and 1080p. i always turn vsync off as i though it limits the graphics card and was only really effective on pc monitors.

Levent · July 19, 2015

okay so would vsync work with a tv? i use a 40 inch HDTV as my monitor which has a 60mhz refresh rate and 1080p. i always turn vsync off as i though it limits the graphics card and was only really effective on pc monitors.

only difference difference between tvs and monitors is TV's have tuner cards inside so that you can watch TV, also obviously yes (PS its hz not mhz)

Dimetime35c · July 19, 2015

cool thanks dude. wasnt sure if sense GPUs are designed to be hooked up to monitors not TVs if it would be able to work with the tvs refresh rate or if they used two totally different rates

don_svetlio · July 19, 2015

A frame limiter won't stop screen tearing because it won't actually synchronise the frames with your monitor refresh rate, but it will stop your GPU from sitting at 100% utilisation pumping our frames your monitor can't display anyway.

Yeah, that actually explains why when I play LoL without V-sync and frame limiter I get tearing. Still, I think I will up the settings to medium or something and disable V-sync to get a bit of a smoother experience. Game already uses GPU at 92-95% so difference would be not minimal in terms of temps and power.