Best freesync demonstration

[CyberWarrior]

What is the best game to see freesync power? When using freesync should I use it with frame target control or vsync? I tryed freesync in Tomb raider (2013) and Witcher 3 but I didn't see any difference...

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

well it depends on your hardware really. If you were using a crappy monitor with a powerful GPU than that's where it's gonna shine. How ever if your config is well balanced then it won't be much needed.

[Aereldor]

The foremost function of FreeSync is to prevent screen tearing. For screen tearing to occur, your FPS has to be higher than your monitor's refresh rate. If your monitor's refresh rate is 60Hz, your FPS needs to be 61 or greater. If your monitor's refresh rate is 75 Hz, your FPS needs to be 76 or greater.

 

Try a game that isn't very demanding, like Counterstrike or Minecraft. 

 

REMEMBER TO DISABLE V-SYNC. V-SYNC DOES THE SAME THING, JUST WITH MORE INPUT LAG.

[Narnash]

4 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

REMEMBER TO DISABLE V-SYNC. V-SYNC DOES THE SAME THING, JUST WITH MORE INPUT LAG.

+ if you drop under 60fps, VSync will automaticlly drop down the refreshrate to 30fps to maintain a tear free experience (but the 30fps feels like micro stutter when you straight come down from 60fps)

[Aereldor]

9 minutes ago, Narnash said:

+ if you drop under 60fps, VSync will automaticlly drop down the refreshrate to 30fps to maintain a tear free experience (but the 30fps feels like micro stutter when you straight come down from 60fps)

You may want to check your information, because I'm pretty sure V-Sync doesn't do that. It'll only do that on a 30Hz monitor, which nobody in their right mind should be gaming on.

[Aereldor]

@Narnash- It doesn't lock to 30. Your monitor just has to 'wait' for frames, resulting in a single frame doubling or tripling up. However, this is not consistent, else it wouldn't look like stutter- it would just look like the refresh rate has halved. It's more serious than that because of its inconsistency. 

 

 

[ivan134]

32 minutes ago, CyberWarrior said:

What is the best game to see freesync power? When using freesync should I use it with frame target control or vsync? I tryed freesync in Tomb raider (2013) and Witcher 3 but I didn't see any difference...

From what I've seen, it doesn't seem to matter which you use, but AMD's PR guy Roy, says to use vsync so that's what I use.

[ivan134]

Also, it doesn't matter what game you use. it's supposed to work on all games.

[Narnash]

2 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

@Narnash- It doesn't lock to 30. Your monitor just has to 'wait' for frames, resulting in a single frame doubling or tripling up. However, this is not consistent, else it wouldn't look like stutter- it would just look like the refresh rate has halved. It's more serious than that because of its inconsistency. 

 

 

Well, allraight my post was false (I'm sure I picked that up somewhere and thought this for the last decade) but the experience is the same, VSync only display a constant refresh rate, if the source can't catch up to this constant rate it stutters because the monitor fill the source holes with the same image again.

[Aereldor]

7 minutes ago, Narnash said:

Well, allraight my post was false (I'm sure I picked that up somewhere and thought this for the last decade) but the experience is the same, VSync only display a constant refresh rate, if the source can't catch up to this constant rate it stutters because the monitor fill the source holes with the same image again.

Yes, but when you think about it, that happens anyway when your framerate drops below 60; even without V-sync. The monitor won't 'black out'; it'll hold a frame for longer. Frame drops cause stuttering; V-Sync doesn't cause it, but it doesn't eliminate it either.

 

The biggest problem is this: V-Sync slows down your graphics card when it's rendering above 60. Since it doesn't have any headroom above 60, sudden frame-drops when the demand becomes more intense suddenly (explosions are a good example). It's also entirely software-based, which does create some measure of input lag.

 

However, Freesync and G-Sync will change the refresh rate of the monitor to match what the graphics card is rendering. That means that rather than say, one frame being held for the length of three frames, the next one for one, the next one for four; the monitor will just slow down its refresh rate. If the framerate is below 60, each frame will be on screen for longer, but it won't be inconsistent. That's why a game locked at 30FPS won't feel smooth, but it will feel consistent.

[That Norwegian Guy]

Rocket League, if you have a 144hz monitor or higher

 

My 290x maxes out my 1440p 144hz monitor in this game, but there's one map where I drop down to about 110 (Aquadome) at which point Freesync really helps.

 

I also love being able to play Space Engineers at just 40 FPS to make my GPU whisper quiet.

[ivan134]

4 minutes ago, That Norwegian Guy said:

Rocket League, if you have a 144hz monitor or higher

 

My 290x maxes out my 1440p 144hz monitor in this game, but there's one map where I drop down to about 110 (Aquadome) at which point Freesync really helps.

 

I also love being able to play Space Engineers at just 40 FPS to make my GPU whisper quiet.

Do you use vsync or FRTC for games that go over 144 Hz?

[That Norwegian Guy]

Just now, ivan134 said:

Do you use vsync or FRTC for games that go over 144 Hz?

Frame rate target control (I use it with Rocket League since without it it'd just render unneccesary frames)

[ivan134]

3 minutes ago, That Norwegian Guy said:

Frame rate target control (I use it with Rocket League since without it it'd just render unneccesary frames)

Set to 143 fps?

[That Norwegian Guy]

1 minute ago, ivan134 said:

Set to 143 fps?

144.

Edit: Though the  Steam FPS counter overlay seems to report 143 if I set 144 in Crimson, so IDK lol

[ivan134]

6 minutes ago, That Norwegian Guy said:

144.

You don't get jumps to 145?

[That Norwegian Guy]

Just now, ivan134 said:

You don't get jumps to 145?

Not that I've noticed. The frame rate control seems to be pretty accurate

[ivan134]

3 minutes ago, That Norwegian Guy said:

Not that I've noticed. The frame rate control seems to be pretty accurate

I haven't used it a while, but back when I used to, I used to get jumps to 145. Maybe it has gotten better. I should switch back to using FRTC instead of vsync.

[CyberWarrior]

So in fast games like FPS I should see a difference, I will try that. Three more questions:

- is monitor driver necessary for freesync? My monitor driver is in conflict with my display driver. When monitor driver is installed, Gpu fan are rising dramatticly, some clicking noise-sparkling sound is coming from gpu, I check that many times. When I remove monitor driver everything is fine. 

 

- if my freesync is working in Amd freesync demo windmill that mean that everything is alright? People on internet saying that they doesn't notice difference with freesync usually have LG monitor

 

- my monitor is using freesync over HDMI. Is special version of HDMI cable necessary? I think I read that 1.4a cable version is necessary...

[MilfShake]

2 hours ago, CyberWarrior said:

So in fast games like FPS I should see a difference, I will try that. Three more questions:

- is monitor driver necessary for freesync? My monitor driver is in conflict with my display driver. When monitor driver is installed, Gpu fan are rising dramatticly, some clicking noise-sparkling sound is coming from gpu, I check that many times. When I remove monitor driver everything is fine. 

 

- if my freesync is working in Amd freesync demo windmill that mean that everything is alright? People on internet saying that they doesn't notice difference with freesync usually have LG monitor

 

- my monitor is using freesync over HDMI. Is special version of HDMI cable necessary? I think I read that 1.4a cable version is necessary...

1) State what model monitor you have.

 

2) IDK

 

3) FreeSync is only available through DisplayPort 1.2, not HDMI. Doesn't matter which HDMI port you have, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0b, 1.4, ... FreeSync won't work. 

   - Moreover, just plugging the DP cable to your monitor does not guarantee FreeSync will work, you have to go into your monitor OSD and enable/checkbox DisplayPort 1.2 before you can use FreeSync.

[CyberWarrior]

My monitor is LG 27mp68hm (40-75hz), it uses freesync over hdmi. Freesync enabled in monitor osd and crimson driver. In device manager monitor driver is generic pnp.