Screen tearing on Pc

supershadow230 · October 16, 2018

Alright so I’m getting a GTX 1060 and a ryzen 2600 and I would like to know if I would get screen tearing on my 60hz benq monitor if it gets 100fps on fortnite. I hear vsync has a bad delay and I don’t want that (ps4 has a nasty delay on keyboard on fortnite) do I need to lock the FPS or buy a 144hz or a Gsync?

Jurrunio · October 16, 2018

yes

not everyone can see screen tearing though, I can't anyway.

Besides, freesync and gsync only work when fps is below refresh rate (Which also causes screen tearing). What you should look into using is Fast Sync. This doesnt need monitor to support it before it works, just enable it through Nvidia Control Panel

Nogghan · October 16, 2018

6 minutes ago, supershadow230 said:

Alright so I’m getting a GTX 1060 and a ryzen 2600 and I would like to know if I would get screen tearing on my 60hz benq monitor if it gets 100fps on fortnite. I hear vsync has a bad delay and I don’t want that (ps4 has a nasty delay on keyboard on fortnite) do I need to lock the FPS or buy a 144hz or a Gsync?

just cap your FPS to 60 in fortnites settings or buy a 144hz monitor, i highly reccomend the latter as if you notice screen tearing youll probably love the smoothenss of 144hz and the basically lack of tear that goes with it because of how many frames it actually shows and for how short of a time they are shown

LIGISTX · October 16, 2018

Basically, if you want the best option, just get a gsync monitor that is high refresh, or an ultrawide. Although with a 1060 I wouldn't go ultrawide as it will have trouble pushing high FPS at the resolution. I run an Acer Predator 34" 100 Hz Gsync panel, and its amazing, but it takes some serious GPU horsepower to push good settings and high FPS. I have a second PC with a GTX 1070 and a 165 Hz Predator that is only 2560x1440 and the 1070 has no real issue pushing that pretty well with high settings on almost every game.

And a little background into the other methods of sync, your correct, vsync adds latency, fast sync I didn't realize works without gsync (I use it on my gsync monitors as it keeps you within the gsync range, thus buttery smooth at all times), but if that is the case it may help, although you still won't have the benefit of perfect smoothness as frame rate dips will not be perfectly synced with your monitors refresh rate. This may or may not be an issue to your eyes and brain, but to me I can always tell and I was over that. With the new gsync technology, I just had to have it and I am very happy with the choice. I do like the butter smooth feeling of 165 vs 100, but 100 is already plenty good, and the ultrawide experience is what sold it for me. Its relatively easy to tell 60 to 100 FPS, but its very much harder to tell 100 to 165. I feel like I can, but not so much in the way you would think. To me, it just feels a little more snappy and responsive, not exactly "more smooth". That said, 100 is 100% fine. I wouldn't trade my 34" for a higher refresh at a lower resolution/less wide aspect ratio. I have both and MUCH prefer the ultrawide.

So, thats my 2 cents. If you can afford gsync, its worth it. If its out of your budget, I would say save until you can get one. It really is that much better in my experience. The only game it didn't do much for was PUBG in the early days, but that was more an issue of totally garbage code than anything else. The engine just didn't work right... Every other game its been absolutely amazing, and even PUBG recently has been much improved.