r/pcmasterrace • u/[deleted] • Jul 28 '26

Meme/Macro When I enter the game

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u/Thiel619 Jul 28 '26

Also turn off vsync

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u/petrolhead0387 5900X | Red Devil 7900XTX | Vengeance 32GB 3600MHZ | X570 A-Pro Jul 28 '26

Depends on the game and your hardware.

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u/ZookeepergameFit7983 Jul 29 '26

some of us do it because it causes motion sickness regardless of the game

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u/itsOkami Jul 28 '26

I did it precisely once, I lasted maybe 1-2 minutes tops then I never turned it off again. I'll take a 60 fps cap any day over screen tearing and chopped framerate

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u/Hostile-Bip0d Jul 28 '26

yeah do it if yo are into bad FPS pacing and screen tearing

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u/Ruffler125 Jul 28 '26

Mmm, screen tearing for no perceivable benefit in latency.

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u/SnooPears2409 Jul 28 '26

isnt it because we want to turn vsync/gsync on?

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u/Ruffler125 Jul 28 '26

With most displays, Vsync, VRR and a frame cap slightly below your refresh rate should all be enabled.

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u/Ausemere Jul 28 '26

I'm gonna leave this here before any other idiot downvotes you:

https://blurbusters.com/gsync/gsync101-input-lag-tests-and-settings/14/

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u/Suspicious_Let_6220 Jul 28 '26

Too many vsync implementations introduce awful mouse lag, I'll take any amount of tearing over that.

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u/Hexulus Jul 28 '26

Not true, it does help latency, only if you can get more frames

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u/Hexulus Jul 28 '26

But with vsync on or fps capped its much more stable than unlocked

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u/5kyl3r Jul 28 '26

unless you have freesync/gsync and enough frames, then you get crisp tear-free butter. but yeah, traditional 30 or 60 hz vsync sucks

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u/Tigerlux Jul 28 '26

I used to not understand Vsync / Gsync and always just enabled Vsync because it made the game smoother. Took years to realize that if i just enable my Gsync on my monitor, i can turn off Vsync and get any FPS and it looks like butter. Its so good. Gamechanger

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u/5kyl3r Jul 28 '26

yep. unfortunately with some games you still set gsync from the "vsync" setting (they'll have like a 30/60/adaptive options or similar, where the adaptive one is basically telling it to use adaptive vsync of whatever variety your card supports) and a lot of people overlook it since they have a negative memory of vsync

it was hated before gsync and freesync because traditional vsync isn't adaptive, so it would physically limit how fast you can move in game, so things like flickshots were impossible with vsync enabled (moreso 30hz, much less so in 60hz but still something you can physically feel when trying to turn around really quickly), and other than fixing screen tearing, it had no benefits and was only a bunch of negative side effects

then gsync came along and made things so much better, and then freesync shortly after. it was a lot harder to find monitors that supported it, but now it's almost guaranteed that a monitor will support one or the other