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Hi all

I'm thinking of getting the Samsung LF24T350 24inch monitor with Freesync. Will this improve my gaming experience? I'm currently using a normal monitor with an Rx6600xt and Rtss cap 60fps. I still get little microstutters and drops below 60fps.
 
It's... OK. I would want a 1440p monitor that had 120hz minimum.

But if you're coming from 1080p 60 non freesync, then it will be a small improvement.

Your GPU can push more frames at a higher resolution though.
 
dgianstefani said:
It's... OK. I would want a 1440p monitor that had 120hz minimum.

But if you're coming from 1080p 60 non freesync, then it will be a small improvement.

Your GPU can push more frames at a higher resolution though.
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Small as in not worth it? 1440p monitors are still super expensive in my country.
 
No idea, you might be running a potato for all we know. How about you put in your specs so people can see what the hell your using to give you a much better idea.

All so add the games that your on about as some are CPU dependent.
 
AsRock said:
No idea, you might be running a potato for all we know. How about you put in your specs so people can see what the hell your using to give you a much better idea.

All so add the games that your on about as some are CPU dependent.
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Rx 6600xt Ryzen 5 1600AF and 16GB ram, MSI a320m motherboard. Vampyr is the game that's the problem at the moment. I tried running the game with RTSS off just to make sure that the software wasn't interfering with the stability of the game.
 
Siv8 said:
Hi all

I'm thinking of getting the Samsung LF24T350 24inch monitor with Freesync. Will this improve my gaming experience? I'm currently using a normal monitor with an Rx6600xt and Rtss cap 60fps. I still get little microstutters and drops below 60fps.
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As long as your fps are uncapped not much above 75fps when gaming, then it may be worth it.
If your fps uncapped mostly above 75fps I would get a 144/165Hz monitor.
 
P4-630 said:
As long as your fps are uncapped not much above 75fps when gaming, then it may be worth it.
If your fps mostly above 75fps I would get a 144/165Hz monitor.
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I usually cap it as the high refresh hurts my eyes.
 
Or get a 144/165Hz monitor so you're good with a next GPU upgrade.
Siv8 said:
I usually cap it as the high refresh hurts my eyes.
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The higher Hz better for the eyes.
 
P4-630 said:
Or get a 144/165Hz monitor so you're good with a next GPU upgrade.

The higher Hz better for the eyes.
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Oh I see so would you say that getting the Samsung monitor just for the Freesync is a good or bad idea?
 
Do you have any screen tearing? Thats what is freesync for. As for the refresh rate you will notice if you are going from 60hz to120 - 144hz i think (mostly in shooters) , its more noticeable when you are going from 120 - 144hz back to 60 hz :)
Edit: you can fix screen tearing with vsync if you dont mind the input lag that comes with it in some games. (if you are using vsync you can enable Hardware-accelerated GPU Scheduling from Windows , that might help reducing input lag)
you can check this video too:
 
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izy said:
Do you have any screen tearing? Thats what is freesync for. As for the refresh rate you will notice if you are going from 60hz to120 - 144hz i think (mostly in shooters) , its more noticeable when you are going from 120 - 144hz back to 60 hz
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I have screen tearing and micro stutters it's not major but I'm just looking for the smoothest possible experience you know? For example in Vampyr the frame rate will just randomly tank to 35 and then jump back to 60.
 
A freesync monitor is great! If budget allows get a 144/165Hz one also for future GPU upgrade.
 
Siv8 said:
I have screen tearing and micro stutters it's not major but I'm just looking for the smoothest possible experience you know? For example in Vampyr the frame rate will just randomly tank to 35 and then jump back to 60.
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You should read my last post (edited) , for now you can try to enable vsync and see if its better and for sure with freesync you will get rid of tearing (not sure about the micro stutters) and higher fresh rate is better but you have to check the monitor you want to buy for the freesync range as if the fps will drop lower than its specs you will still have problems.
 
Siv8 said:
frame rate will just randomly tank to 35
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As @izy mentioned , also look at the freesync range of the monitor, this should preferably start below 35.
 
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I just checked the monitor you want to buy but i didnt find the freesync range (needs more research) but i can tell you that going from 60hz to 75hz you wont see noticeable difference (i didnt, but i dont play shooters) , the freesync can help but only if your fps is in monitor freesync range. (maybe it can be overclocked :D , it was on sale last year at 90$ on newegg )
 
izy said:
I just checked the monitor you want to buy but i didnt find the freesync range (needs more research) but i can tell you that going from 60hz to 75hz you wont see noticeable difference (i didnt, but i dont play shooters) , the freesync can help but only if your fps is in monitor freesync range.
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Thank you I also can't find the range. My aim with the Freesync is to have smooth frametimes and no spikes in FPS. Let me know if my understanding of Freesync is incorrect.
 
Siv8 said:
Thank you I also can't find the range. My aim with the Freesync is to have smooth frametimes and no spikes in FPS. Let me know if my understanding of Freesync is incorrect.
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With AMD FreeSync technology, the refresh rate of a display is synchronized with the framerate of FreeSync compatible graphics cards, reducing or eliminating visual artifacts that many users are especially sensitive to: input latency, screen tearing, and stuttering during gaming and video playback.

 
P4-630 said:
With AMD FreeSync technology, the refresh rate of a display is synchronized with the framerate of FreeSync compatible graphics cards, reducing or eliminating visual artifacts that many users are especially sensitive to: input latency, screen tearing, and stuttering during gaming and video playback.

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Thank you so the range is 48-75 on the monitor. Good or no?
 
Siv8 said:
Rx 6600xt Ryzen 5 1600AF and 16GB ram, MSI a320m motherboard. Vampyr is the game that's the problem at the moment. I tried running the game with RTSS off just to make sure that the software wasn't interfering with the stability of the game.
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In this very specific case, this is mainly a game problem not the hardware or your monitor.
Vampyr is known to have performance issues on various systems and some ppl even reported long loading times with Ryzen based systems.

I did play/finish it a few months ago with a i 3 12100F + GTX 1070 and it played nicely with only minor sutters here and there when loading a new area. 'game was also installed on a NVMe SSD'
There are some workarounds/supposed fixes around if you google it but I don't have the game installed anymore so I can't try them out.
 
Sithaer said:
In this very specific case, this is mainly a game problem not the hardware or your monitor.
Vampyr is known to have performance issues on various systems and some ppl even reported long loading times with Ryzen based systems.

I did play/finish it a few months ago with a i 3 12100F + GTX 1070 and it played nicely with only minor sutters here and there when loading a new area. 'game was also installed on a NVMe SSD'
There are some workarounds/supposed fixes around if you google it but I don't have the game installed anymore so I can't try them out.
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Oh I see so it's just this game. Thank you.
 
I found this info for you about FreeSync:
AMD released LFC (low framerate compensation) . (i am not sure if your monitor has to support this or not)
"If the maximum value of your freesync range is 2.5 times the minimum value or higher the same frame will be displayed twice. So if you are running 35 fps the monitor will update with 70 Hz and freesync still works to stop screen tearing but it wouldn't look as smooth as playing with 48 fps and more."

Your game should work Ok on that video card , its probably the game as @Sithaer said.
1060 6gb 60+ fps (not my video, just random youtube) ->
 
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izy said:
I found this info for you about FreeSync:
AMD released LFC (low framerate compensation) . (i am not sure if your monitor has to support this or not)
"If the maximum value of your freesync range is 2.5 times the minimum value or higher (as is the case for you) the same frame will be displayed twice. So if you are running 35 fps the monitor will update with 70 Hz and freesync still works to stop screen tearing but it wouldn't look as smooth as playing with 40 fps and more."

Your game should work Ok on that video card , its probably the game as @Sithaer said.
1060 6gb 60+ fps (not my video, just random youtube) ->
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That's only if the monitor has at least FreeSync Premium certification. Regular freesync doesn't have it.
 
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Siv8 said:
Oh I see so it's just this game. Thank you.
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Vampyr is running on Unreal Engine 4, that engine is widely used in single player 'some online' games from the past few years and it often has stutter issues regardless of the hardware so theres that.
As far as I recall I capped my FPS to 60 in the game's menu and called it a day, that worked the best for me with my hardware in this game.

Freesync is nice tho, used it with my previous AMD card and I kinda miss it.
Its no magic but it did help in some way to feel smoother + get rid of tearing as long as I stayed within my 45-75 range. 'Had a global cap of 73-74 FPS enabled just to make sure'
 
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