Teach me about: V-Sync/Triple Buffering/frame capping etc.

[jonathan1107]

In the past years, I've fiddled a lot with these settings to optimize gameplay...

I cannot tolerate screen tearing so of course I always use v-sync (or some form of it). The downside that seems to appear with v-sync is the evil "input lag" (I'd call it "stuttering or micro stuttering") which is what really annoyed me in the past which I often happened to fix using "FRAME CAPPING" ...

Somehow capping the FPS to 59 or sometimes the same as the refresh rate (60 or 120) removed all the stuttering... Never found out WHY this happens but .... yeah.... still works.

As for triple buffering I'm not so sure what it does.
I've read a lot about adaptive v-sync, g-sync and whatnot...

but in my experience adaptive v-sync is complete crap... it doesn't seem to work all that well and the bouncing between vsync on and off seems to cause problems... which is where I believe G-sync comes in really handy... except the price for G-sync monitors is just off the chart at the moment...

I do have a gtx 970 that could handle g-sync... But yeah, I'd like you guys to educate me a little more about those settings and about the ways of making gameplay much more smoother

 

[64K]

I feel for you guys that notice this so much that it irritates you. I rarely notice it at all. Triple Buffering is meant to reduce the input lag. I never use triple buffering but here is a nice article on it that explains it.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/2794/4

 

[jonathan1107]

Oh and I often fail to "force vsync" using the nvidia panel (for instance I've just tried forcing it with d3doverrider and nvidia control panel) and both won't let me force v-sync

 

[Jborg]

I seem to notice somewhat of a small frame tear.... but I think sometimes it could be the game, motion blur, or honestly just your mind and thinking about it.

The less you think about it, the less I seem to notice it. I think its very minimal.

I tend to just let my games play at whatever fps, at least the newer ones, even though I only have a 60Hz monitor I still let it run up to 120-130fps.

I thought my GTX 970 was buzzing or had coil whine, after testing some stuff out, I unplugged the CD-Drive, and turned off the light in my bedroom which buzzes and the noises were gone. (Off topic, but wanted to mention it)

One thing I was curious about, what are the cheapest G-Sync monitors you can get? And is G-Sync have anything to do with V-Sync? -Better V-Sync im assuming?