Is Vsync possible with a windowed game?

[josh6079]

The windower I use for FFXI is a nice utility but the one drawback it has is that my game rips due to no vsync, even if it is enabled through the CCC. I believe this is a drawback to running a game in a window but I'm not 100% sure.

 

[dug777]

I honestly don't know, but akshayt is an expert in this area as i recall...


Can't you just try it and tell us?

 

[xtknight]

As far as I know, the video card still uses its frame buffer and back buffer(s) no matter the size of the viewport (the output) so I can't see why not. But I do not know if the Windows desktop as a whole gets VSync. Just try some other games and see what happens.

 

[josh6079]

Yeah, no matter what game I run, if it's in a windowed mode it won't have vsync. Is there a registry hack or some other utility that can force that kind of thing?