V-sync on instead? I got pretty high refresh rates...

[duragezic]

I've just been checking out some tweaking on the Radeon and while before I always thought to turn off v-sync, I'm thinking why not keep it on? The only disadvantage to if being off is possibly artifacts which I really never noticed before but then again using a voodoo banshee I never bothered to look how good the graphics looked since I was more concerned with speed. Now with a Radeon, I play games in 1280x1024 or 1600x1200. My refresh rates for those resolutions are 100hz and 80hz, respectively. I doubt I'll be going over 100fps or 80fps because most of my tweaks are for image quality. I'm happy if I'm just getting 40+fps if the image quality is really good.

So can anyone give me a reason not to have v-sync on since my refresh rates seem high enough.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Nope.

I'd play with it on as well.

 

[Mem]

eagle__2 I`m on your side since I`ve V-SYNC enabled

 

[BFG10K]

If you don't see any artifacts when it's turned off, leave it off. If you do see artifacts, turn it on. It's that simple.

 

[Hawk]

Well, since you don't see any difference either way, it doesn't matter what you do, especially since it'll probably never reach your refresh rate. I would just keep it on unless you are trying to show off your fps.

 

[Cerb]

I keep it on (except for benchmarks) because I notice tearing, esp. when the framerate lowers

 

[BFG10K]

because I notice tearing, esp. when the framerate lowers

???

You should get tearing when your framerates are too *high*.

 

[Cerb]

I get tearing regardless, but when the framerate is high, everything is running smooth enough that it doesn't matter much. At lower FPS (say 40 and under), I notice the choppiness as it half-draws the new frame if I am moving extremely fast (skiing in tribes, FI).

 

[Mathias]

I have always kept my V-sync on cause I get alot of tearing when I play pretty much any 3d game. My performance hardly even gets better when I turn it off, in 3dmark 2k I only got an extra 4 points when I turned it off.

 

[BFG10K]

At lower FPS (say 40) I notice the choppiness as it half-draws the new frame if I am moving extremely fast (skiing in tribes, FI).

There's a difference between tearing (high FPS) and choppiness (low FPS). Vsync doesn't affect low framerates hence you still get choppiness when it's on.