Hi guys, I've got a bit of an issue where if I turn off v sync in most games I get very bad screen tearing but high frames, whereas if v sync is on the tearing disappears but I get very bad frame drops (down to 15/20 sometimes). V sync seems to lock my fps at 50 which is the Hz of the TV I'm playing my games on, but there's no reason for my game to be dropping so low and so frequently when it's on, eg. without v sync Bioshock Infinite can run at up to 80 and never really drops below 60 frames. Is there any way that I can lock my frames at 50 so they won't drop below or rise above (eliminating tears)? Or would buying a higher Hz monitor mean being able to play without v sync and tearing? GPU is an XFX AMD 7870, cheers.
Screen tearing without v sync vs. low frames with v sync
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renz496
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You can capped your frame rate but you can't prevent it from going lower. If you don't want your frame rates to drop the solution is to get much powerful gpu or cf your existing one. But with cf frame smoothness might become an issue.
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