Thread: Know your vsync
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Old 07-21-2011, 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by louisv View Post
In order for Vsync to keep everything synchronized, when it doesn't get 60 fps from the computer, it falls off to 30 fps because otherwise there would be tearing. Think about it, you can't have say 45 fps on a 60 fps monitor, there would be partial frames along the way...60/30=2 and 60/45=4/3=1.33

If the computer cannot get 30 fps, say it gets 29, then vsync will make it fall to 15 fps because 60/15=4, a whole number for whole frames.

So use it knowingly.

Louisv
never had the problem you are talking about
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