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Gerry · 17-09-2000, 20:02

No advantage, since the screen is going to be updated a max of 72 times per second.

_CreeD_ · 18-09-2000, 07:04

That's presuming your FPS will pretty closely match your refresh rate with Vsync on. That's not always the case.
Vsync doesn't just limit your FPS to refresh, it is also affected by the time the Vid card has to wait for the screen to be refreshed. ie. The vidcard finsihes frame 27, checks the screen redraw and sees it's only started, so it waits and then sends the frame for the next redraw.
Sometimes you will actually get an improvement in FPS wih Vsync off even if your monitor refresh is a good deal higher than your usual FPS.
The dif. isn't huge though.

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17-09-2000, 20:02	#16
Gerry Registered User Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: The Farend Posts: 3,608 Adverts \| Friends	No advantage, since the screen is going to be updated a max of 72 times per second.

18-09-2000, 07:04	#17
_CreeD_ Registered User Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Location location! Posts: 3,133 Adverts \| Friends	That's presuming your FPS will pretty closely match your refresh rate with Vsync on. That's not always the case. Vsync doesn't just limit your FPS to refresh, it is also affected by the time the Vid card has to wait for the screen to be refreshed. ie. The vidcard finsihes frame 27, checks the screen redraw and sees it's only started, so it waits and then sends the frame for the next redraw. Sometimes you will actually get an improvement in FPS wih Vsync off even if your monitor refresh is a good deal higher than your usual FPS. The dif. isn't huge though.