Re: Vsync causes stuttering in various games regardless of uncapped performance

[Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi>]

flavonol <plant.chemical@protonmail.com> writes:

> Hello Debian community,
>
> Whenever I enable vertical sync in any one of various video games (including, but not limited to, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Team Fortress 2,
> Minecraft Java Edition & Hollow Knight), framerates frequently drop to between around 30 to 50 frames per second*. This occurs even if minimum
> framerates prior to enabling vertical sync exceeded the refresh rate of my display. Disabling Freesync in my monitor's built-in settings menu does
> not resolve this issue.

For variable refresh rate without (much) tearing you turn vsync off in
game settings. That's how you get the highest frame rates as your
benchmarks show.