What is Vsync? Should you turn it on or off?

Vsync is a feature of most modern games, designed to prevent screen-tearing by syncing up the vertical refresh rate of your monitor with the frame-rate of the game. Sound simple enough? It kind of is, but there are different things to consider, such as various types of vsync, including the excellent Nvidia Gsync and AMD Freesync technologies.

We’ll also explain to you what vsync does, and when to use it.

You can skip to the section of the video you want by using our timestamps below:

2:48 Advantages and 3:31 Disadvantages of vsync
4:21 Different types of vsync
6:39 Should I turn it on or off?

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[doyyyyyyyyy]

I have freesync monitor but nvidia gpu...

[weltonsbiki]

6:40 Summary:
Game FPS > Monitor FPS = Vsync ON
Game FPS < Monitor FPS = Vsync OFF

[colekwan]

The question was simple but man gave a whole lecture about it, extra knowledge 👍👍👍

[asstroalien]

i tried my best to concentrate and understand but i really cant stop myself from grooving to the song. FOOOKING HELL

[satmat]

Now I get it! Thanks for the info! Very useful for someone who's just getting into PC gaming!

[namelessfrce]

yes vsync has helped me in playing call of duty modern warfare it makes my game run smooth as butter matching my gsync monitors frame rate of 144 fps

[EntropyAcolyte]

thank you, i had crazy screen tearing on my non gaming 60 hz monitor while playing far cry 5 and this helped a lot. i fixed it turning on v sync in the nvidia control panel and turning it on in game. thank you so much

[xYdpfG]

to make your life easier
there is a thing called capping a framerate you will find it in most games
where you have an option to cap your frame rate now cap it to your
monitors display rate

[bobi_lopataru]

Where latency is not a problem, in non-competitive games, v-sync is a smooth blessing

[Raufun_Rouf]

Thank you for such a beautiful explanation ♥️♥️

[petrkdn]

i thought vsync always just capped your fps to 60 and nothing else but this video made me relaise it was a big mistake letting it off. Also 100th comment. Can you explain Adaptive Vsync next time?

[Volaren_]

I dont know why but when I enable vsync my games look so much smoother than when vsync is off

[EinherjarV]

Ty for the info, I found it very informative. :)
Every PC game I've ever played since vsync became a thing has had a1/4 to 1/2 a second mouse lag so I always have to turn it off.

[OmnipotentSaiyan]

If you want clear gameplay with FPS locked at your monitor’s refresh rate leave it on, but if you want insane frame rate boost with minor graphical screen tearing turn off.

[bittimetraveler]

It would be crazy if everyone would talk with music in the background

[princeofliyue]

Misconception that people have is that tearing happens at fps higher than refresh rate of monitor but tearing happens at any fps where it is not in sync with monitor. People seem to ignore the "sync" part of VSync.

[KamDam]

THANK YOU I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM

[ali.j.t.a]

thank you so much man it was so good <3

[Riflez]

Does VSYNC remove stutters in game pls reply

[farczadisandor-robert]

Thank you for explaining, I didn't know what it was, thanks for teaching it to me