Do you guys enable the VRR setting in windows 11...

Daytrader · 14 Nov 2023 at 15:11

Do you guys enable the VRR setting in windows 11 i thing its put on by default if you have a gsync/freesync monitor connected, surely it would conflict with the nvidia gsync settings ? thx

Black Dog · 16 Nov 2023 at 13:18

Never even looked at it to be honest. Gsync working fine on my PG42UQ. I will have a look tonight to see if it's enabled or not.

Daytrader · 16 Nov 2023 at 13:21

Black Dog said:
Never even looked at it to be honest. Gsync working fine on my PG42UQ. I will have a look tonight to see if it's enabled or not.

Thx for reply, yeh can you let me know if it was on by default, cheers

Black Dog · 16 Nov 2023 at 13:22

No problem.

Glanza · 16 Nov 2023 at 13:51

I have it, might be enabled by default in W11 with supported hardware / monitors. Can't say it's caused me any issues.

Daytrader · 16 Nov 2023 at 13:53

Glanza said:
I have it, might be enabled by default in W11 with supported hardware / monitors. Can't say it's caused me any issues.

Ok thats great to know, thx

Dicehunter · 16 Nov 2023 at 22:35

It says it's for games that don't support VRR but I thought VRR was a wholly hardware related thing. Tried with it both disabled and enabled, Couldn't tell a difference.

Daytrader · 16 Nov 2023 at 23:30

Dicehunter said:
It says it's for games that don't support VRR but I thought VRR was a wholly hardware related thing. Tried with it both disabled and enabled, Couldn't tell a difference.

Ok good to know, thx

kamz · 16 Nov 2023 at 23:54

VRR is amazing on OLED displays, switch it on and set back and enjoy

Daytrader · 17 Nov 2023 at 00:05

kamz said:
VRR is amazing on OLED displays, switch it on and set back and enjoy

Yeh i have VRR on my oled hdmi port, but i mean the Built in windows 11 VRR setting, is that what your on about also ? thx

kamz · 17 Nov 2023 at 00:36

Yeap thats the option i get when the screen is in gaming mode (S95b)

I can also put up a display header on my OLED that shows me the current res + the fps fluctuating

Rroff · 17 Nov 2023 at 01:34

Dicehunter said:
It says it's for games that don't support VRR but I thought VRR was a wholly hardware related thing. Tried with it both disabled and enabled, Couldn't tell a difference.

It is not a replacement (or alternative) for FreeSync/G-Sync, it is a compatibility "hack" to make a wider variety of applications (mostly games) work with any implementation of VRR that might be present (it probably aids with stuff like FastSync as well but I've not checked that). Nominally leave it enabled unless you have issues.

Dicehunter · 17 Nov 2023 at 02:15

Rroff said:
It is not a replacement (or alternative) for FreeSync/G-Sync, it is a compatibility "hack" to make a wider variety of applications (mostly games) work with any implementation of VRR that might be present (it probably aids with stuff like FastSync as well but I've not checked that). Nominally leave it enabled unless you have issues.

Yeah I figured as much, Although I always thought variable refresh rate was solely a hardware aspect rather than needing software.

Rroff · 17 Nov 2023 at 02:46

Dicehunter said:
Yeah I figured as much, Although I always thought variable refresh rate was solely a hardware aspect rather than needing software.

Though it is mostly a hardware thing it needs a certain amount of information from the software and Window's desktop compositing isn't friendly with it if you have more than one thing updating at different frame rates i.e. games which don't use an exclusive fullscreen mode. This setting tries to make applications play nice with Window's rendering.

Daytrader · 17 Nov 2023 at 11:05

Thx for reply's guys, will leave enabled, cheers

Black Dog · 17 Nov 2023 at 16:33

Mine seems to be disabled. I have g-sync enabled through drivers and monitor and seems fine as is.

Daytrader · 17 Nov 2023 at 16:57

Thx for letting me know, i have read since posting this, that windows defaults to VRR enabled if it finds a gsync/freesync monitor.

Black Dog · 21 Nov 2023 at 13:12

It states that the VRR setting is for games that don't support VRR. Not sure what this means, as all games support it on PC as far as I am aware. It's a graphics card setting rather than game specific. If you enable it through Nvidia control panel and disable V-Sync in game then it's all done.

Daytrader · 21 Nov 2023 at 14:34

Black Dog said:
It states that the VRR setting is for games that don't support VRR. Not sure what this means, as all games support it on PC as far as I am aware. It's a graphics card setting rather than game specific. If you enable it through Nvidia control panel and disable V-Sync in game then it's all done.

Yeh, so your keeping your windows 11 VRR disabled then ?

Black Dog · 21 Nov 2023 at 14:45

Yes, it's disabled and I don't think it's ever been enabled. Not sure why this setting is here in the first place to be honest. I have heard that it maybe has something to do with Microsoft Store games.