I mean why are all the young ones on here going mad for GSync and FreeSync with the higher refresh rate Monitors? I don't know how to phrase this properly but I'm just finding it so annoying lol
I suppose what I'm getting at is, Before all the marketing of it all we were playing our games fine with no problems. Now it seems to be a problem if you don't have it?
Some sane person please explain this to me, preferably someone who doesn't own an iphone.
Well, it's quite simple, regular 60Hz LCD monitors are useless for gaming, I would even go so far as to say they are useless for watching movies on too. There is tearing, slow response time, judder, input lag etc.
It's just that in the period of time between the ending of CRT monitors and the rise of LCD monitors, there was nothing else. We just put up with the shortfalls. There were things we could do to help with some of these like limiting frame rates, turning on Vsync etc. But each of those solutions had their drawbacks. Mainly input lag.
The arrival of high refresh rate monitors really changed things for the better. If you play any sort of twitch shooter FPS games, the difference between playing on a 60Hz and 120hz or higher monitor is night and day. But you can even notice the difference in normal desktop use too. Smoother mouse movements, less blur.
Freesync and Gysnc were developed to counter tearing while playing games. They do this by matching the refresh rate of the monitor to the frame rate of the game. Which make games really smooth. An added advantage of this is that it also works for movies too.
You might not notice the difference in every game, but, in games where your frame rate is between 35 and 90, the difference is huge. Games that were a choppy mess are now buttery smooth.