Vsync on COD4

THC_SsSsSnake · 2 Dec 2007 at 09:15

Is it preferable to have this on or off please?
thanks

Mikoyan · 2 Dec 2007 at 11:07

I always have vsync on in games especially fps hate the tearing!

Teaf · 2 Dec 2007 at 11:17

Off if you are under 60 FPS, on if you are over.

HangTime · 2 Dec 2007 at 11:20

^depends what your monitor refresh rate is. There is no way I'd ever want it enabled if my framerate was dropping below refresh rate.

Personally I always force vsync off anyway due to the slight input lag you get with it enabled. The only exception being in badly coded games where I need some way of capping the framerate (Area 51 for example has some bug where jumping doesn't always work at >100fps).

THC_SsSsSnake · 2 Dec 2007 at 12:12

thanks,fr is around 90 so ill give it a go off and see how it is

Sinny · 2 Dec 2007 at 13:43

Crysis cutscenes always seem to go a bit doggy on me and cant see anything due to the tearing, its pretty silly as i cant put V-Synch on in most games and forcing V-Sync isnt working sometimes.

ColdAsIce · 2 Dec 2007 at 13:46

Always force vsync off.

Sinny · 2 Dec 2007 at 15:14

ColdAsIce said:
Always force vsync off.

Why is that?

it is reducing tearing in most games, would be better if the games i want to use it on inclded it. Unreal Tournament 3 has it and im getting pretty visuals no tearing. I love game cutscenes and in crysis not being able to view them was a displeasure as sometimes thats all i buy them for.

helmutcheese · 2 Dec 2007 at 16:54

Never have it on in 7 years and never seen Tearing as I use a CRT so less chance of seeing than on LCD.

4p · 2 Dec 2007 at 17:28

Whats tearing?

I always turn it off because it bungs my fps down to 60fps on most games

shaffaaf27 · 2 Dec 2007 at 18:05

i play COD4 for with about 30FPS, on Avg, but my refresh Hz is 75, should i put it on?

helmutcheese · 2 Dec 2007 at 18:13

There is more to it than the fact it can cap your FPS to your HZ (you need go read up on it, very deep).

60FPS would be plenty but again there is more to it than that.

thecremeegg · 2 Dec 2007 at 18:18

shaffaaf27 said:
i play COD4 for with about 30FPS, on Avg, but my refresh Hz is 75, should i put it on?

Nope

antonusklesk · 2 Dec 2007 at 19:44

I was a bit confused with COD 4 and V sync, I played it for a while with everything maxed except only had 2 x AA, tried 4x and it became jumpy. After a while I got a bit annoyed with 2 x AA also being jumpy, so I disabled all AA with no increase in performance.

After randomly enabling Vsync I can have max AA with no jumping what so ever, I'd never seen a game jump because Vsync was off before but after discovering this I think BF2142 has the same problem with my comp, unfortunately it doesn't have a Vsync option