Yes, I meant Afterburner, and no, straxusii didn't say anything about MSI Afterburner having an option for enabling vsync.
He didn't say it per se, but in post number 11 it was intimated that it did. I think the misunderstanding was "limiting fps" and "using vsync". It appears they are two different animals...
That's not what I said. You're confusing Vertical Synchronization and FPS Limiter, both do different things and have different outcomes. Limiting FPS to or below the refresh rate will still cause tearing (albeit reduce it by a fair margin) and that's the only option you will find in Afterburner.
Well spotted and indeed I did. This is something new I have learned so your time helping me isn't wasted

That and you also didn't understand what I've written.
Jumps from 60-45-30-15 are caused by Vertical Synchronization with double buffering, it has been explained by Rroff and me in this thread. Unless there's another underlying issue that causes it, that's your problem and it's easy to fix with something like D3DOverrider or nvidia Inspector tool.
I did understand it, just not how to fix it. I'll give those tools a shot.
This is going nowhere since you don't take anyone's response in this thread seriously.
That's a bit harsh, at the time nobody had given me any way of fixing it. I am listening and using the steps to try and fix it.
Try running D3DOverrider (enable Force Vsync and Triple Buffering) with the game that is causing those fps fluctuations and see if that resolves the problem. Then try turning Vsync off entirely, even force it off on the drivers level, see if the GPU usage changes dramatically. Then, if the previous two testing methods fail, do a clean drivers install. Then look for other bottlenecks.
Will do, first thing is new drivers (I'm currently using 295.73) then the other stuff.
Also, read my posts carefully, if you don't understand something clearly, ask, I'll be glad to help, but don't make assumptions that you know what you're talking about when you really don't (like replying to my post regarding Afterburner and fps limiter, when you're confusing it with vsync, etc.).
Yes Dad.

I'm going to post the afterburner traces in my next post, I was too tired to post them last night.