vsync

Screen tear prevention

Vsync (vertical sync) is a display setting that synchronizes a game's frame rate with a monitor's refresh rate.

Without it, the graphics card may send frames faster than the monitor can display them, causing screen tearing—visible horizontal lines where mismatched frames meet.

Vsync eliminates tearing but can introduce input lag or stuttering if frames aren't delivered on time: Turn off vsync if you're getting lag.

rendering

frame rate

Display refresh frequency

GPU · monitor · display · smooth · judder · input lag · screen tearing · compositor

technology

HDMI

Audio-video interface standard

  • DisplayPortDigital video transmission standard
  • adaptiveAble to change accordingly
  • AMDProcessor and GPU manufacturer

gaming monitor · panel · LCD · OLED · overdrive · response time · motion blur

settings

on

Touching from above

disable · control panel · driver · configuration · performance · quality · competitive · responsiveness · smoothness · visual fidelity

signal

interrupt

Break in upon

CRT · electron beam · retrace · video signal · analog · composite · VGA

Opposites
frame synchronization

vsynctearing

Forcibly separating material

screen tearing

input latency priority

vsyncraw input

Unprocessed incoming information

Family

sync, syncs, synced, syncing, synchronize, synchronization, synchronous, asynchronous, synchrony

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