EVGATech_ChrisS

spoons33

Im struggling to understand what is meant by 'Adaptive Vsync'.  As I understand it adaptive vsync turns vsync on when your card is able to draw more than 60 fps in order to prevent screen tear but then, and this is the bit I dont get......when your card is struggling to  draw 60 fps then  vsync is turned off,  but surely if your card cant make the 60fps with vsync on, then by adaptive vsync turning it off is not all of a sudden going to make your card suddenly hit 60fps so whats the point in vsync being turned off?

With standard Vsync on, if your framerate goes below 60 FPS, it will automatically cut it in half (30).
If it goes under 30, it goes to 20 or even down to 15. 
What happens here is if the framerate is fluctuating like that, you may see stuttering in the game as the FPS jumps between 30-60-30 FPS.
With Adaptive Vsync, by automatically turning V-Sync off when it drops below 60, it does not cut it in half, and you should not see any stuttering.
For example it may just run at a solid 55 FPS. And then V-sync will re-enable when it gets above 60.
So you essentially have the best of both worlds, no screen tearing when it goes above 60 (with V-Sync Off), and no frame stuttering if it goes below 60 (with V-Sync On).

SeanEJohan

You do realize HD monitors remove screen tearing naturally, in fact using AA and AF in games with say a monitor like mine do absolutely nothing, in fact they cripple performance.