Enable G-Sync on a FreeSync monitor

Phil Iwaniuk shows how to get smooth G-Sync frames on many non-compatible monitors.

The problem is clear and simple: Sometimes games produce screen tearing and stuttering. They don’t mean to, it’s just a function of the way your graphics card and monitor interact – GPU spews out frames as quickly as it can, monitor uses those frames at a set refresh rate, gamer looks on at torn images in frustration. This being the wonderfully infuriating world of personal computers, it’s the solution that proves far more complex. V-Sync is the simplest band-aid over frame pacing issues, telling your GPU at the software level to only provide as many frames per second as the current refresh rate – usually 60. It’s effective in its own way, but often introduces noticeable input lag and tanks the frame rate down to 30 if your graphics card…

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APC (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2020

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