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even with some of the over-the-top graphics solutions out there today and that promise Mac sword performance with a price tag to match there's an old classic problem that has been around for years that still plagues gamers even those who own top-end equipment screen tearing tearing is what occurs when your screen gets fed more than one frame during the time it's refreshing the on screen image usually torn images only stick around on your screen for a fraction of a second but it's still enough to notice in a large number of popular gaming titles the reason tearing occurs is because PC video cards especially high-performance ones can often render games at much higher frame rates than the ones that monitors run at most LCD monitors today have refresh rates of 60 Hertz which would translate to 60 frames per second so if your graphics card is pumping out 80 or 90 frames per second you're very likely to see screen tearing since the monitor is getting more than one image per second in the case of games with very high frame rates is actually even possible to have more than two partial frames drawn at a time now the most common solution to the tearing problem is vertical sync commonly shortened to vsync it's an option you can find in your graphics control panel or even in the graphical settings of many games vsync forces your graphics card to slowed solve dome and deliver frames at a maximum rate equal to your monitors refresh rate again usually 60 fps but sometimes higher but as we all know games have become much more graphically demanding over the years and consistently getting 60 FPS out of your GP can be a challenge this is where vsync falls short if you turn vsync on and are playing through part of the game where your GPU can't pump out 60 frames per second your monitor will have to wait for your graphics card before displaying a new frame which causes stuttering and leg problems that can be even more frustrating than screen tearing because of their inherent tendency to happen during the most intense gaming moments with lots of objects and effects flying around on the screen enter free sync free sync is a standard from AMD that promises to eliminate screen tearing without the stuttering associated with B sing free sync works through a feature included in a recent update to the DisplayPort standard called adaptive sync adaptive sync takes variable refresh rate technology something that's already existed mostly as a power saving measure and allows a monitor and graphics adapter to communicate with each other to synchronize how many frames per second the graphics card is spitting out and the monitors refresh rate so there's always one and exactly one complete frame on screen at a time adaptive sync works between 30 and 144 Hertz so while you're stuck with a display port connection and if you want to use variable refresh rate although the other connections will work in the case of free sync you should see a noticeable improvement in both graphically intense and less graphically intense portions of your games no tearing visible so how do you get it you might ask well to use free sync you need a compatible monitor and graphics card compatible monitors have a DisplayPort revision 1.2 8 input with optional adaptive sync support in the firmware then on the GPU side you can consult the FAQ on AMD's website for the latest information but Linus you might be saying what about Nvidia's g-sync hadn't they beaten AMD to the punch isn't free sync just kind of the same thing although g-sync and free sync do accomplish the same objective there are some important differences free sync while a proprietary AMD implementation uses the open adaptive sync standard that can be found on third-party scalars a necessary component of any monitor while G sync works only through an nvidia built scaler module that they sell to monitor manufacturers so in these theory is that thanks to its low or cost free sync will see much more widespread adoption but NVIDIA seems pretty confident about G Singh's chances in spite of the higher cost personally I wish we'd all just get along because the main thing for gamers who are shopping to know is that for now if you want to want a variable a refresh rate tech which you should because it's awesome a free sync monitor will not do it with an Nvidia graphics card and a G sync monitor will not do it with an AMD graphics card even though they'll both work normally with tearing with each other speaking of things gamers something where is that keyboard I found it mass drop is today's sponsor they're currently running a drop for this set of galaxy key caps from key puller calm with a pretty significant discount this is a full set so that's a hundred and forty pieces of pvt caps with sublimated lettering and a cool colorful space-themed design so why are they doing this well because mass drop uses group bys and community feedback to get great deals on tech products tools clothes tea and even board games they 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