I don't think G-sync works without active Aero right? that Compatibility thing simply disables it completely until the game is exited. As far as the topic starter goes, G-sync in windowed manipulates the DWM framebuffer or something.RealNC wrote:Then you should not be affected by microstutter.
Fullscreen is always better though in the majority of cases. Even with gsync, the compositor still needs to do compositing, and that adds a tad of delay.
Also, some games can't set up their gamma value in windowed mode. This can make the game look brighter or darker than what the developers intended. Witcher 3 is one of those games, for example.
But in any event, use whatever works best with the specific game. If Mechwarrior Online has crappy fullscreen, then obviously, the best thing to do is use windowed mode!
Also try the executable's properties though and enable the "disable aero" checkbox (right click on the *.exe of the game and select properties.) This is gonna disable compositing when you start the game, but it might give you the best results possible. (Hopefully gsync can work in that mode too.)
I'll be looking forward to it. Yeah I have that enabled as well, and restarted the PC (In my experience it doesnt always work until a restart when you first set it to windowed + fullscreen)jorimt wrote:It's possible MechWarrior Online does not feature exclusive fullscreen.MT_ wrote:Lets say that full screen is half ass job in this game. Alt+tabbing between game and main menu will make it jump back and forth until the game crashes... Unless I provoke task manager in time.
Just to double check, do you have "Enable G-SYNC for full screen mode" or "Enable G-SYNC for windowed and full screen mode?" If you only have the first enabled, G-Sync won't function in windowed or borderless windowed (borderless fullscreen) mode.
I will be testing 60 Hz G-Sync input latency specifically in the future, so I'll try both 58 and 59 fps to see how far it can be pushed before latency is introduced.
Anyway I think I'm settled for now, thanks for the useful info. I'll just be going on my guts mostly to observe lowest latency and highest FPS