Optimal Freesync Settings?

[sky_dynasty]

Today I used G-SYNC Pendulum Demo to test my LG 27GP850-B 165 Hz monitor. My graphics card is AMD 6700 XT.

Below 165 fps, the bar showed no tearing. As soon as I set fps to 165 and above, there was some tearing.

Enhanced sync resulted in some micro stutters.

For the smoothest settings, I turned on v-sync and capped fps to 158 (I am going to use the same fps cap as Nvidia Reflex). When I let my fps go above my display refresh rate with v-sync on, the frametime displayed in RTSS was not stable.

The video card does not need any 1ms.

I realized that.

[xXNaZXx]

Not trying to step over the OP or hijack the conversation. But honestly, I don't feel this requires another post which will basically cover a pretty similar question. I hope this won't cause any issues

To provide some background, I recently changed my 2070 to a 6950 (New in Team Red), and as i had a 21:9 Freesync LG monitor i've told myself: Hey let's play a little bit with this. And then I discovered the complex world of "how to tune everything so it works properly". I've been reading a lot of Reddit, this forum and watching Youtube a lot to check what's the general consensus regarding the "How to Freesync" topic. But i've quickly found a question barrier.

Currently I'm using:

• 100Hz Refresh rate.
• Freesync Enabled both on the monitor and Adrenalin Software.
• RTSS cap on 97FPS.
• VSync Disabled both in Adrenalin and Ingame.

Now the questions I haven't been able to find a proper answer:
- RTSS vs Chill? It's usually 50/50 and nobody landed on a "this is the best" answer.
- VSync On? If so, where? Ingame or Driver?
- Any benefits if AntiLag is enabled? Or maybe any other fancy feature Adrenalin has?

I'm not into competitive games so what i'm looking for is a General config I can user for everything so it feels smooth and has the less possible "visual" impact (stutters, latency, etc). My test playground is currently Helldivers 2 if that helps.

Thanks a lot!

[Luviaz]

- RTSS vs Chill? It's usually 50/50 and nobody landed on a "this is the best" answer.

I think there's minimal difference between the two. Chill is motion based so it doesn't limit FPS when you're in menus, loading screens,..and some games just run them at unlimited FPS, making the GPU waste alot of power. I prefer RTSS for that reason. Other than that, RTSS and Chill is pretty much the same thing, a CPU frame limiter.

- VSync On? If so, where? Ingame or Driver?

Just use the ingame for simplicity sake. Unless you're dealing with a game with broken VSync, then use the driver one.
Vsync On if you want absolute no tearing, Vsync Off with Freesync can still produce tearing. However, I've never experience tearing Vsync off with RTSS cap.

- Any benefits if AntiLag is enabled? Or maybe any other fancy feature Adrenalin has?

It is recommended by AMD to keep it on for both Vsync On single player titles and Vsync off competitive tiltles. As far as i know it only works when you're GPU bound (your GPU time is much longer then CPU time), It will then adjust your CPU time so that the CPU won't get so far ahead from the GPU for better input latency. The fact that Anti-Lag could not be mutually enabled with Chill implies that, since Chill also work with your CPU time. I keep Anti Lag enable for everything and honestly I don't see any significant difference.

I'm not into competitive games so what i'm looking for is a General config I can user for everything so it feels smooth and has the less possible "visual" impact (stutters, latency, etc). My test playground is currently Helldivers 2 if that helps.

Thanks a lot!

An easy catch-all config would be Vsync ON, Freesync ON and a framerate cap. Just keep in mind, your experience in terms of fluidity is highly dependable on the software side. I use to think that beefy enough hardware can iron out anything but some games are just so poorly made and optimized that they would produce unpleasant experience on even the best hardware money can buy.

[MachinaDiscipulus]

Will Blur Busters moderator ever make an optimal guide to Freesync with Radeon GPUs like they did with NVIDIA G - Sync? Since switching to a Radeon GPU (RX 7700 XT) I have been unable to find the optimal guide how to properly set up Freesync with many conflicting points and theories...currently the settings that I use are:

1. Adaptive sync on (AMD Optimized preset in Adrenalin)
2. V Sync on (in game, off in Adrenalin)
3. Default refresh rate (144Hz as well as in game cap 144FPS)

I have noticed that this combination works best with my monitor (ASUS TUF VG249Q) and produces no visual tearing as well as minimal input lag. Some people also swear by this method also:

1. Adaptive sync on (AMD Optimized preset in Adrenalin)
2. V - Sync off (in game, off in Adrenalin9
3. Default refresh rate, in game cap of 3 frames below refresh rate

The second method produces tearing in my case with some games

So I would kindly like to ask the experts to give us an answer as they did with the G - Sync method? Thanks in advance

[MachinaDiscipulus]

Will Blur Busters moderator ever make an optimal guide to Freesync with Radeon GPUs like they did with NVIDIA G - Sync? Since switching to a Radeon GPU (RX 7700 XT) I have been unable to find the optimal guide how to properly set up Freesync with many conflicting points and theories...currently the settings that I use are:

1. Adaptive sync on (AMD Optimized preset in Adrenalin)
2. V Sync on (in game, off in Adrenalin)
3. Default refresh rate (144Hz as well as in game cap 144FPS)

I have noticed that this combination works best with my monitor (ASUS TUF VG249Q) and produces no visual tearing as well as minimal input lag. Some people also swear by this method also:

1. Adaptive sync on (AMD Optimized preset in Adrenalin)
2. V - Sync off (in game, off in Adrenalin9
3. Default refresh rate, in game cap of 3 frames below refresh rate

The second method produces tearing in my case with some games

So I would kindly like to ask the experts to give us an answer as they did with the G - Sync method? Thanks in advance

It seems that there an interesting YouTuber that specializes in AMD GPUs and this is what he has to say about this topic, maybe I am doing something wrong with the second method, gonna try again and see the results:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SainP57atg

[Suncommander]

Since i don't wanna create another topic for this i might as well try mu luck here, since it's related to freesync. I want to hear opinions on what do to do if my pc isn't up to snuff to produce steady pace of frames. I have RX 6600 and for example Space Marine 2 was really heavy to run. Should i still use the suggestions above for optimal freesync settings or should i actually lock my frames to keep the game from fluctuating? If so, at what cap i should set it up? I have 144 Hz AOC monitor and i've read somewhere that i my cap should be whole number if my 144 hz is divided. (i.e. 144/2 so i cap my game to 72 fps so i am still in VRR range). Thanks in advance!

[RealNC]

Since i don't wanna create another topic for this i might as well try mu luck here, since it's related to freesync. I want to hear opinions on what do to do if my pc isn't up to snuff to produce steady pace of frames. I have RX 6600 and for example Space Marine 2 was really heavy to run. Should i still use the suggestions above for optimal freesync settings or should i actually lock my frames to keep the game from fluctuating? If so, at what cap i should set it up? I have 144 Hz AOC monitor and i've read somewhere that i my cap should be whole number if my 144 hz is divided. (i.e. 144/2 so i cap my game to 72 fps so i am still in VRR range). Thanks in advance!

The recommended settings are simply for ensuring VRR is always active. To make games feel more consistent, you can cap them to an FPS value that the game can reach most of the time. If your average FPS for example is 100, but sometimes dips down to 80FPS or so, you can cap to 90FPS to make it more consistent.

This is a matter of personal preference. Use a cap that works and feels best for you in each game. For me, I don't like when in a game I go from 80FPS to 130FPS depending on where I am in the game. It's a bit distracting since it makes the game look different and also feel different (latency.) So I would cap to 90FPS in that game because an FPS fluctuation between 80 and 90 doesn't feel as distracting as between 80 and 130.