LG - GL83A-B - Advise on vsync and general performance
Posted: 14 Apr 2021, 17:58
Hello All,
Potentially a long post.
I moved from TN LG 144hz 1080p monitor (dont recall the model now), to the above - IPS LG - GL83A-B 1440p / 144hz monitor, and its been a while, almost a year now, but for some reason games never felt as smooth.
On the paper GL83 A-B has a great response times and should have same refresh rates, but the only time I got it to feel as responsive as my old TN panel, when it was set to Super fast overdrive (which introduces quite a bit of Ghosting).
But that left aside - my main question is, since this Monitor does not support native G-sync , and only G-sync compatible - should I even attempt to use it?
I was lucky to get a 3080 and decent CPU to run all my competitive games at 144+ frames. And when I enable Gsync compatible feature and turn it on in Nvidia - I still see a ton of screen tearing (its quite bad actually), whether I cap my frames at around 143 / or let it go all the way to 200+.
Never had such a noticeable screen tears with TN 1080 144hz panel for some reason, maybe due to resolution diff?
The only way i get a tear free experience - is when I force in game Vsync or via Nvidia control panel (note* fast-sync and adaptive v-sync will still yield for tears). Funny thing - I do not perceive any increased input lag with Vsync on.
If I run capped frames at around 143-142 , its playable but tearing is still there, frames completely uncapped is worse.
So if some one educated enough on this topic would suggest - is it ok to keep running Vsync on / with capped frames at 143? or am i at disadvantage ? Or what is the best option here to get the best experience?
Potentially a long post.
I moved from TN LG 144hz 1080p monitor (dont recall the model now), to the above - IPS LG - GL83A-B 1440p / 144hz monitor, and its been a while, almost a year now, but for some reason games never felt as smooth.
On the paper GL83 A-B has a great response times and should have same refresh rates, but the only time I got it to feel as responsive as my old TN panel, when it was set to Super fast overdrive (which introduces quite a bit of Ghosting).
But that left aside - my main question is, since this Monitor does not support native G-sync , and only G-sync compatible - should I even attempt to use it?
I was lucky to get a 3080 and decent CPU to run all my competitive games at 144+ frames. And when I enable Gsync compatible feature and turn it on in Nvidia - I still see a ton of screen tearing (its quite bad actually), whether I cap my frames at around 143 / or let it go all the way to 200+.
Never had such a noticeable screen tears with TN 1080 144hz panel for some reason, maybe due to resolution diff?
The only way i get a tear free experience - is when I force in game Vsync or via Nvidia control panel (note* fast-sync and adaptive v-sync will still yield for tears). Funny thing - I do not perceive any increased input lag with Vsync on.
If I run capped frames at around 143-142 , its playable but tearing is still there, frames completely uncapped is worse.
So if some one educated enough on this topic would suggest - is it ok to keep running Vsync on / with capped frames at 143? or am i at disadvantage ? Or what is the best option here to get the best experience?