Special K now has "tearingless VSYNC OFF" similar to RTSS Scanline Sync

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Special K now has "tearingless VSYNC OFF" similar to RTSS Scanline Sync

Post by Chief Blur Buster » 08 Sep 2021, 17:25

For you fans of RTSS Scanline Sync (as an ultra-low-lag clone of VSYNC ON)

On September 4th, Special K just added it to the latest developer build (only downloadable via the Special K Discord server).

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If you can't click on that, accept this server invite to Special K Discord Server before clicking the above image.

I should also add that Kaldaien was happy to use of my Blur Busters research to figure out how to add support for this -- inspired by Tearline Jedi research that Blur Busters did which also inspired Guru3D to do RTSS Scanline Sync too.

Short of VRR, this is one of the lowest-latency tearingless methods of sync technologies (tearingless VSYNC OFF -- essentially emulates an ultra-low-lag version of VSYNC ON via raster scanline-based tearline hiding techniques with VSYNC OFF).
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Re: Special K now has "tearingless VSYNC OFF" similar to RTSS Scanline Sync

Post by BTRY B 529th FA BN » 08 Sep 2021, 17:29

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Re: Special K now has "tearingless VSYNC OFF" similar to RTSS Scanline Sync

Post by disq » 08 Sep 2021, 17:36

Too bad we can't use SK on games with anti-cheats :(

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