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Does V-Sync really matter?
Alrighty, so I decided to run a little test in Just Cause 2 with my 9800 GT to see how much frames I gain or lose with V-Sync enabled. Please note that the 9800 GT is an older card, but should give some decent scores.
These are the current settings:
Refresh Rate: 75
Display Settings
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Gamma: 50
Motion Blur: On
Full Screen: On
Screen Resolution: 1280x1024
Advanced Display Settings
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Texture detail: High
Shadows Quality: Medium
Anti-Aliasing: 4x
Anistrophic Filtering: 16x
Water Detail: Low
Objects Detail: Low
Decals: On
Soft Particles: On
V-Sync: Off
High-Res Shadows: Off
SSAO: Off
Point Light Specular: Off
Bokeh Filter: Off
GPU Water Simulation: On
System
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Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
RAM: 2047
I ran the benchmark "Concrete Jungle" which is the only benchmark in which I get around 20 FPS.
With V-Sync Off, I achieved 24.59.
With V-Sync On, I achieved 24.54.
That's hardly a difference!
I went ahead and tried "The Dark Tower" as well and achieved a 4 frame difference which isn't very significant.
I also ran this test on serveral other games and achieved about the same results.
Now, I'm not saying that everyone will get these results, but leaving V-Sync on when your FPS is below the refresh rate isn't a very significant difference as leaving it off, right?