
High refresh rates go a long way in eliminating screen tearing, so adaptive sync technologies are largely unneeded if your GPU consistently outputs high frame rates.īut if you’re playing a newer, graphically intensive game like Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey at 4K, even a powerful gaming desktop might only render 40 or 50 frames per second on average, falling below the monitor’s refresh rate.

If you’re playing a relatively simple PC game like the original Half-Life, you probably don’t even need FreeSync. If the GPU’s output drops, the display’s refresh rate drops accordingly. If it’s a 60Hz display, then it only supports 60 frames per second. With FreeSync enabled, the monitor dynamically refreshes the screen in sync with the current game’s frame rate. Is there a Surfshark free trial? What you need to know

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