Any Freesync alternatives (apart from g-sync)

[someguyattt]

Any alternatives to Freesync for a GTX 1060 that do not involve buying a G-$ync monitor, or to use that awful vsync? Something that does the same thing as Freesync (or at least mostly the same thing) that can be toggled in the Nv-Control panel or other third Party apps.

No, fast sync won't work cause it needs to be 3*Hz of monitor (which is 75Hz so it would murder a puny 3Gb 1060) and no, triple buffering only works in OpenGL so DX games won't use it, no Adaptive Sync won't work because you need a card below the GTX 1000 series.

Or otherwise, if you use a 1060 how do you fix screen tearing without Vsync? Should I just scope aN R9 290 for 145 pounds (here in england) and use the freesync with my monitor?

 

[renz496]

i think you got your answer already. or you can try playing at high frame rate with high refresh rates.....

 

[k1114]

It doesn't always work depending on how your monitor works and also the game that is being played but you can try capping your fps with msi ab.

 

[someguyattt]

i think you got your answer already. or you can try playing at high frame rate with high refresh rates.....

Well the 290 would be 2nd hand, use a lot of power and increase heat, and die from the heat in like 1 year, and some games like GTA V run extremely poorly, even without msaa. So no, I don't think I will go for that.

 

[someguyattt]

It doesn't always work depending on how your monitor works and also the game that is being played but you can try capping your fps with msi ab.

I could, but even if I do cap the fps I would still see significant screen tearing.

 

[dontlistentome]

It's freesync for AMD or gsync for Nvidia, those are your choices if vsync isn't enough.

There are pluses and minuses for all of them. If there were a less expensive alternative that worked with any card, everyone would be using it even me. There isn't. One thing I do sometimes if possible is to cap the highest framerate a game is allowed to have. Some games have 'ini' files or 'cfg' files which contain all the possible settings you can alter. If you manually edit those files it can sometimes be possible to do things you can't do in the ingame menu. One thing might be to limit top framerate. That can eliminate tearing.

edit: I'd look for an RX 470 or 570, not a 290, if I was going to replace that 1060 with an AMD card for freesync.

 

[k1114]

Like I said, sometimes it doesn't work. Your only options in that case is to use one of the syncs. Vsync isn't bad if you can keep 60fps.