Fps and Vsync question

[Anguxilion]

I recently bought a ps4 and the 30fps feels smooth (Don't get me wrong, ofc 60fps is a lot smoother but 30fps on console games are not that bad) but for some reason on pc games when i lock them at 30 fps it feels much much worse than console, micro stutters and those kind of things. i normally use on my nvidia settings "force vsync on" and i use profile inspector to cap the game at 30fps. so here is my question, forcing a 30fps cap is the same thing that using half refresh rate vsync? one is smoother or what?

 

[pete_101]

This old thread answers that question http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2864044/console-runs-smoother-30fps.html