What is triple buffering vsync?

[DanGaming]

Basically Im getting high cpu usage in games and also sometimes i get screen tears, and thats why ive decided that i would like to have vsync ON when playing games! But the only down side to having vsync ON is that when vsync is on you get stutters sometimes (I think that happens when your gpu frame rate drops below the display refresh rate)! And I would like to know if there is any way to get rid of that stutter!? Does this triple buffering vsync get rid of that stutter or what exacly does triple buffering do? If there is no way to get rid of the stutter, maybe I can limit the fps in a different way, without having to put vsync ON and get stutters... but then will I still be able to keep my cpu usage low, like I do with vsync ON ?

Also, I know that Nvidia's G-Sync fixes the stutter, but obviously... I dont have a gsync monitor 😀

Thanks guys 😉

 

[toddybody]

Hi Friend, here is a good overview of triple buffering and V-Sync:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2794/2

To your question though, there is no way to both remove tearing and stutter without some kind of adaptive refresh technology (i.e., G-Sync or FreeSync).

I'm on my 2nd G-Sync display and I have to say that I'm a true believer.