So what setting do you use ?

[Floid]

Would be interested to know whether most people play with v-sync on or off. As both are pretty bad in l4d2.

So which do you prefer ?

[「ジャストメロン」]

Off. There's no point having V-Sync on. Just limits your FPS.

[zexx11]

I get screen tearing so I keep it on.

[Floid]

Yeah thats the weird thing about l4d2. V-sync causes horrible stuttering, but with if off you just get horrible tearing.

So often wondered which option most players are prepared to put up with. Because neither option will give totally smooth gameplay.

[(ΘČĐ)™Conrad925]

I run with it off, everything else maxxed @ 1920 x 1080. I don't notice much tearing, but it tends to run at 180 fps which synchronizes well with the monitor's 60 hz. Even with v-sync on it runs smooth, except for when playing on a server located on the other side of the planet, or modded to the point of fubar/Pinion ad-spammer dedicated, etc.

[BreakinBenny - Allkeyshop]

Originally posted by Akita★Neru:

Off. There's no point having V-Sync on. Just limits your FPS.

Isn't that the point? Limiting your FPS to your monitor's refresh rate? I couldn't care any less about 60+ FPS because that's as far as my monitor from Fujitsu Siemens Computers can handle.

In short, guys, I use vertical sync.

[zexx11]

I guess a G-Sync or Freesync monitor would solve both problems.

[Floid]

Originally posted by zexx11:

I guess a G-Sync or Freesync monitor would solve both problems.

Unfortunately not. I'm using g-sync with l4d2 as it's a bit better than v-sync, but only marginally so. Personally I think g-sync has been hyped into something it's not.

If you look at nvidia's official wording in relation to g-sync they do say it gets rid of tearing. But when they describe it's effectiveness on lag and stuttering, you see they always say "less" lag and "less" stuttering. "less", thats because it doesn't completely get rid of stuttering.

It's basically a modified version of v-sync with synchronization at the monitor end as well as at the gpu end, rather than just synchronization at the gpu end like with v-sync. And because of that it still suffers from the same nonsensical weirdness issues that v-sync has, namely frame stutter even when the fps is consistent.

[Glass Of Milk]

i play on a laptop. max out everything except AA which the laptop can't handle