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Juxtapose May 30, 2015 @ 6:04pm
VSync Clarification
Hey all,

So the patch for Mortal Kombat X earlier this month added some VSync options to the game's PC Video Settings, however I don't know what all of them mean. Hoping someone can enlighten me. The options are:

- Off
- nVidia Adaptive
- nVidia Half-Rate Adaptive
- Adaptive
- Fixed

So "Off" and "Fixed" are obvious, where "Fixed" locks it to your monitor's refresh rate. I think I know what "Adaptive" is, where it unlocks the frame rate when the game dips below the refresh rate cap to reduce stuttering, but locks it when it matches to reduce screen horizontal tearing (someone correct me if I'm wrong please).

So what exactly is the different between "nVidia Adaptive" and "Adaptive," and what is "nVidia Half-Rate Adaptive?"

Also, I just noticed in Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition a video option to "Disable Memory Restrictions." Does anyone know what this means?

Thanks!
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Matrixpdh May 30, 2015 @ 6:56pm 
nVidia Adaptive = better, Adaptive better for AMD users, Nvidia Half-Rate is Nvidia adaptive with 30 fps lock... Sorry my bad english
Last edited by Matrixpdh; May 30, 2015 @ 6:57pm
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Juxtapose May 30, 2015 @ 7:50pm 
@Matrixpdh No worries at all, and thank you for the response!

Can you elaborate more on the difference between nVidia Adaptive and Adaptive?
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Chameleon_Silk May 30, 2015 @ 8:09pm 
tbh man they are both probably the same thing, adaptive v-sync is adaptive v-sync, If I had to guess I would say that nVida one was ment for G-sync monitors or specifically tailored for the way nVida cards handle V-sync... your guess is as good as anyone elses.

nVida half rate is half the screen refresh rate so not always 30hz.

Disable mem restrictions is probably allowing the game to use more of the VRAM available on a card instead of reserving some, but guesswork here as well.
Last edited by Chameleon_Silk; May 30, 2015 @ 8:10pm
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Juxtapose May 30, 2015 @ 9:17pm 
Thanks @Chameleon_Silk. A buddy has told me this in regards to nVidia Adaptive vs. regular Adaptive:

"So adaptive and vs. nvids adaptive is kind of like this. Most games have natural vsync option. Nvids first party vsync does the job itself and dedicates it's work. So in other words instead of your card running through the games vsync your card directly runs the vsync task itself. "

So I'm assuming that means by doing so, the game will use your card more directly if you have an nVidia card.
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