I’m looking for Gsync / Freesync to get rid of screen tearing.

Gsync is Nvidia and Freesync AMD, right?

What exactly do I need to use Gsync/Freesync? I guess Monitor + GPU both have to be compatible.

Are there any downsides when using this on Linux?

  • Leopard1907BEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Screen tearing that happens within refresh rate limit of the monitor is not related to lacking Freesync/Gsync.

    You guess, you ask, yet you give 0 info about your actual setup. Now a single message suggestion that would tell you what you need to do just postponed to one or maybe more messages later.

    • Leather-Influence-51OPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      nah It was just an overall question, I currently have no money to change anything at my setup :D

  • Qweedo420BEnglish
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    1 year ago

    You can also get rid of screen tearing by using vsync, at the cost of some latency

    Anyway, to have a tear-free experience without significant latency, you’d need a VRR compatible GPU, which basically means every GPU made in the last 10 years, and then a VRR capable monitor, so just make sure the description says that it supports FreeSync