BoredErica Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 I am being told that turning off Vsync via ini is bad. Turning Vsync off via drivers or ENB, fine. Ini, bad. I am told multiple sources say this, yet I do not know of one that does. Can somebody confirm if this advice is sound, and if so, why? I am playing Skyrim with Vsync off in ini and Vsync off in Inspector for years and I never noticed anything strange. This is not the typical 'NEVER TURN VSYNC OFF' argument. --- My understanding of it is this: The only problems with Vsync off is high frame rates. High frame rates (100+) can cause a number of side effects (clutter flying around, death by wheelbarrow, flickering in and out of water for no reason). Limiting the framerate prevents this from happening if the limit is not too high. (There are concerns about loading times when limited via Inspector but that's besides the point.) Turning off Vsync manually in Inspector turns off Vsync in menus as well, which turning off Vsync in ini does not. So in essence, there's no real reason to turn off Vsync in ini because it could be turned off elsewhere to the same or greater effect. But it's not harmful to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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