A screen tear walks into a bar. The bartender says, 'We don't serve your kind here.' The screen tear asks, 'Why not?' The bartender points to a sign that reads 'Adaptive Sync Technologies Only.' Cue ...

Adaptive sync display technologies from Nvidia and AMD have been on the market for a few years now, however it's just recently that it's become more mainstream with gamers taking the plunge thanks to ...

If you've gone shopping for a computer monitor in the past few years, you've almost certainly come across models that advertise FreeSync. This popular display technology is advertised especially ...

If you've ever looked at the video or graphics options in a PC game, you've likely noticed a toggle for a setting called Vsync. Or if you've been shopping for the best gaming monitor, you may have ...

Tearing occurs when your monitor won’t refresh as quickly as the game’s frame rate. For players who deal with this issue regularly, it can quickly ruin the gameplay experience. There is a way to sync ...

2021 Update: Since Nvidia opened up to support FreeSync monitors with GeForce GPUs, the gaming monitor market completely shifted gears and today most gaming monitors are fully capable of VRR (variable ...

Back in 2013, Nvidia introduced a new technology called G-Sync to eliminate screen tearing and stuttering effects and reduce input lag when playing PC games. The company accomplished this by tying ...

AMD's decision to work with VESA (the standards body for computer graphics) to develop a competitor to Nvidia's G-Sync technology might well turn out to be the right one in the long run, but it hasn't ...

The widespread adoption of VRR tech has been hampered by a rocky path strewn with expensive proprietary technology and competing standards. VESA and AMD tried to clear some rubble away with the ...

Sai is a singer-songwriter from India with a passion for gaming and tech. His music has been featured on Rolling Stone, Rock Street Journal, Indie Music Diaries, and more. A screen tear walks into a ...

If you’ve ever experienced screen tearing in a PC game, you know how annoying it can be — an otherwise correctly rendered frame ruined by gross horizontal lines and stuttering. You can turn on V-Sync, ...