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Basic Office Monitor
There is only basic technology available, with no g-sync, freesync, or variable refresh rate (VRR) options. We are stuck at 60Hz refresh rate.
Enabling Vsync is the easiest choice, but it is also not recommended due to the significant input lag it causes, which I find unbearable.
What is input lag
If you are unfamiliar with input lag, in the context of gaming, it refers to the time delay between when a user enters a command or action and when it is displayed on the screen.
For gaming, input lag is the delay between:
- Pressing a key on your keyboard
- Moving/clicking a button on your mouse
- Moving your controller
and seeing the corresponding action happen on your monitor.
How to deal with screen tearing
Using RTSS Scanline Sync
What I would recommend is using RTSS Scanline sync. This tool locks the tear line at a specific position and you can move it away from the middle where it is most noticeable, to the top or bottom of the screen, or can even outside the visible area.
Read: Reduce Screen Tearing with RTSS Scanline Sync
From my experience there's a small input lag when comparing it to just limiting framerates to 60 with screen tear, but most people wouldn't probably notice.
Maximizing FPS
One other method to address tearing is by maximizing your FPS. Screen tearing is hardly noticeable when the FPS is at least twice the refresh rate. It is still there but won't be very distracting. So at 60Hz refresh rate, the FPS has to maintain at 120 and above.
If you own an NVIDIA gpu, you may want to use Fast-sync together with the above method because Fast Sync is most effective when having a frame rate that's at least double the refresh rate which ensures that the buffer is always full, which allows Fast Sync to effectively eliminate screen tearing. This is because the GPU can render frames quickly enough to keep the buffer full, and the monitor can display the frames without having to wait for the GPU to catch up.
Getting used to it
The last thing I would say on how to deal with tearing is by accepting it. It is what it is unless you spend some money buying a better monitor with VRR technology. Train the eyes and brain to eventually get used to the tearing that it becomes bearable.
Read also: Monitor Display: Distorted and Blurry Text