Does FreeSync Even Work?

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Hello,

I recently got a new Freesync monitor to use with my RX 580 and was hoping I could get rid of vertical tearing finally without having to sacrifice input lag with V-Sync… Well, I have my monitor’s Freesync enabled, I have Freesync enabled in Radeon Global Settings AND World of Warcraft’s profile in Radeon Settings, but it isn’t work. I am still getting vertical tearing… When I enabled V-sync instead, I don’t get any tearing.

Does anyone know why this might be the case? Thanks!

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What monitor is it & what is your FPS when you see tearing? Different freesync monitors have different FPS / refresh rate ranges that freesync will work in. If your FPS goes lower or higher than the supported range on your freesync monitor you’ll still get tearing.

You should be able to find the range by looking up your monitors model number. To avoid going over that range you can use the FPS cap built into wow on the advanced graphics settings & if your going under the range, turn down your view distance if your CPU has a thread hitting 100%, SSAO & shadows if your GPU is maxing out. If your on Windows 10 you can use task manager to view CPU & GPU usage.

Or just use V-Sync, to be honest I don’t notice really a difference in input lag between V-Sync on & off, at least in wow anyways.

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Hey!

Thanks for the awesome reply! I have already taken into account all of your points and have ensured that I am meeting all the requirements for it to work correctly; that’s why I figured it HAS to be not working anymore since BfA launched. I am always in the 75-99FPS range, and I see tearing even at 99FPS. Locking to 100 or 99 doesn’t make a difference either. Only applying V-sync works. :frowning:

Can anyone confirm that FreeSync is actually functional as of 8.0? I think I might submit a ticket because I am convinced that it no longer works as a result of not having fullscreen anymore.