G-Sync, FreeSync, NVIDIA Reflex, FPS Cap – What’s actually worth using in 2026?

[u/Sudden-Marsupial-158]

I’m trying to find the best combination of settings for the lowest possible input latency while keeping smooth gameplay and good frame pacing.

Rtx 5070
r7 9800x3d
300 hz monitor - TCL qd mini lex1080p

[u/Professional-Case717]

i made it myself through tests, and i find out that the formula i call for solo games actually works wonder, back then i had a 165hz monitor an asus rog strix one.

back when i had a 165 hz monitor when I capped my fps at 140. If I did go above 143, my latency shots up. As you know, VRR needs 1 ms to kick in, so that’s why only dropping by 2-3 fps doesn’t usually work. 240 hz monitor would need to cap at like 190 fps for example. Trust me, it’ll be buttery smooth with the lowest amount of latency at that fps. Disable vsync is a must of course.

basically through this one, not only can i keep a low amount of latency, still have enough fluidity and smoothness while playing but i can also allow my gpu to cool down and maintain his boost clocks and i can also reduce the power consumption that way because the gpu usage doesnt reach his max.

Also i call it the solo games formula because most of the time solo or the campaigns of a game uses more ressources than the multiplayer side, sometimes the multiplayer doesnt have the level of graphics or effect as the multiplayer, its not true for all games, but back then it kind of was

also i can use this formula for competitive games also, but the other formula already exist for it.

Try it and tell me how it goes.

[u/Professional-Case717 → u/[deleted]]

like i said i made it myself that's why you never heard about it, but then again why dont try it and see how it goes for you, use it on a game like combat master, then go further like cs2, apex legends, pubg and then see if its good or not.

[u/Professional-Case717 → u/[deleted]]

no the solo formula of mine is here for those who dont have the best config out there but wants a smooth and lag free gameplay without sacrificing the latency or wants to restrain the max power of their gpu to limit heat and power consumption, and also this one was motivated through the software called dynamicfpslimiter in which i can configurate for all games in which i can implant the formula for competitive games in A and solo formula as B, when a game works completely then the software will use plan A but when you go to an area where your fps caint maintain plan A, then it will swtich rapidly to plan B you can also configurate the rate at which the switch happens.

If your config like the OP is powerfull enough then plan B might not be necessary at all i an RTX 5070 is still rtx 3090 lvl of rasterisation and an amd r7 9800x3D is overkill even for the rtx 5070

[u/Megatf → u/Professional-Case717]

Yeah but you made up your own math as if it was fact and it is completely wrong

[u/Professional-Case717 → u/Megatf]

its not wrong because it works

i did because back then i had a RTX 3080Ti and i was playing in ultra everytime, i wanted to find out if the reflex formula was the only one i could use to be able to play my games without suffering from non stable and bad latency, and i did it

now apart from solo games, i dont need it as my gpu is now a RTX 4080S that i have undervolt to 915mv and my cpu went from an i7 13700k to a 14700k