From 02b15425e2eecfade9e94173d7c0334cf870d9ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hans-Kristian Arntzen Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 13:35:41 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Getting optimal vsync performance (markdown) --- Getting-optimal-vsync-performance.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/Getting-optimal-vsync-performance.md b/Getting-optimal-vsync-performance.md index 53a97b0..fe0fc86 100644 --- a/Getting-optimal-vsync-performance.md +++ b/Getting-optimal-vsync-performance.md @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ To enable it, set `video_hard_sync = true` in config. To ensure that this sync m Do note that this sync method can greatly reduce performance, and can turn smooth 60 fps into crawling 30 fps if there was not enough headroom in the performance. +If you use [[KMS mode]], using `video_hard_sync` won't help as it already does something like this. + ## Threaded video fallback If your video driver has very bad performance, it is possible to run it on a thread to avoid almost all video driver overhead. Set `video_threaded = true` in config. Butter smooth VSync behavior in this case is impossible however, and latency might increase slighly. Use only if you cannot obtain full speed otherwise.