NO VSYNC- 30FPS Lock + Locking MONITOR Refresh

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Hi there,
Like many people these days I own a 144hz/160oc Monitor.

When locking my frame rate to 30FPS with the in-game settings - SHOULD I lock my Monitors Refresh Rate to 30FPS when disabling VSYNC with the in-game settings?

I have read others using 3rd party apps to lock their monitors refresh rate in order to get smoother game play when disabling Vsync and locking to 30FPS with the in-game settings?

Is this the correct way to get smoother results - as in must make your monitors refresh rate the same as lock in-game FPS when disabling Vsync?

What app can someone recommend to lock my monitor to 30FPS? Windows and Nvida don’t seem to give me that option.

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  1. Set monitor refresh rate to 30hz via nvidia app or windows display settings
  2. In Flight sim, turn Vsync ON @ 60
  3. Optional: set Nvidia app Vertical Sync to Fast ; Texture Filter to Quality and Power management to maximum performance.
  4. Never look at fps monitor again and just enjoy the flight.
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Unfortunately I do not have those options which is why I followed a guide using Rivatuner. My lowest options via NVidia Panel and windows is 60. I am running a 144hz montior. Truth be told I just bought a 32:9 tonight as well. lol none the less this is useful info.

Oddly enough I was able to correct my game play but going to copy and past your recommendation which was pretty much the same as the guide I followed earlier today - minus step one. For that they showed how to use Rivatuner statistics.

Thank You.

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I can’t understand the logic of buying a 144hz monitor and set it to 30hz at the nvidia control panel

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Some monitors dont have gsync that can adjust the refresh rate automatically. My rule of thumb to get smooth frames is to set Refresh rate as follows:

Current FPS - 5 (for headroom)

But since no pc can maintain 60FPS IN ANY SCENERY OR PLANE on ultra 4k, 30hz is the next refresh rate available for those that dont have gsync.

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My monitor is the ViewSonic XG2405 144 Hz and my graphics card is the NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2060, 6GB GDDR6. and my CPU is Intel® Core™ i7-9700 (8-Core/8-Thread 12M Cache, 4.7GHz Processor.
Will MSFS 2020 run smoothly at 144HZ then?

Stelios