Now scroll down to Vertical Sync, and select FAST from the dropdown menu. Apply and save, and now boot up the simulator. Ensure in sim vsync is off. Screen tearing should now be gone.
I see, I thought it was capped but perhaps not, I looked in nvidia control panel and under resolution it says my native resolution @60, I presumed that meant it was capped at 60.
Yeah 30 FPS should be enough for FS2024, so limiting it to 30 in the Control Panel will give your PC a break (especially in the Menus) and give you extra room for tweaking settings. Ideally I want my frame rates (maximum 30 in NVCP) at half my monitor refresh rate (also 60 Hz) for optimal smoothness. With Lossless Scaling I get it back to 60 FPS.
The reason you’re getting the screen tearing is because your FPS in the simulator is higher than the refresh rate of your monitor (i.e. if you’re getting 80 FPS with frame generation enabled, but only use a 60Hz refresh rate monitor you will get screen tears). There are two main fixes, as already pointed out to you:
Use NVIDIA Control Panel to activate VSYNC, which will lock your FPS to the maximum refresh rate of your monitor (60FPS for a 60Hz monitor)
Use NVIDIA Control Panel to cap your framerate to your monitor refresh rate
The above methods essentially do the same thing, but should both result in no more screen tears!
I was getting around 75fps earlier, I just read something elsewhere that I need to scroll down further in the nvidia resolution settings and there is a specific PC resolution list and I should be able to set it at 120hz then.
Ok so you can set your refresh rate to 120Hz, limit your FPS to 60 in NVCP, and everything should be smooth. This way, even in the most demanding scenario, you can still maintain a stable 60 FPS.
Be prepared for a potential impact on start times if you use NVCP frame cap. My test results are here. Strangely not every system seems to be impacted, but some are.
@davegranstrom16 with what you just said would you still enable vsync in the Nvidia control panel , like you mentioned in you original post about selecting FAST from the dropdown menu?
After you add Microsoft Flight Simulator to the Customize Programs tab, scroll down to find Max Frame Rate setting and cap to 60. At the same time, scroll down a little more to ensure Vsync is set to Fast, and that should be everything.
Yes, I would still set Vsync to Fast since this eliminates any and all screen tearing that may occur. The max frame rates are simply for smoothness within the simulator. Glad to help!
30 FPS is horrible in my opinion, it stutters with every camera pan, which happens a lot with TrackIR. I need 60 fps. My monitor has 60Hz and Frame Generation works perfectly when I limit the framerate to 60 in the nVidia Control panel. No issues with loading times either. I’m in the main menu after 90 seconds (which is loads better than the 8 minutes that I had with FS2020. )
Everyone’s got their personal preferences, but I’ve learned if you make do with less, you will be impressed more, and this is the motto of MSFS. My PC can’t run above 40 fps, so I limit it to half my refresh rate of 60Hz. For me, 30 FPS is as good as I’ll get, and Lossless Scaling brings it back to 60.
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