Hello people,

 

I already asked this question in the MS FSX forum, but nobody seems to be able to help me.

 

Remember the VSync 1/2 refresh rate discovery a few years ago, with the new levels of smoothness it would get us? A topic about this was posted here a few years ago. Basically this option would allow us to run FSX smoothly and fluidly, and of course eliminate the tearing. It's simple: if you can maintain 30 FPS at least, you can enable VSync 1/2 refresh rate in NVIDIA Inspector (for 60 Hz monitors), and get a super smooth FSX.

 

Without it, FSX should run pretty smoothly too (it does on my system), but it's just not the same smoothness as VSync 1/2 refresh rate)

 

Anyway, the problem: I always used to run this VSync 1/2 configuration a few years ago. It always worked fine and would make FSX that extra bit smoother. Back in 2014 I left this hobby on the back-burner for a while. But recently I started flying again, and updated all my add-ons and drivers. The only thing that changed in the mean time was my upgrade to Windows 10. I did a few flights, and FSX worked just fine, no crashes, no glitches. But due to new driver installs, I lost my NVIDIA Inspector settings. Of course, I wanted to reconfigure NVIDIA Inspector and the AA settings. So there I went, I re-configured it, fired up FSX, and noticed my AA settings were just fine, just like a few years ago. But I noticed my frames were running unlimited, and not at 30. Yes, I know, this VSync 1/2 tweak works best with the FSX internal FPS limiter, but without it FSX shouldn't be running at random FPS. It should rather hop between 30 and a random FPS number all the time. It should at least make an attempt to maintain 30 FPS, but it clearly wasn't. Tried with 30 FPS internal limiter, and the smoothness I was used to wasn't really there. I also saw no input lag, and some tearing. So VSync wasn't working.

 

Re-checked my settings:

 

I don't see what I did wrong.

 

Then I tried to apply similar settings to GTA V, and guess what? VSync 1/2 works perfectly fine there! I don't normally use these settings in GTA V, but it was just a test to see if it was exclusive to FSX. And it is. 

 

So I started troubleshooting:

- Disabled NVIDIA Inspector and tried via the regular NVIDIA Control Panel (Adaptive VSync (half refresh rate)

- Deleted the NVIDIA driver and deleted all folders and registry entries, then reinstalled the newest driver

- Updated Windows

- Deleted fsx.CFG and let FSX rebuilt the default one

- Checked if FSX was running as administrator

- Tried standard VSync, Adaptive VSync, normal refresh rate, half refresh rate, 1/4 refresh rate. VSync just won't apply.

- Re-added the fsx.exe executable to the NVIDIA Inspector software and NVIDIA Control Panel

- Tried Flight1 registry fixer tool

- Did a virus scan

- Tried older drivers from 2013 and 2014, of which I knew they used to work with FSX and VSync 1/2.

 

Everything to no avail.

 

Are any settings in FSX, or outside FSX, that could possibly prevent VSync from applying?

 

System specs:

Windows 10
Asus P8Z68-V Pro

i5 2500K @ 4.6

Asus GTX 670 2 GB
Corsair 8 GB DDR3 2133 MHz
Crucial m4 128 GB (Windows)
OCZ Vertex 4 128 GB (FSX)

WD Caviar Black 1 TB
OCZ 700W

Monitor: Asus VS278Q 27" 60 Hz 1080p

I had this exact same thing happen to me, with the exception I was using windows 7. 

 

It is not the nvidia or fsx settings...  Its some strange issue with windows aero if you can re-enable it, the screen tearing should go away.

Please let me know if you find a fix. I am having the same issue with Prepar3d.

 

http://www.avsim.com/topic/504728-adaptive-half-refresh-rate-v-sync-no-longer-working/?hl=%2Bhalf+%2Brefresh+%2Brate#entry3576776

Why do you have frame rate limiter off? I have @ 30 even if you use in sim.