stackyFACTSWhen your graphics card spits out images faster than your monitor can handle, the picture literally tears in half horizontally.
When your graphics card spits out images faster than your monitor can handle, the picture literally tears in half horizontally. Vsync steps in like an overbearing traffic cop, forcefully delaying the hardware from releasing finished images until the exact millisecond the panel is ready to refresh. You effectively sacrifice input responsiveness just to ensure the digital walls stop aggressively splitting into jagged puzzle pieces.
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