Say hello to bad frame pacing.

What Is Frame Pacing?

Frame pacing refers to the regularity of the time intervals between each frame displayed on your screen.

A screenshot of the player and a monster from the game Bloodborne

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In a perfect gaming world, each frame would be displayed at a consistent pace.

Sadly, games don’t always live up to this ideal, and that’s where the issue lies.

When the intervals between frames become irregular, you’re experiencing bad frame pacing.

To detect bad frame pacing, you gotta have something called a frame time graph.

This will show you the internal between frames in milliseconds.

This will tell you clearly if this is the issue or not.

That is, the FPS range VRR works in for that screen.

This can help minimizescreen tearingand improve frame pacing, particularly in games boasting high frame rates.

While VSync might sometimes introduce input lag, it remains a valuable tool for combating bad frame pacing.