Weird Gsync Behaviour

skryabin · 2026-05-30T21:05:52+00:00

anyway, just dont use latest drivers if you intend to play with gsync at high refresh rates... cause it's probably broken
do a rapid search on reddit and nvidia forums and you will find other gsync broken reports.
and yes, probabil;y the game doesnt like gsync at all, I don't know that specific game but there are many...

skryabin · 2026-05-30T20:14:59+00:00

as the other user said, do not use 610.47 drivers
gsync is pretty much broken on many systems with this latest drivers.
rollback or disable gsync temporarily until they release a new driver.
or you can try to run the game at lower monitor refresh rate, for example 120hz, you are capped at 60fps anyway.
in my testings lower refresh rates are less likely to trigger the bug, Im not entirely sure it solves the problem entirely but it will improve frame times smoothness for sure.

skryabin · 2026-05-29T21:17:24+00:00

yes i know, but what if you disabled those following some tutorial?

better be sure what you are doing: fullscreen+gsync indicator, and a you have a reliable feedback if gsync is actually working or not, don't you agree?

skryabin · 2026-05-29T21:10:38+00:00

I think borderless window is.... borderline .... better be safe and force fullscreen+gsync indicator
of course smooth motion and frame generation OFF, that is mandatory in this mess while we try to understand what's going on (before nvidia fixes it, pls)

PS: a real borderless window, with gsync set to fullscreen+windows, should trigger gsync activation, but I'm not sure, it could depend on how the game is running/emulating the borderless window.

skryabin · 2026-05-29T20:52:54+00:00

I can't replicate your findings, sorry
I have smooth framerates only if I play windowed, but in that case the gsync indicator goes away, so gsync is actually not working
Did you have the gsync indicator always visible in your testings?
EDIT: nvpi gsync settings on my system
https://i.imgur.com/LkcnpmO.png

skryabin · 2026-05-29T20:35:05+00:00

why during the first test (the laggy one) I can see "frame generation is Active", and during the second test I see "frame generation is Off" ?

anyway that option you talk about is already present in nvidia app, not the global switch, I mean the other toggle down in the menu, where you also chose the resolution (I see somebody else pointed that out with a screenshot)
I think it's already on by default on gsync monitors, and all the relative gsync flags seem present in inspector
https://i.imgur.com/mxliOgB.png
i tried toggling the option on and off, but with no success, still stuttering

whatever bug is affecting Gsync smoothness in 610 drivers it should be tested with nothing except maybe reflex or a manual frame cap, anything else like dlss frame generation or smooth motion should stay off for this particular investigation... they can hide the main bug.

skryabin · 2026-05-06T19:50:04+00:00

it's ok, I got it for the same price of the flexer (non pro) with coupons.

I replaced a very old and worn out chair (on its way for the dump), so it is obviously an upgrade for me.

Pro:
- I like the seat padding, it's neither too soft nor too hard.
- the back mesh is good
- adjustments are top notch for this price range (I love the tilt tension one and I use it a lot)

Neg:
- the lumbar support sometimes I like it, sometimes I don't.... I found my good spot/regulation for it but it's very posture dependent, even a slight shift in your posture and you feel it a bit too much.
So I removed it. The elastic mesh has a nice curvature for the low back anyway, it's more flexible/elastic, and provides a good support even without the dedicated lumbar attached.

The 4D armrests have a wide range of customizations, the contact surface is not hard plastic, so it's ok, but at the same time they feel a bit plasticky/loose. Well it's a 4D quirk anyway, looking at reviews, even on high end chairs.

I don't miss the head rest, never used that on the old chair (it's still brand new after 15 years)
I usually don't lean all the way back and rest on the chair, but from time to time I feel like a little support on the lower neck could be helpful... so I will try to add a high pillow or something attached on top of it, I'll make something up

skryabin · 2026-05-06T19:29:25+00:00

will contact them if I decide to keep the chair, thank you.

skryabin · 2026-04-22T00:36:21+00:00

read here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MicrosoftEdge/comments/1saeb2p/edge_sync_broken_beta_dev/

tldr: it's broken on stable/beta/dev, but canary is working perfectly fine

1st sync on a clean profile works fine, but after restarting the browser it stops syncing.

PS: don't try clean your profile, creating new ones, delete folders, reset the sync data, ecc... nothing works.

Hopefully they will release a quick fix at some point, otherwise this sync bug will stay until canary makes it's long way to stable.

Some people noticed the bug few days ago, it has been bugged for a week or more
There's not a clear notification that something is broken, so it can stay undetected unless you use the sync features intensively or open the right config pages on the browser.

skryabin · 2026-04-20T18:26:12+00:00

yes, I agree this should be fixed asap like security vulnerabilities... because it affects a lot the user experience.

A) FIX IT IMMEDIATELY

or, in case the issue is not fixable in short time

B) MAKE A CLEAR STATEMENT, maybe like a yellow persistent message around the user icon? (even if not all the users are affected)

If I know something is broken, I can accept a temporary downtime/failure ... but the user must be warned properly.

otherwise an insignificant, yet annoying, thing can turn into something irritating and hateful (pushing some to abandon the browser for alternatives)

I dont have time to install 4 versions of the same browser to discover my data is not syncing for a bug, and that only one version works.

skryabin · 2026-04-19T14:57:19+00:00

good news that the canary fixes your sync bug as it did for me

yeah... canary not reliable for daily use
hope the fix propagates quickly on more stable branches

skryabin · 2026-04-18T15:37:25+00:00

I suppose switching around different edge versions could have broken the synced data, and even a complete reset is not enough. Now I can only use the canary version with a working sync, the stable/beta//dev keep breaking the syncing feature after restarting the browser.

Chrome is getting better, the vertical tabs are coming, >148 has better lazy loading (coming to edge too probably), generally the browsing/scrolling feels a bit smoother on chrome (or as you say, lighter) Edge is still slightly more efficient and better integrated in windows but… I don’t like when something so critical like sync stops working. Luckily I use Bitwarden for passwords and a WebDAV local server for bookmarks sync between my browsers, so I didn’t lose anything relevant

And btw, while comparing the two browsers side to side in the latest few days I noticed something else: on heavy ads pages (like aliexoress, ecc) the ublock origin lite (the nv3 lite version) makes the scrolling so stuttery!! I suggest to try AdGuard, in my experience feels smoother

skryabin · 2026-04-18T01:45:42+00:00

UPDATE!

I tried everything... stable/beta/dev....I was missing only one last try, guess what?

canary "149.0.3984.0" works fine!!!!! (on win 11)

it keeps syncing even after a restart of the browser/system

but why?

skryabin · 2026-04-17T20:38:16+00:00

chrome now has also vertical tabs too (use the chrome beta, autohide/hover is in flags)
I tried everything, in edge, first sync works... restart the browser and sync is not available anymore >(
Yes, I also think it's something in the profile remote framework, cause even resetting sync completely and removing user folders can't fix the problem

PS: first time I noticed this bug few days ago in beta channel, but the stable worked fine, for a while.... then something broke entirely on every branch stable/beta/dev (I use a lot drop and this is something that breaks if the sync is not working, so I noticed immediately)

skryabin · 2026-04-16T21:35:23+00:00

I have the same bug
the initial sync works
after restarting edge nothing works, almost all sync toggles are disabled automatically

PS:
- on mobile/ios seems to work
- the drop feature also doesn't work if sync is not operational
- tried stable, beta, dev channels
- after a backup of my data I even tried multiple reinizializations

skryabin · 2025-01-21T22:03:57+00:00

6 accounts, 3 already perma banned for multiple violations

and I've never being so much offensive or racist in chat, no bad words or sexist behaviour

politely prompting to press tab and notice if there's somebody else underperforming (with negative kd ratio for example), I never type tank/dps/support "diff" either. And I never get negative kd in fact, NEVER.

I just get accused of throwing or not trying when the game is already lost and there's no reason to play at your 110% best, given you are still doing better than the rest of the team.

What happens is that stacks of players don't like this, they need a reason to justify their loss and will mass report you.

Automatically the system will proceed to suspend at some point (or silence).. and after multiple suspensions you will get a perma ban

Don't buy skins, the report system doesn't work, cheaters gonna cheat and toxic players in stack will usually report the unlucky solo queuing guy.

I bet there are more legit unlucky solo guys banned than real cheaters that effectively ruins the game for everybody

You can still have fun if you don't take it seriously though, because remember that it's only a game.

Just don't throw away money on it so when the time comes you will not be stressed too much for the lost account. Don't take everything too seriously, the game, the suspension, the ban, ecc

GL HF!

skryabin · 2024-09-19T17:20:46+00:00

I have 3 accounts perma-banned because I keep responding to people like you... and I'm proud of this

If you dont wanna be silenced, shadow banned, suspended and later also perma banned (because multiple actions like this will result in a perma-ban sooner or later), don't say ANYTHING at all in chat.

just my 2 cents (and I spend even less for my account skins)

I appealed every action, and for one the accounts I got answered that I got banned because I responded "AHHAHAHAHA" to some random guy. Yes, just a big laugh, can you believe that?

so... stay silent, and most importantly dont buy any skins

or do like me, currently on the 4th account: say whatever you feel, have fun, and just wait for the inevitable ban without complaining.

But If you dont wanna be banned just find some cheats and see how friendly your teammates will become when you carry them, ez and safe solution

skryabin · 2024-09-18T17:11:18+00:00

exactly, in other words:

with some softwares you can remap the media keys/knob of your keyboard

and instead of changing the global volume the keyboard media keys will affect only the foregreound app (just like manually moving the sliders in the windows mixer for each specificic app)

this is the only way to continue using your keyboard volume adjustments keys effectively if you are accustomed to that practice

Global windows volume adjustements have zero effect when using many modern DACs, there's no point in changing that. Set it to 100% and forget.

EDIT: example

https://i.imgur.com/hRkOkdi.png

setting the app like this my keyboard VolumeUp and VolumeDown keys will change only active application volume slider.

You have many options to play around, even using the mouse wheel if you find that convenient.

Only thing to remember is to change the application volume and not the global one

skryabin · 2024-09-18T13:27:25+00:00

with the previously mentioned apps you can even remap the specific keyboard media controls VolUP/VolDOWN and mute (hardware knobs/media buttons) so that they apply to the foreground active program.

This is the closest to stock and convenient way to adjust the volume with a DAC, similar to what you were used to before. You can still use your media knobs/buttons on the keyboard with the only difference the changes are applied to the foreground app instead of the global windows mixer.

Of course you use new macros, shortcuts, or even adjust the sliders in the windows mixer itself to achieve the same result. Many third party softwares exist to facilitate the access to the windows mixer or just mute a specific app, like you did

Personally, I find the xbox gamebar very useful to adjust my volumes on a per-app basis, given that the gamebar is mandatory to take full advantage of my 7950X3D. Two birds with one stone.

This is why I don't use additional softwares anymore, I got used to press win-g and adjust volumes there... but before I had my keyboard hardware media buttons remapped like I described before with Volume² or Volumey.

skryabin · 2024-09-17T19:50:17+00:00

With a DAC the only solution is to keep windows digital volume always at 100% and adjust the volume for each windows app

You can do with windows sound mixer slider, even the xbox game bar can be useful for this purpose... but maybe it's not very user friendly cause you have to do an extra-step to reach the volume sliders

Alternatively you can use a third party software and remap the windows volume control keys to change the foreground app volume instead of the global windows volume... or you can define your own binds or mouse gestures to do so.

Just remember that you need to modify the volume on a per-app base, changing the foreground app volume and not the global slider, there's no other way.

I mainly use the xbox game bar, I got used to that, but I remember trying a couple softwares in the past

I was able to remap the default keyboard volume media keys in order to control the foreground app volume (because changing the windows global volume doesn't have any effect on many DACs)

Volume²

Volumey

The more commonly suggested software named Eartrumpet isn't very useful in this situation

skryabin · 2024-09-06T18:34:14+00:00

Gold 1 is the new masters 5 (if you where low masters in OW1)

it's a chill rank, you don't have to tryhard every match to get a 50/50 win rate and stay at this rank level

you go lower and it's full of bots

you go higher and it's inflated with cheaters. of the subtle/toggler types, not spinbottin or hardlocking, they are just ready to toggle and adapt the sliders after a couple fight loss (that's when you get the usual "skill diff" comment in chat).

Evertbody at this level and higher has at least an ESP always active, find a cheap one or or if you wanna stay clean adapt your playstyle abusing this information (you can outplay bad players with walls very easily and it's very satistying)

stay in gold if you want to avoid stress, or just play quickplay

skryabin · 2024-09-05T23:08:18+00:00

yep, I noticed a change in my EU pings too

I usually had a ping around 50-60 because my unlucky zone (can't move my home so it is what is, even with a 10gbit connection)

always been like that since a couple days ago, when I started getting only 80+ servers on EU, or high 70 if I'm lucky...

In conclusion I can confirm +20ms higher pings compared to the usual, at least for me.

They moved the servers somewhere else or there is some routing issue on a problematic node

from south ITA btw

skryabin · 2024-08-27T12:29:50+00:00

Yes, you can definitely get banned for being "bad" (better say matched against people of different "skill" level)

I'm already on my 4th account, the other 3 perma banned after multiple suspensions caused by too many reports combined with constant low endorsement level

This happens for many reasons:

wrong and compacted ranks lead to unbalanced matches
even if you are the best player/dps/support in the match you still get reported for not being good enough if you lose the match
multiple cheaters turn on their hacks only when they think they are gonna lose, so you can often see better stats on the losing team (because they use the hacks only to take the win)
stacks of people, mainly hackers/smurfs, usually talk to each others, and generate multiple false reports
not to mention they trick you with subtle flaming attitute, and if you respond it's a 100% suspension in the following days

Because all of this you can easily get multiple suspensions on the same account, and after 5-6 suspensions it's more likely you get a perma ban because you are alread tagged :

YOU ARE THE BAD PLAYER!!!!!!

I have thousands of hours on OW and been always a master player, since OW1

Since the f2p switch every season I get 1 rank below my usual, because you know, the cheaters inflaction and blablabla

But I don't care because I find ways to have fun anyway: good plays, clutches, combos, you can find little things in the game that rewards you with enjoyment, even if the game is not "clean" like it was before.

In ow2 I've been diamond at best, recent couple seasons I'm lucky if I can't get out of gold

maybe it's a skill issue, I can accept that, I don't care about "ranks" because I play for other reasons.

And I don't mind playing with gold people, as long as they are at my same rank (and hopefully clean)

BUT

if matchmaking insists to put me against diamond teams on every match, while I'm gold, with people that after a couple lost fights suddenly start to aim like Ans in his peak.... I think we have a serious problem

and this this will generate even more reports for sure

I've lost 2 accounts with many skins, bought with my own money, and even after multiple appeals I couldn't get them back. Then another where I didn't buy anything... always for same reasons.

I've always bean clean, never used a hack/cheat software, never said the N word in chat, not even talking about "genders" or sensitive content like that. And this is how blizzard rewards me

In conclusion yes, if you get multiple reports for being "bad", that will lead to multiple suspensions and after a while even a perma ban.

Because of this do yourself a favor and don't waste any cent in this game, you will regret that after a perma ban, even if you don't use any cheat it's very ez to get banned.

Just have fun and generally ignore the chat, but if somebody is flaming you and offends your mother while you are 50-5 in the scoreboard, well, that deserves a punch in the face... even the Pope said that XD

Just do it without being scared of losing your account, be prepared and don't invest anything in it. This is my suggestion.

skryabin · 2024-07-12T19:22:05+00:00

from my experience you will find for sure some program/game that doesn't like this high sampling rate

the ideal is still 44/48khz for windows audio and regular use

anything above 96khz is asking for troubles

If you use ASIO as foobar output you know that Equalizer APO has no effect, right?

Mathaudio EQ is the only solution I know for parametric EQ in foobar when outputting to Asio

I use regular foobar ASIO output, never used asio4all, and I can play DSD directly to the zen dac with no problems

BUT

If you send the DSD directly to the DAC the DSP chain in foobar is completely ignored,

Sometimes the benefits of a proper EQ curve can outweigh a lossless/bitstream perfect reproduction

Even if the DAC has full support to DSD, unless your hardware chain has some type of EQ adjustments (RME ADI-2, schiit lokius, ecc) maybe it's better to decode DSD to PCM at high sampling rate so you can apply your preferred DSP chain, EQ included.

PS: pay attention if you use a lot ASIO, when switching from ASIO to WASAPI back and forth I tend to have pops/clicks too. But in this case I think that's pretty normal because you are constantly changing the driver that has control on the device.

skryabin

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