Microsoft adds the variable refresh rate setting. to Windows 10 with the 1903 version

Microsoft has finally begun to roll out its latest update for Windows 10, version 1903. Among the other improvements (including a slightly modified login screen and the Start menu), the 1903 version provides a refresh rate setting (VRR) of side of the operating system.

For those who do not know what VRR refers to, this is a technology used by services such as AMD FreeSync and Nvidia G-Sync, which synchronizes the refresh rate of your screen with the FPS of a given game. stuttering.

To be clear, the Microsoft VRR setting does not do not activate itself the synchronization of the refresh rate type G-Sync or FreeSync. As jaykresge points out, an underlying AMD user, this setting simply allows custom V-Sync settings to work in games that do not support it natively: titles sold on the Windows Store, for example.

"… the Windows Store games were initially not compatible with adaptive synchronization and even had problems with custom V-Sync settings," says Jaykresge. "Microsoft has finally set up support for these settings, but the developer needs to explicitly add it.This feature is essentially a replacement for Windows Store games that do not have adaptive sync support."

While it's hard to say how exclusive games in the Windows Store are popular with hardcore PC gamers (those who will benefit the most from this feature), it's still a big deal. a welcome and consumer-driven change from Microsoft. If you want to play games like State of Decay 2 on PC with G-Sync or FreeSync enabled, you should be able to activate this new feature by visiting the "Graphics Settings" menu of Windows 10; provided your system is up to date.

For what it's worth, as the owner of the Nvidia graphics monitor and the G-Sync monitor, this setting has not been presented to me yet. According to a thread on the official forums of Nvidia, it seems that I'm not alone: ​​many other owners of Nvidia cards report the same thing. Microsoft may update at a slower pace to ensure stability, but we'll update this article if we learn more details.