Does Dolphin Benefit From Freesync?

[extherian]

This is a feature supported on AMD graphics cards and compatible monitors that reduces tearing for variable framerate games.

Since most games on Dolphin run at a fixed framerate, would this actually benefit emulation in any way? Or does Vsync do more or less the same thing?

[Craftyawesome]

I don't know if dolphin does, but this is how the different syncs work

Spoiler:

On normal monitors the picture is updated every 1/60th of a second. Black square= new frame white = old
Assume this is like 40 fps or something
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effective framrate: 40 with tearing

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effective framerate:30

Freesync/Gsync
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when new frame is rendered (25 ms if 40 fps)
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when new frame is rendered

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effective framerate:40 (no tearing)