Question about Beamraced

21stcentury · 13 February 2022, 22:16

Hi Everyone,

I'm trying to use Beamraced from a long time but it never worked and it's not easy to find informations (I read the technical documentation but...not easy)

I tried to use Beamraced 1,2,3,4 etc... Beamraced 50/60hz 1,2,3,4 and it's always the same result : lags in scrolling or/and music.

Maybe I understood it's necessary to have a 50hz monitor and mine is only 60hz/75hz. Is it the main problem ?

Of course, I choose 50hz in the "FPS adjust" option.

rutra80 · 14 February 2022, 02:14

Beamracing isn't as much about fluidity as about latency - by using it there's less delay between pressing a key/button and having it on screen.

For fluidity you need either:
1. vsync off (but there will be tearing)
2. 50Hz mode for PAL Amiga (perhaps you can create one in your graphics card driver)
3. or best - monitor with variable refresh rate (vrr/freesync/gsync) which solves all fluidity problems, tearing and some latency.

Toni Wilen · 14 February 2022, 09:16

50/60Hz monitor support (or 100Hz/120Hz) is always required for smooth scrolling. Any good VRR monitor handles both.

13 February 2022, 22:16	#1
21stcentury Registered User Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Paris Posts: 73	Question about Beamraced Hi Everyone, I'm trying to use Beamraced from a long time but it never worked and it's not easy to find informations (I read the technical documentation but...not easy) I tried to use Beamraced 1,2,3,4 etc... Beamraced 50/60hz 1,2,3,4 and it's always the same result : lags in scrolling or/and music. Maybe I understood it's necessary to have a 50hz monitor and mine is only 60hz/75hz. Is it the main problem ? Of course, I choose 50hz in the "FPS adjust" option.

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14 February 2022, 02:14	#2
rutra80 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: Poland Posts: 308	Beamracing isn't as much about fluidity as about latency - by using it there's less delay between pressing a key/button and having it on screen. For fluidity you need either: 1. vsync off (but there will be tearing) 2. 50Hz mode for PAL Amiga (perhaps you can create one in your graphics card driver) 3. or best - monitor with variable refresh rate (vrr/freesync/gsync) which solves all fluidity problems, tearing and some latency.

14 February 2022, 09:16	#3
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,540	50/60Hz monitor support (or 100Hz/120Hz) is always required for smooth scrolling. Any good VRR monitor handles both.

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