“Does the “Trace Free” option do anything in regards to the response time of the monitor? I know it says it’s to mitigate motion blur, but that could also be a form of post processing. I don’t know, I’m new at this.”
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Trace free means this eliminates ghosting. The higher the trace free setting, the lower the amount of ghosting. This does not, however, effect response time.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Trace Free is the ASUS marketing term for overdrive on monitors without Variable Overdrive. Higher overdrive means faster pixel color transition (i.e. better pixel response time), but at the cost of potential overshoot. The optimum balance between response time and overshoot depends on the refresh rate used. On monitors with Trace Free, this means adjusting the Trace Free setting based on the refresh rate you are currently using to get the best balance between response time and overshoot. On monitors with Variable Overdrive, the overdrive value is set as a function of the refresh rate, so it will automatically be adjusted based on the refresh rate. This means that the monitor may work well across many different refresh rates without changing the Variable Overdrive setting. The Variable Overdrive setting determines how aggressive the function is.
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