you want fps_max to be 121 and with a constant 120fps to milk it for all its worth.

What's wrong with using 0?

How did he see me?

From what I understood all rules of thumb to limiting FPS are snake oil. The only thing you don't want is for your FPS to go over 1000, because then strange stuff might happen (opening portals to other dimensions etc)

I'm not talking about fps_max. I mentioned it in the OP to give an idea of what my FPS should be to maximise refresh rate.

I want to know what FPS I should try and get to utilise my 120hz.

at least 120fps

as high as you can get, maybe with a cap if you like it to feel consistent and you can achieve that framerate all the time. 120 is bare minimum but 240 feels nicer, capping to 121 feels noticeably more choppy after using 241

lol?

honestly i really like playing with vertical sync on. People say it induces input lag, but most video cards come with an option to sync up with your monitors refresh rate, and that seems to work the smoothest for me, no screen tearing, and no input lag. If you dont get frame drops, i think this is the way to go but im probably dumb.

If it helps at all, back when i had a pc that didnt have that setting i would just set the cap at refresh rate x2 +1 because thats what would look the smoothest to me, although honestly i thing not having a cap is fine but people think it puts unnecessary wear and tear on your pc.

just put 0 (none) or refresh rate*5 (60*5=300) the thing of double+1 is horseshit and actually you can see the difference between that, and not limit

wait what the fuck

is that actually your question

i think ill let you try to figure that one out yourself