Render Frames Ahead (What is the best setting?)

Hey guys,

I'm wondering what the best setting for "render frames ahead" is. I can't tell any difference and I'm not sure what the purpose and result of this setting is. I ask myself this, especially with VR.

 

Rendering more frames ahead may lead to smoother gameplay but will be more demanding on system

 

So if you don't have any problems, then the setting should be as high as possible?

 

1 is what I've always had this setting on for all VR sims, I was led to believe anything higher induces lag but I may have to revisit this thought process.

 

I would say most people leave that setting at 1. Of course feel free to experiment it won't break anything.

 

I think higher may be better for some set ups.
I was having the occasional much mentioned microstutters with render frames ahead of 1 but increasing this to 3 fixed the microstutters completely.
I don't feel any lag.
This is with a 12 core amd/ 3090/ G2.

 

I changed it to 4 and it is way smoother, the microstutters are all but gone and the bouncing in pitstops is greatly reduced