Turn off vsync in SDL + OpenGL

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I want turn off vsync in SDL . What should I do ? Can SDL do it for me ?
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Posted 21-Jan-13 1:30am

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Santhosh G_ · Answer 1 · 2013-01-22T07:35:00

Please use WGL_EXT_swap_control extension to turn on/off Vertical Sync. In an opengl application, we can access this extension by calling glGetProcAddress(“wglSwapIntervalEXT”). For an SDL application, the following link will be helpful to access an opengl extension.
http://content.gpwiki.org/index.php/SDL:Tutorial:OpenGL_Extensions_with_SDL

Below link will also help for you.

http://forums.libsdl.org/viewtopic.php?t=7349&sid=1b392c994a1c9960c5632dd12d4433a4