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Id g-sync worth it?

It's a shame that the panels are so expensive... Problem is i've been used to IPS for a while now, and to go IPS g-sync, you have to drop some serious wonga !

I can understand a small premium, but like over twice the price !!!! come on !
 
G-sync is very good yes. Much better for higher refresh rates. After all perfectly synced 30-40fps is still 30-40fps, which in all is smoother but its still 30-40fps. At a solid 60fps it was nice but personally 144hz is much much nicer.

^that swift looks awesome :D.
 
String said:
I'm not sure I could justify the cash to move from TN to IPS. I'm looking forward to reviews as surely the natural thing for any review is to compare the 2?
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I am not a big IPS fan in truth and hated my Dell IPS 1440P monitor but for colours, it was nice and deep out of the box. I would like to see some reviews comparing the 2 as well and I am sure there will be.

4K G-Sync and 100Hz+ would be what possibly drags me away from my Swift. I have had loads of monitors and this is by far the best.
 
It is nice to use. But I find it causes strange artifacts in a couple of games I've tried it on so far (one being witcher 3) which makes the image grainy. Not sure why.

TBH it's not worth the extra £100+ it adds to the price of the monitor though. Your better off putting it in to a better GPU.
 
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Gregster said:
4K G-Sync and 100Hz+ would be what possibly drags me away from my Swift. I have had loads of monitors and this is by far the best.
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I totally agree. Although ASUS are bringing out a 4K Swift it's restricted to 60Hz I think?

The only downside is the GPU grunt required. A single 980Ti won't push 4K above 60Hz, and with the issues SLI brings to the table coupled with the new generation due next year, it just isn't the right time for me to upgrade from the Swift.

That monitor is just about the only part of my system I haven't wanted to change out within a couple of months of ownership!
 
String said:
I totally agree. Although ASUS are bringing out a 4K Swift it's restricted to 60Hz I think?

The only downside is the GPU grunt required. A single 980Ti won't push 4K above 60Hz, and with the issues SLI brings to the table coupled with the new generation due next year, it just isn't the right time for me to upgrade from the Swift.

That monitor is just about the only part of my system I haven't wanted to change out within a couple of months of ownership!
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I am hoping that by the time that 100Hz 4K panel is available, a single GPU will cope quite well. I am not one who needs massive frames for the majority of my games, so 40 fps+ for the most and 100Hz+ for the twitch shooters would be cool (and then I wouldn't really care about dropping settings).
 
spikerules said:
Because then the premium he spent for Gsync is basically useless... His reasoning is entirely justified and 100% obvious.
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This is what he said...

"I'm still hesitant to jump on a G-sync monitor because I don't want to be stuck with Nvidia. Nothing against Nvidia, I'm not a hater, but I'd like to at least have options."

Just to educate yourself a little...... he's not stuck with Nvidia.
 
Joe! said:
You lose the functionality you bought the monitor for if you no longer have a NVidia GPU.
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Really, this is SUCH a non-issue. If you buy into G-SYNC or Freesync you lose LITTLE NOTHING by not being able to swap GPU vendors, in the grand scheme of things. Who in the right mind would dump a G-SYNC monitor to swap to AMD, what tangible benefit is AMD going to offer over a nVidia GPU that also makes up for the loss of G-Sync?

The difference between the products are so marginal in real world usage just buy into a damn technology and reap the benefits.

People are all too keen to "wait and see" for a universal solution that gives them the best of all worlds and are missing out on months/years of benefit.
 
I ran my RoG Swift on AMD until I switched to nVidia (was awaiting 980 release). Worked fine as a 144hz 1440p screen, and was the only such screen at the time.

If you really want to switch camps you can, but the thing is, whichever camp you buy in to, there will always be something you can buy.

I mean, I'm not crying because I can't buy a fury x, I know if I want an upgrade I can get a 980ti.

Same could be said in reverse if I had a FS monitor.
 
Sin_Chase said:
Really, this is SUCH a non-issue. If you buy into G-SYNC or Freesync you lose LITTLE NOTHING by not being able to swap GPU vendors, in the grand scheme of things. Who in the right mind would dump a G-SYNC monitor to swap to AMD, what tangible benefit is AMD going to offer over a nVidia GPU that also makes up for the loss of G-Sync?

The difference between the products are so marginal in real world usage just buy into a damn technology and reap the benefits.

People are all too keen to "wait and see" for a universal solution that gives them the best of all worlds and are missing out on months/years of benefit.
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rtho782 said:
I ran my RoG Swift on AMD until I switched to nVidia (was awaiting 980 release). Worked fine as a 144hz 1440p screen, and was the only such screen at the time.

If you really want to switch camps you can, but the thing is, whichever camp you buy in to, there will always be something you can buy.

I mean, I'm not crying because I can't buy a fury x, I know if I want an upgrade I can get a 980ti.

Same could be said in reverse if I had a FS monitor.
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Sin_Chase said:
People are all too keen to "wait and see" for a universal solution that gives them the best of all worlds and are missing out on months/years of benefit.
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The "wait and see" people have a couple advantages.

In the case of format wars, a better chance not to be on the losing side (aka HD-DVD).

Cheaper prices.

Being an early adopter is great if you have tons of wonga, for sure. For a lot of us tho, a £500+ monitor is not an investment you want to make lightly.
 
Fair point but the Swift's been out nearly two years so I'm more than happy to have got it and had that time with it. That's a lifetime in the tech world.
 
FoxEye said:
Hmm. Is everybody in this thread happy to be forever on team green? Were you before? I mean, are you now less likely to buy an AMD gpu or wouldn't you buy AMD products before? No need to give reasons, just curious about whether buying GSync monitor has made you nV fans, or if you were nV fans anyhow, and GSync is just the obvious choice.
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For me I had always had Nvidia cards as they were fitted in my first PC's that I bought ready made as it where.

Then when I started building my own systems I just sort of stuck with what I knew so never even looked at AMD cards.

Now I have a G-Sync monitor as well and they just do the job so well for me the only reason I can think of for changing my monitor would be for a G-Sync monitor larger than the one I have now 24", but unfortunately that will not be possible for at least 12-18 months due to financial reasons but by then who knows what will be available.
 
After a good bit of testing, after using both of them, I can honestly say FreeSync/Gsync-both really do a fantastic job, highly recommended regardless the vendor.

Stop thinking about it and get on it.

Next time you hear 'but but mines bettah' complete and utter nonsence-it's as simple as an excuse of brand loyalty getting in the way, nothing more nothing less.

Massive Kudos to Nvidia for introducing this tech to market and AMD for enabling it on their end too.
 
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I'm curious as to wether we will see any VA panels that will use gsync or indeed freesync? I've always considered theese to be the best all round panel type.
 
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