Hi there
Well guys, I got to play on a G-Sync monitor yesterday for first time in the flesh.
It was not my perfect setup as the machine I played on had a GTX 680 in it and I was playing Metro maxed out, averaging 25-35fps on FRAPS but I have to admit it was the smoothest 30fps game I had ever seen.
The G-Sync monitor made the game look awesome, there was never any tearing or any kind of jerkiness or frame skipping of any kind.
I did ask the NVIDIA rep how about on a 780Ti and he did say it still offers an improvement but it is less noticeable on higher-end hardware but still adds a benefit as even high-end hardware with 60fps plus average can still have tearing which the G-Sync still eliminates.
So I think if you truly want the best gaming experience the G-Sync monitors helps improve it, the effects on lower-end hardware GTX 6xx series and say GTX 770 and below there is a clear advantage. On the higher-end hardware then yes it is less so but there is still an advantage.
So having now seen it, played games on it I have to say thank you to NVIDIA for such a technology, it will without doubt making gaming a more pleasant experience and of course with VESA Freesync coming in the future it will no doubt be available to all irrelevant of hardware used in 2015.
As for updates on this Swift, I email Asus every day asking them, but still no idea on price and no idea of volume.
But I will admit if Asus are only going to ship very limited volume in the first few weeks and not able to meet demand we will simply have no option than to keep price high for those who want the product immediately and are happy to pay a higher price, for those who do not mind waiting a little longer we shall setup a pre-order product at a better price.