31.5" 2560x1440 165 Hz VA G-Sync - LG 32GK850G

Daniel, by chance you have a refresh rate number on the 38WK95C and a release date estimate? That is the LG monitor after more research I am most interested in.
 
Daniel - LG said:
I am hoping OCUK to have stock before 15th Feb :)
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Hope that it is a good price for early purchases rather than over priced due to exclusive stock!

Daniel, do you expect reviews (notably TFTCentral) to be available in advance of stock for purchase? I want to jump in quickly, but not blind.
 
Daniel - LG said:
please do elaborate
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G-Sync monitors are overpriced, I don't mind paying for quality but that's not what we're getting.

What we're getting is useless gimmicks we don't need and then being charged four times as much for the privilege.

High end gaming monitors are a joke.

I'm using an 6 year old 27" 1440p IPS monitor and I see no reason to upgrade, maybe when OLED arrives, until then I couldn't give a crap about G-Sync or high refreshrates.

I can force it up-to 100hz but I don't because other than stressing my GPU more it makes bugger all difference.
 
Hunched said:
3. Adaptive Sync such as FreeSync & GSync are not "useless gimmicks"
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Yup, well worth the money imo (having used all the recent top monitors with and without adaptive sync). If you can afford it then go for it, it'll last you years (and make your gfx card last longer too as it'll help with the lower frames).
 
JediFragger said:
Yup, well worth the money imo (having used all the recent top monitors with and without adaptive sync). If you can afford it then go for it, it'll last you years (and make your gfx card last longer too as it'll help with the lower frames).
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The price for freesync monitors isn't bad, but then your locked into using AMD cards, or spend twice as much on g-sync and be locked into using nvidia cards, no thanks. Also if you want to enjoy a stable 100+ framerate to really take advantage of these monitors you will need SLI, and we all know SLI and Crossfire support is declining.

The games I'm playing feel fine as they are, I've played around with 120hz monitors in past and returned them.

The few games where it does bother me like Fallout 4 I find fast sync works just fine.
 
Hunched said:
You're assuming everyone caps their framerate at the refresh rate of their monitor like you.
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I find the idea of spending upwards of £800+ on 165hz monitor and capping the framerate to 60fps equally hilarious, and people say it's not a gimmick.

But that's just me and I don't expect it to be a popular opinion, I'm sure it won't stop anyone here buying them.

Well the price of FreeSync is free who would've thought... and if GSync costs twice that amount well $0x2 would still be free. GSync is like $200.
And Fast Sync doesnt work in Fallout 4, it works when framerates are 2-3x in excess of your monitors refresh rate, and seeing as Fallout 4 is locked at 60fps... is your monitor 20 or 30hz? lol.
You're hilarious keep it up
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nvidia should support freesync, until there's a standard both support so prices settle I'm not that interested, when I have to buy a new monitor neither will be a priority.

Fast Sync does work, I've heard it should only be used at 2-3 times the framerate but that's rubbish imo, even at 60 fps it smooths out the mouse movement and eliminates tearing for me.

Works wonders in games that suffer abnormally laggy mouse movement with v-sync enabled.
 
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I agree that high refresh rate monitors will have different value to different people, depending on what you play. If you play Fallout 4 a lot, then the impact is small, if you play Overwatch a lot (like I do), then the impact is significant. That said, people should not be criticising others based on the assumption that we all have the same needs from hardware.
 
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