G-Sync is still way to much!

Neil79

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I was considering buying that Dell 2560 x 1440 G-Sync monitor but even with the price drop it's still way over budget, especially with a 2 grand card still hanging me down. Are there likely to be any drops in the next year below the £400 mark? ( Crystal ball not working ) :(

Also what I find really annoying is I have the ASUS VQG4E or something, which is upgradable with the G-Sync module, but I was never able to find the module for it, as it seems Nvidia stopped doing them
 
Agreed. I think what a lot of people were anticipating was a drop in prices once Freesync started gaining momentum. This hasn't happened yet...if it will at all.

I think what we're more likely to see is prices dropping on first gen G-Sync panels over the next year once the second gen ones start to flood the market..like the new batch of Acers and the IPS Swift.
 
ossieclap said:
Agreed. I think what a lot of people were anticipating was a drop in prices once Freesync started gaining momentum. This hasn't happened yet...if it will at all.

I think what we're more likely to see is prices dropping on first gen G-Sync panels over the next year once the second gen ones start to flood the market..like the new batch of Acers and the IPS Swift.
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My thinking as well, I mean look at the prices of 980's now compared to how they were before the 980 ti
 
It's not "way too much" if they are selling well, the ROG Swift on release and many of the newer models end up selling out rather quickly and are extremely popular. Even that new £1k ultrawide is selling very well which is mental considering you'll be able to get a 55" 4K OLED TV for that soon which no doubt has way higher manufacturing costs.
 
GSync is more but nVidia cards are 80% of the market and don't work with Freesync, so GSync is the only game in town for many people.

Also, people buy crap Freesync monitors with piddly variable ranges (like the illyama 1440p monitor with a 48-70hz range) and decide it is crap. This ruins perception of Freesync.

GSync does not have that problem as nVidia don't allow such products to be made, and so it gets seen as a premium solution.
 
varkanoid said:
Sorry had to say but you have clearly not seen the Acer dross they bring out with gsync on board.
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I think rtho782 was referring to the implementation of G-Sync and its reputation as a technology, not to the monitors that happen to feature it. G-Sync works superbly across a massive frequency range and I've not heard a single report contrary to that. Whether or not the actual monitors it is attached to are good is a different story, of course! But the point is that due to it being so well-regarded Nvidia can afford to market it as the premium solution.

At 1080p I'm not sure it's worth it due to the amount it adds onto the monitor. If you are spending £300+ on a 1080p screen chances are you are aiming to be hitting very high refresh rates. And at those rates the downsides of deactivating V-Sync are not nearly as bad as tearing happens so quickly it's almost imperceptible. So that takes us to 1440p.

I felt that at ~£600 it was too pricey. But the Dell S2716DG for less than £500 doesn't seem like such a bad deal considering it combines high refresh rates, 27" 1440p and G-Sync. It's just a pity that virtually every monitor manufacturer seems to have closed down their QC departments. I'm waiting on a PG279Q but am actually more nervous than excited because of all the problems.
 
I don't think I can drop back down to 1080 anymore. 1440p/144hz seems to be the viable solution for next few years. My price point based on those specs is £400 for tn, £500 for IPS. Freesync is already there with the Benq XL2730Z, I suspect we'll be waiting a while for gsync though.
 
Yeah, AdrianIscariot got what I meant.

There are "144hz" freesync monitors that only go to 90hz when in freesync mode, and freesync monitors with 48-70hz ranges. nVidia don't allow GSync monitors like that to be made.
 
People cant champion for open source then cry when its not done properly. Thats why Nvidia has 80% of the market and customers have confidence in buying.
 
Give me a monitor with a crap sync range over a monitor with crap QC & CS whilst having to deal with dead pixels, severe back light bleed or/and monitors failing after a certain amount of usage :p

That is the only thing I am glad about with regards to gsync, only acer and asus seem to be infesting heavily into the module.
 
Nexus18 said:
That is the only thing I am glad about with regards to gsync, only acer and asus seem to be infesting heavily into the module.
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Lots of people seem to be bashing the Asus monitor though over quality control :(

Del looks nice though, I'd happily pay under £400, but over 400 is just too much
 
Yup the dell is the only one I would look at if you were wanting a 144HZ 1440 27" display especially when it was at that black friday price. They aren't perfect either, seems to be a few issues but at least their CS is a heck of a lot better than both asus and acer.
 
rtho782 said:
Yeah, AdrianIscariot got what I meant.

There are "144hz" freesync monitors that only go to 90hz when in freesync mode, and freesync monitors with 48-70hz ranges. nVidia don't allow GSync monitors like that to be made.
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I dont think it's anything to do with Nvidia not allowing vendors to NOT make a monitor like that. It's more to do with the G-Sync Module being made to run with a specific range (30Hz - 144Hz/165Hz) and so if you have a G-sync monitor then thats what you will get. There is no custom module/scaler with Freesync so it's down to the vendor and how good the panel is in what range it will achieve. Personally I wanted a Freesync range that was almost the equivalent of G-Sync so I went with the BenQ XL2730Z (40Hz - 144Hz) and it runs beautifully and as smooth as G-Sync when its within the VR Range.

LambChop said:
People cant champion for open source then cry when its not done properly. Thats why Nvidia has 80% of the market and customers have confidence in buying.
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I dont see anyone crying about the ranges here do you? Nvidia may have 80% of the market (Depending on which figures you go with and how they are reported) but most of the time we still see them having the same MGPU and driver issues as AMD cards. No more, no less. However you do have to pay between £100 - £200 for the 'privilege' of the G-Sync module.

So in my opinion the OP is correct.....G-Sync is still way too much for the small advantages (Getting less and less with each new driver advance from AMD) your getting.
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Gsync is incredible love it on my acer x34 and to think i didnt pay **** all for my acer x34... William hill was very generous last weekend :) free gsync yummy
 
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