G sync monitor

user100monkey

user100monkey

user100monkey

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Hi,
Looking to upgrade to G sync, not through choice but my 6 year old OCUK DMG 24" 1080 died a death this week.

I am going for the
Acer XB270HA 27" G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-067-AC&groupid=17&catid=948 £330

Just seems a no brainner to get 27" over 24" for 11 quid, but am i missing something, is the Acer model not as good or worse in some aspects?

AOC G2460PG 24" Widescreen G-Sync 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-022-AO&groupid=17&catid=948 £319
 
Some people dislike the pixel pitch of 1080p at 27". Others seems to find it perfectly acceptable, though. I think it depends in part on how close you sit to your monitor. I haven't had experience of it personally, but I was put off the 27" Acer for that reason.

You're probably best looking into this issue yourself if can find somewhere to have a look at both 27" and 24" 1080p displays, but there may be someone along in this thread with personal experience who can advise you better.

I have the AOC G2460PG, and like it a great deal.

As for g-sync at >144fps, well, g-sync works best when you have frame rates that vary below the refresh rate of your monitor. If you're consistently putting out >144fps you'd probably get a better experience with ULMB rather than g-sync (you can't run both at the same time).

My experience does back this up, though I have to confess I don't fully understand the mechanisms behind it. In games like Crysis 3, which I'm just finishing, I'm getting frames rising and dipping around 40-60FPS, but with g-sync on the whole experience is completely smooth and stutter- and tear-free. With it off, you can really see the difference it makes. In games like Borderlands 2, though, where I have high and relatively stable FPS, I don't really feel the advantage of g-sync and can't really tell if it's on or not (I think I got some placebo effect from it on first use in this title, but taking a critical stance I can't really see it). In this game, ULMB is good as it reduces motion blur even further.

Some people also report increased input lag with g-sync on in situations where FPS>refresh. I don't know about that and can't say I've noticed, but I'm not going to speak on issues I don't know enough about so will have to leave that one for someone more knowledgeable to comment on.

I am a huge fan of g-sync right now, but only in situations where FPS is less than the refresh rate, and especially where it's variable.
 
I have one and its great, I came from a 22' Lg IPS, colours are nice once adjusted and g-sync and 144hz is a nice upgrade for me, I paid full price for this on release so about £400 with sat shipping and am very happy.
 
1080p is pretty soft on a 27" next to a 24". Whether that's acceptable or not is down to the individual, but its clearly not as sharp. I Wouldnt say it's hideous though, not at all.

my 6 year old OCUK DMG 24" 1080 died a death this week.
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What's wrong with it? can it be repaired? its normally the caps that need replacing. if the screen isnt hosed then try getting it repaired - you've got nothing to lose.
 
I tried to repair it but none of the capcitors looked to be damaged, i thought perhaps if i could tell which one then maybe worth soliding a new one on but there are quite a few...

I was ****ed when it happened but now quite happy at the thought of getting a g sync monitor! (plus i skipped it this morning)
 
Whats odd is the first time i toggled on DSR on my 970 was when the screen gave up.
I know its just a conicendence but i had that monitor for 6 years and the day DSR was turned on my 970 it gave up!
 
user100monkey said:
I was thinking about this, but with Nivida DSR it should help out if i do find the res to low.

Also i normally have to have windows DPI settings on medium 125% so this may prevent that.
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Yeh dsr works well with my 970, have to turn down some settings, but as i said been on 1080p for a long time and it still feels like a big upgrade and i like it, quilty panel but then im no expert.
 
Yes i think this will feel like a huge upgrade for me.
24" to 27"
60hz to 144hz
as well as gsync of course, a bit annoying some games don't reportalbly work that well with it, Diablo3 i have heard of issues which is a shame as thats my go to game but hopefully a future patch will resolve the issues.

Glad to hear that the quality is good, thanks Drs101
 
one thing I had issues with was the Overdrive settings, when set to extreme it produced shadowing and ghosting so I left it at default, not played D3 with this but everything else seems to run great.

games i have been playing recently that are great.

BF3, BF4, Mavel Heroes (no G-Sync for some reason), Borderlands series, Dragon Age I, Shadow of Mordor.

Also just got hold of some 3D glasses and am testing them at the mo, takes a bit of fiddling and getting used to, but seems to work well.
 
strumpusplunket said:
Some people dislike the pixel pitch of 1080p at 27". Others seems to find it perfectly acceptable, though. I think it depends in part on how close you sit to your monitor. I haven't had experience of it personally, but I was put off the 27" Acer for that reason.

You're probably best looking into this issue yourself if can find somewhere to have a look at both 27" and 24" 1080p displays, but there may be someone along in this thread with personal experience who can advise you better.

I have the AOC G2460PG, and like it a great deal.

As for g-sync at >144fps, well, g-sync works best when you have frame rates that vary below the refresh rate of your monitor. If you're consistently putting out >144fps you'd probably get a better experience with ULMB rather than g-sync (you can't run both at the same time).

My experience does back this up, though I have to confess I don't fully understand the mechanisms behind it. In games like Crysis 3, which I'm just finishing, I'm getting frames rising and dipping around 40-60FPS, but with g-sync on the whole experience is completely smooth and stutter- and tear-free. With it off, you can really see the difference it makes. In games like Borderlands 2, though, where I have high and relatively stable FPS, I don't really feel the advantage of g-sync and can't really tell if it's on or not (I think I got some placebo effect from it on first use in this title, but taking a critical stance I can't really see it). In this game, ULMB is good as it reduces motion blur even further.

Some people also report increased input lag with g-sync on in situations where FPS>refresh. I don't know about that and can't say I've noticed, but I'm not going to speak on issues I don't know enough about so will have to leave that one for someone more knowledgeable to comment on.

I am a huge fan of g-sync right now, but only in situations where FPS is less than the refresh rate, and especially where it's variable.
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I've ordered the AOC monitor. Does it come with a displayport cable? I believe this is the only cable it supports?
 
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