G-Sync or Freesync ?

To me personally the biggest advantage of g-sync is that it runs on NVidia cards. I like my PC quiet, I like 100Hz monitors, I like Metro 2033 with high PhysX (it's waaay better than Redux) and there is rarely any issue with SLI.

But if none of these things concern you then Freesync and AMD in general is without a doubt better value for money.
 
what is wrong with good old Vsync?, i got a Gsync monitor and feel no difference.
get a good 100Mhz+ monitor + a gpu that can keep up and your good.

I sent from a 27" acer predator to a 27" acer predator with Gsync(XB270HA) and i feel ripped off lol
 
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P4Clock said:
what is wrong with good old Vsync?, i got a Gsync monitor and feel no difference.
get a good 100Mhz+ monitor + a gpu that can keep up and your good.

I sent from a 27" acer predator to a 27" acer predator with Gsync(XB270HA) and i feel ripped off lol
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You should see a big difference - if you are running 100fps on a 144hz monitor you'll be seeing some frames at 6.9ms and some at 13.8ms.
Have you turned off Vsync in game?

For me the effect does vary by game, but with something like crysis3 its night and day
 
P4Clock said:
what is wrong with good old Vsync?, i got a Gsync monitor and feel no difference.
get a good 100Mhz+ monitor + a gpu that can keep up and your good.

I sent from a 27" acer predator to a 27" acer predator with Gsync(XB270HA) and i feel ripped off lol
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There is some difference at 100Hz G-Sync vs non G-Sync. And there is a huge difference at 50Hz.

To put it into cost perspective I would rather have G-Sync monitor with GTX 980 than non-G-Sync one with 980ti. Not to meantion that my previous monitor (Dell 2405FPW for £1'000 back then) lasted me for 10 years while I have gone through about 6 GPU upgrades.
 
rene.agac said:
To me personally the biggest advantage of g-sync is that it runs on NVidia cards. I like my PC quiet, I like 100Hz monitors, I like Metro 2033 with high PhysX (it's waaay better than Redux) and there is rarely any issue with SLI.

But if none of these things concern you then Freesync and AMD in general is without a doubt better value for money.
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Xfire has its issues but SLI is hardly perfect either. And whats quietness got to do with it? 970's for a time were notorious for coil whine incase anyone had forgotten. Or are you saying Freesync is noisy? :confused:
 
Blackjack Davy said:
Xfire has its issues but SLI is hardly perfect either. And whats quietness got to do with it? 970's for a time were notorious for coil whine incase anyone had forgotten. Or are you saying Freesync is noisy? :confused:
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I meant that NVidia seems to more often than not have better power consumption/performance ratio with their products and that is reflected in amount of cooling required which generates noise. From GPU fans, from PSU fan etc (Not talking about current generation but in general).

Technologies have differences but what I was trying to say is that they charge for G-Sync so much more simply because they can. Just like Intel motherboards cost often more than AMD ones but it's biggest "benefit" is it's compatibility with CPUs that are more in demand.

I don't know if SLI is perfect or not but for me it works great. And judging by other posts on several forums there is rarely any issue with it.
 
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Really wanted to pick up a nano but never did as the freesync monitor choice to accompany it was lacking. I.e there are no freesync 100hz ips ultrawide monitors. Closest freesync offerings have poor ranges and top out at 75hz :/
 
Yeah i got a freesync monitor ...and well....im not that taken with it , the only thing that i noticed was my fps holding at 144-151 @1920x1080...but i had to have Vsync on for that other wise it was just the same as not having a freesync monitor , this also makes me thing would i again be wasting money by trying out g-sync, and not using freesync, and just having Vsync on a get the same results
 
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Kmodo said:
Really wanted to pick up a nano but never did as the freesync monitor choice to accompany it was lacking. I.e there are no freesync 100hz ips ultrawide monitors. Closest freesync offerings have poor ranges and top out at 75hz :/
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And there probably won't be at least not until display port 1.3 is used and by that point we will see 1440 34" screens with higher refresh rates than 100HZ. The gsync module allows the higher refresh rate and even then I would be wary about long term life tbh as they are being pushed to their limits considering they are 60HZ panels to begin with and seem to have a few issues with high OC i.e. scan lines and possibly coil whine from it. The acer 34" 1440 has a good minimum range at 30HZ, I think this is the best for a freesync monitor as most of them start at either 40 or 45 iirc.

foster grant said:
Yeah i got a freesync monitor ...and well....im not that taken with it , the only thing that i noticed was my fps holding at 144-151 @1920x1080...but i had to have Vsync on for that other wise it was just the same as not having a freesync monitor , this also makes me thing would i again be wasting money by trying out g-sync, and not using freesync, and just having Vsync on a get the same results
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Free/g sync only really show their benefits fully when your FPS fluctuates a lot i.e. going from 80+FPS to say 40/50's, that and you don't have to deal with the input lag associated with normal vsync methods
 
What is the FPS difference between the 980 and 290x in those games? If similar then something must be wrong as with freesync, things should be smoother than a non g/free sync setup.

Might be worth posting in the AMD driver thread and check what you need to do with regards to vsync in game and frame limiting.
 
For me,the question would be...Nvidia or AMD? If you prefer one or the other then get the monitor to match. Yes,Gsync is more expensive but so are Nvidia cards usually and it dosnt stop people buying them (myself included).
 
GSync and Freesync are now very similar, if you get a decent freesync monitor.

The remaining bugbear is that there are some crappy freesync monitors, with horribly narrow ranges. Even the Asus 1440p144hz Freesync monitor actually only goes to 90hz or so in freesync mode.

If you do your research, freesync is cheaper and near enough as good. If you don't do your research, GSync you can't really go wrong with as nVidia don't allow crap monitors.

But to be honest I'd buy based on your GPU preference rather than FS/GS preference.
 
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