My GSYNC experiences

LtMatt · 7 May 2014 at 16:44

Uncle Petey said:
For God's sake...

jh30uk · 7 May 2014 at 16:46

I enjoyed reading James input till the 3rd page.....

I was going to ask him to try a game with screen locked to 60HZ and 1 GPU with FPS low as possible to see if it looked smoother than non Gsync in the flesh.

PhysicsMan94 · 7 May 2014 at 16:46

Gregster said:
Well done lads. Another thread ruined

Really does **** me off, there was no need for yet another pointless flamewar in this thread.

Gregster · 7 May 2014 at 16:48

PhysicsMan94 said:
Really does **** me off, there was no need for yet another pointless flamewar in this thread.

I was/am enjoying reading James's feedback and I have a big interest in this but having to read some of the tripe is painful.

James J · 7 May 2014 at 16:52

Gregster said:
Cheers James. I was tempted to jump on this but then heard of the Rog Swift coming in March/early April, I held off and then the news of Summer at the earliest and seeing that I could grab a 4K for a good price had me sold.

Looking forward to what you think in Bio cheers

Fair enough Shankly.

Bioshock is smooth as silk with gsync on with absolutely no tearing. Tried with gsync off (vsync off also) for comparison and I see what you mean about the tearing. I had quite a pronounced stutter in both runs, but it was at exactly the same point, so cpu related no doubt. Benchmark runs show that there are sections were over 100 fps is lost from one moment to the next, so not having tearing in those circumstances is pretty good going in my opinion!

PhysicsMan94 · 7 May 2014 at 16:55

James J said:
Bioshock is smooth as silk with gsync on with absolutely no tearing. Tried with gsync off (vsync off also) for comparison and I see what you mean about the tearing. I had quite a pronounced stutter in both runs, but it was at exactly the same point, so cpu related no doubt. Benchmark runs show that there are sections were over 100 fps is lost from one moment to the next, so not having tearing in those circumstances is pretty good going in my opinion!

Damn, this is just making me want to get a G-Sync monitor even more - might have to get the ROG Swift one after all, 4K can wait

jh30uk · 7 May 2014 at 16:56

4k is not for today, but tomorrow IMO.

Even Linus said same after using the LG UltraWide screen 1 week or so after the 4k he loved..

For gamers IMO the 2560x1440p+144hz+Gync is good, and all games have this Res without messing like he mentioned for the LG.

Ayahuasca · 7 May 2014 at 16:59

Linus said he preferred the LG screen for gaming. The resolution is only around half of 4k as well so that might be why as you don't need ridiculous GPU power to run it well.

Nice find with bioshock I actually stopped playing it because of stuttering.

James J · 7 May 2014 at 17:00

PhysicsMan94 said:
Damn, this is just making me want to get a G-Sync monitor even more - might have to get the ROG Swift one after all, 4K can wait

I'd HIGHLY recommend trying to see one running first if you are sat on the fence with this technology. I can't really do it justice, nor can any websites either.

pgi947 · 7 May 2014 at 17:01

James J said:
Bioshock is smooth as silk with gsync on with absolutely no tearing. Tried with gsync off (vsync off also) for comparison and I see what you mean about the tearing. I had quite a pronounced stutter in both runs, but it was at exactly the same point, so cpu related no doubt. Benchmark runs show that there are sections were over 100 fps is lost from one moment to the next, so not having tearing in those circumstances is pretty good going in my opinion!

Thanks for your input James, there's nothing like solid forum user feedback to tip the scales in either direction. Sounds wonderful to game on, just need Asus to hurry up with the swift now!!

@everyone else, wind it in, we have the unique opportunity to quiz someone about their experiences with gsync, not to moan like kids about freesync or weather or not this technology is to your liking. To date all we've had is reviewer feedback so its nice to get an average Joe to share his findings with us

PhysicsMan94 · 7 May 2014 at 17:02

jh30uk said:
For gamers IMO the 2560x1440p+144hz+Gync is good

Indeed, that is my ideal feature set for a monitor at the moment and the Swift ticks all the boxes (however it is a TN but that isn't actually a bad thing anymore).

4K is nice for gaming, I'm sure, but I think the Swift features will win it out over 4K resolutions for me at least.

James J · 7 May 2014 at 17:03

I'll update the OP with some thoughts on the tech from what I've been doing today in regards to testing it out.

Neil79 · 7 May 2014 at 17:03

Not much has been said about Freesync, do you need a monitor with it in?

PhysicsMan94 · 7 May 2014 at 17:04

James J said:
I'd HIGHLY recommend trying to see one running first if you are sat on the fence with this technology. I can't really do it justice, nor can any websites either.

Cheers for advice, I might go up to the Overclockers store in the Summer when G-Sync monitors become available there so hopefully I can get the chance to try one out there

jh30uk · 7 May 2014 at 17:04

@ Neil79, That is because topic is Gsync and nobody has FreeSync as it does not exist.

This is the 1st real user report I have read that was not a pro review site (even then reviews are rare).

Geeman1979 · 7 May 2014 at 17:04

Gregster · 7 May 2014 at 17:05

James J said:
Bioshock is smooth as silk with gsync on with absolutely no tearing. Tried with gsync off (vsync off also) for comparison and I see what you mean about the tearing. I had quite a pronounced stutter in both runs, but it was at exactly the same point, so cpu related no doubt. Benchmark runs show that there are sections were over 100 fps is lost from one moment to the next, so not having tearing in those circumstances is pretty good going in my opinion!

Cheers James and that is the one game that stands out like a sore thumb for me with tearing. You seriously have me licking my lips and I may be old but I seriously notice the stutters and tears badly and find it a massive put off in games. V-Sync isn't too bad I guess but I would love to try G-Sync, just for my own reasons.

I will ask you again in a week and see what you think and thanks for taking the time to give feedback

LtMatt · 7 May 2014 at 17:15

Sounds like a nice feature. Interested to see what its like when the fps are low say 25-40 James.

James J · 7 May 2014 at 17:19

LtMatt said:
Sounds like a nice feature. Interested to see what its like when the fps are low say 25-40 James.

I've put that in the OP under the cons part as going under 35 FPS seems to introduce a stutter due to the previously rendered frame being forced to be scanned again whilst using gsync. Reviewers seem to confirm this also, but I've only noticed it whilst pushing my setup past its ability to see what happens. If you have a setup that doesn't game at 35fps, you'll never encounter it. If you do have a setup thats not powerful enough to play a specific game, say crysis 3, at above 35 fps, gsync should be disabled.

LtMatt · 7 May 2014 at 17:21

James J said:
I've put that in the OP under the cons part as going under 35 FPS seems to introduce a stutter due to the previously rendered frame being forced to be scanned again whilst using gsync. Reviewers seem to confirm this also, but I've only noticed it whilst pushing my setup past its ability to see what happens. If you have a setup that doesn't game at 35fps, you'll never encounter it. If you do have a setup thats not powerful enough to play a specific game, say crysis 3, at above 35 fps, gsync should be disabled.

Thanks.

Great work btw, appreciate your feedback/review.