Soldato
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What the heck are you going on about?? Why don't you bother and so some reading up about,especially with the long threads about G-sync on places like overclock.net which have a big Nvidia community too. All,it is a knee jerk response(I have a Nvidia card myself,so please don't try the other crap too) without bothering to read what I said.
Most photography orientated monitors(including many very expensive pro models) using IPS and VA panels do not support 144HZ,let alone 120HZ refresh rates. That includes most of the the 16:10 ratio ones,with 8 bit or 8 bit+ AFC(NOT 6+2 A-FRC IPS panels). They are stuck at around 60HZ which you don't seem to understand. G-sync needs the high modes too, as it needs a wider range of refresh rates to support its mode of action.
Its a good idea in practice,but sadly most monitors are really not ready for it,as are most monitors from the last 3 years.
About cost:
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2013/10/18/nvidia-g-sync-unveiled-as-stunning-new-moni/1
Most of us on this forum live in the UK,so we pay VAT and the same goes in the US as the prices quoted are without state taxes which are added at the checkout.
Nvidia said $175 which equates to around 108 quid or around 130 quid with VAT in the UK. They later on said that the DIY kit would eventually cost around $130 which equates to nearly 100 quid with VAT. That was said in the comments section of their own website. That means for the vast majority of monitors that is the cost you are paying,unless you think people are going to start throwing away 400 quid+ Dells and NECs and the like away.
That is the price of the DIY kits which you need to install yourself.
The price premium for the Asus monitor is $100 or nearly 80 quid if you include VAT:
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2013/10/22/nvidia-g-sync-update-pricing-and-retrofits.aspx
That is the kind of premium you will see,if other companies start to making G-sync enabled monitors. That is not $70 or the 40 quid you are stating.
Nvidia confirm gsync coming to "current" 4K 60hz panel monitors
http://uk.hardware.info/reviews/4935/2/nvidia-g-sync-in-action-gaming-with-g-sync