Nvidia G-Sync owners thread

setter · 5 Dec 2014 at 18:27

The panel in both is made by au optronics, (benq owned company). So I suspect Asus paid a fee to get early access. We'll see a lot more choice for gsync monitors next year I reckon. But, whoever gets a va/ips 27", 2560x1440 gsync monitor is onto a winner.

sativa1874 · 5 Dec 2014 at 18:39

Rog swift owner here.

Geeman1979 · 5 Dec 2014 at 18:42

Good stuff, va/ips I'm not fussed about. Will take a look at the Acer when available.

Gregster · 5 Dec 2014 at 18:46

sativa1874 said:
Rog swift owner here.

And on the honors roll

Geeman1979 said:
Good stuff, va/ips I'm not fussed about. Will check the Acer out when available.

People make a big deal of IPS being far superior to TN but both have their swings and roundabouts. I personally found the IPS I had was good for slow paced games but with anything rapid and requiring lightning reflexes, the Input lag was terrible. The beauty I found with IPS was the ability to sit anywhere or look from anywhere and the colour stayed and didn't ghost but if I look from underneath my monitor, it ghosts on the colour. No biggie for me, as I tend to look straight on when gaming anyways (unless I am drunk and then I don't care anyway)

setter · 5 Dec 2014 at 18:47

Still on an old va benq 1920x1200 monitor here, va panel. Excellent viewing angles, black depth. But its ancient now. And sli 780's are way too much for the res. Using DSR at 2560x1600, bf4 breezes through it on max settings. So time to up the screen real estate.

Gregster · 5 Dec 2014 at 18:49

setter said:
Still on an old va benq 1920x1200 monitor here, va panel. Excellent viewing angles, black depth. But its ancient now. And sli 780's are way too much for the res. Using DSR at 2560x1600, bf4 breezes through it on max settings. So time to up the screen real estate.

Dear Rob, Happy Christmas and lots of love...From Rob

Random Guy Esq. · 5 Dec 2014 at 18:49

Wannabe Swift owner here, with a Q for all you existing owners.

Does G-Sync do anything for microstutter caused by SLI configurations?

setter · 5 Dec 2014 at 18:57

Gregster said:
Dear Rob, Happy Christmas and lots of love...From Rob

Well tbh, this will indeed be a gift to myself. Not a shared birthday/xmas cheap out one.

Tbh, microstutter I haven't seen in sli for a long time. And I've had sli cards as far back as 6800gt's. Bit on them yes, but everything since has been good. When I buy a mobo, it has yo be sli compatible first and foremost. One card looks a bit lonely.

Gregster · 5 Dec 2014 at 19:03

Random Guy Esq. said:
Wannabe Swift owner here, with a Q for all you existing owners.

Does G-Sync do anything for microstutter caused by SLI configurations?

Yer, it smooths it out and you won't see it. I was running 3 Titans and some games it was fine but others I noticed the dreaded micro-stutter but after running just 2 Titans, all the games I had stutter in are now running sweet.

setter said:
Well tbh, this will indeed be a gift to myself. Not a shared birthday/xmas cheap out one.

Tbh, microstutter I haven't seen in sli for a long time. And I've had sli cards as far back as 6800gt's. Bit on them yes, but everything since has been good. When I buy a mobo, it has yo be sli compatible first and foremost. One card looks a bit lonely.

Nowt worse than a shared present

You owe it to yourself to join the G-Sync elitists

Geeman1979 · 5 Dec 2014 at 19:08

Gregster said:
And on the honors roll

People make a big deal of IPS being far superior to TN but both have their swings and roundabouts. I personally found the IPS I had was good for slow paced games but with anything rapid and requiring lightning reflexes, the Input lag was terrible. The beauty I found with IPS was the ability to sit anywhere or look from anywhere and the colour stayed and didn't ghost but if I look from underneath my monitor, it ghosts on the colour. No biggie for me, as I tend to look straight on when gaming anyways (unless I am drunk and then I don't care anyway)

Yup! I own a couple of 27" DGM IPS monitors and they don't impress me. Would've bought the Rog if I gamed enough to justify it. If the Acer comes in at sensible money i'll have a dabble.

Gregster · 5 Dec 2014 at 19:14

Geeman1979 said:
Yup! I own a couple of 27" DGM IPS monitors and they don't impress me. Would've bought the Rog if I gamed enough to justify it. If the Acer comes in at sensible money i'll have a dabble.

I was seriously close to selling up and buying a HTPC just for the odd internet browsing but after getting the ROG, I have put far more hours into games in 3 months than I probably did in 2 years previous. Games are seriously good fun again.

My main game at the mo is Assassin's Creed Unity and this game is seriously jaw dropping in visual fidelity. The Graphics and gameplay far outweigh the faults and I have spent the most of this week on that alone. It is a tough cookie though and I see frames down to < 40 with a pair of Titans and fully maxed at 1440P but G-Sync seriously keeps it all smooth.

Gregster · 5 Dec 2014 at 19:18

Geeman1979 said:
Yup! I own a couple of 27" DGM IPS monitors and they don't impress me. Would've bought the Rog if I gamed enough to justify it. If the Acer comes in at sensible money i'll have a dabble.

With more competition, prices will drop. Someone said Ngreedia Sync (or summit like that) but with limited panels, the manufacturers charge the premium and it is to be expected really. I would like to see more people trying G-Sync and regardless of what some think, I want people to try Freesync as well, as if that does the same as G-Sync, games move to another level (or did for me at least)

setter · 5 Dec 2014 at 19:24

I actually thought about buying a DGM a while back, but when I heard about gsync I just held fire. I've had my current monitor for 6 years, so I can wait a few more months. Heck my other va panel 20" viewsonic vx2025 is at least 7 years old now. Both have been great value for money.

Geeman1979 · 5 Dec 2014 at 19:34

Gregster said:
With more competition, prices will drop. Someone said Ngreedia Sync (or summit like that) but with limited panels, the manufacturers charge the premium and it is to be expected really. I would like to see more people trying G-Sync and regardless of what some think, I want people to try Freesync as well, as if that does the same as G-Sync, games move to another level (or did for me at least)

Going from 60Hz to 120Hz the difference is night & day, so I've no doubt in my mind that G-Sync technologies good, even if it does 50% of what it says on the tin.

Random Guy Esq. · 5 Dec 2014 at 19:48

setter said:
Tbh, microstutter I haven't seen in sli for a long time. And I've had sli cards as far back as 6800gt's. Bit on them yes, but everything since has been good. When I buy a mobo, it has yo be sli compatible first and foremost. One card looks a bit lonely.

Gregster said:
Yer, it smooths it out and you won't see it. I was running 3 Titans and some games it was fine but others I noticed the dreaded micro-stutter but after running just 2 Titans, all the games I had stutter in are now running sweet.

Awesome, thanks guys!

setter · 5 Dec 2014 at 20:16

Geeman1979 said:
Going from 60Hz to 120Hz the difference is night & day, so I've no doubt in my mind that G-Sync technologies good, even if it does 50% of what it says on the tin.

I've played some games on a 120Hz monitor, they do feel better than my own monitor. Its something you cant describe until you try it for yourself. Fps counters, graphs etc cannot purvey how a game feels when your playing it. Take bf4, on a bad server it is very jerky nut fps are in the 110 average. Its a game o like an awful lot and still a good judge of performance.

Geeman1979 · 5 Dec 2014 at 20:21

setter said:
I've played some games on a 120Hz monitor, they do feel better than my own monitor. Its something you cant describe until you try it for yourself. Fps counters, graphs etc cannot purvey how a game feels when your playing it. Take bf4, on a bad server it is very jerky nut fps are in the 110 average. Its a game o like an awful lot and still a good judge of performance.

Going from 60Hz to 120Hz in BF4 you'll notice a big difference in smoothness. That's where most of your problems lie if BF4 is what you predominantly play.

setter · 5 Dec 2014 at 20:26

Geeman1979 said:
Going from 60Hz to 120Hz in BF4 you'll notice a big difference in smoothness. That's where most of your problems lie if BF4 is what you predominantly play.

yep. Too much gpu horsepower, not enough monitor. And I'm thinking of buying a Maximus 6 extreme mobo. Tri sli, though might be a wee not mad on z87.

Geeman1979 · 5 Dec 2014 at 20:34

Exactly... If I run BF4 with my DGM's as opposed to my Asus VG278HE the games nasty in comparison.

Tearing & all that rubbish.

setter · 5 Dec 2014 at 21:36

I never notice tearing too much in fps games tbh, perhaps me concentrating on the game too much. I gotta admit I'm a monitoring addict when gaming. Coretemp for cpu, afterburner for gpu's. I get a bit oc'd with gpu temps. 80 max on my top card at 1920x1200. But the need for higher res is calling me. I've done some very silly cpu and mobo ipgrades in the last two years. I5 3570k, 3770k. Then 3 haswell i7 cpu's. In hindsight its money that could have went towards a new monitor. But I'm guilty of liking new cpu's. More fun for me than gpu's from a clocking point of view.

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