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Poll: Poll: Did Gsync Bowl you over?

Did Gsync Bowl you over?

  • Yes

    Votes: 48 28.6%

  • No

    Votes: 18 10.7%

  • Yet to try it

    Votes: 102 60.7%
  • Total voters
    168
blasterbolt said:
I love gsync if you have not seen it in the flesh you really don't know what your missing I am guessing free sync is the same but it really does make a difference
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I've had experience with both a Freesync and G-Sync monitor, The goal is the same but G-Sync does it better.

There was even a blind test done *People didn't know weather they were G-Sync or Freesync* and the majority said G-Sync felt smoother -

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/amd-freesync-versus-nvidia-g-sync-reader-event,review-33278.html
 
Nexus18 said:
Unfair test tbh, completely different ranges, 30-144hz VS 35-90HZ, of course gsync will feel better with a far wider and lower range support.

Much better this comparison:

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/variable_refresh.htm
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In summary they say:

It should be noted that the real benefits of variable refresh rate technologies really come into play when viewing lower frame rate content, around 40 - 75fps typically delivers the best results compared with Vsync on/off. At consistently higher frame rates as you get nearer to 144 fps the benefits of FreeSync (and G-sync) are not as great, but still apparent. There will be a gradual transition period for each user where the benefits of using FreeSync decrease, and it may instead be better to use a Blur Reduction feature if it is provided. On FreeSync screens this is not an integrated feature however, so would need to be provided separately by the display manufacturer.
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Dicehunter said:
I've had experience with both a Freesync and G-Sync monitor, The goal is the same but G-Sync does it better.

There was even a blind test done *People didn't know weather they were G-Sync or Freesync* and the majority said G-Sync felt smoother -

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/amd-freesync-versus-nvidia-g-sync-reader-event,review-33278.html
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An interesting test but this line somewhat undermines their credibilty: -

While we hadn't anticipated it during our planning phase, Borderlands turned out to be a gimmie for Nvidia since the AMD setups were destined to either tear (if we left v-sync off) or stutter/lag (if we switched v-sync on).
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So when running a comparison of G-Sync and FreeSync they didn't manage to anticipate that running a game at frame rates above the supported range of one of their monitors, therefore guaranteeing that FreeSync wasn't actually active might possibly give G-Sync a bit of an advantage...
 
old gamer said:
Then buy 2 monitors simples
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Not that simple.

A couple of 32" 4K monitors would take up a lot of space.

Another problem with a lot of monitors is they often only come with a single DisplayPort input. This is a serious oversight by the manufactures and IMHO they should provide at least 4 DisplayPort/Mini DisplayPort inputs to enable the user to connect a wide range of devices. Modern GPUs come with numerous DP/MDP outputs so this should not be too difficult.
 
old gamer said:
its shame theres no hack for nvidia cards to run freesync, that would solve it
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This....I'm surprised this has not be investigated by the bios...drivers gurus...


What ever happened to that stuff where they had Gsync running on a laptop without Gsync?
 
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No current desktop nvidia GPU's can support freesync, they don't have the required hardware to do it like AMD's cards, that is one of the reasons why nvidia went with the gsync modules.

If nvidia's next lot of cards do have the hardware and they don't add support.... I won't be surprised if someone does a driver hack to enable it although if nvidia want to be stubborn about it and keep their customers locked into gsync then they won't even add the required hardware in the first place :(
 
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They made it, it's good, why should they help AMD? Why do you even expect them to?

For me, its a game changer and makes gaming far more enjoyable.
 
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