Your upgrade to "G Sync"

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Today I began to use a new AOC Agon 165hz G Sync IPS.

I was previously using a Korean PC Bank 1440p IPS.

Now the increased refresh rate is very nice for FPS games. The panel is more stylish and better built than my Korean one too.

However.. If I had paid £600 I think I would have been left underwhelmed.

When I jumped from 1080P to 1440P I was pretty blown away. It was awesome. I had also moved to an IPS so colours were great.

So basically adding G Sync to technology I current already owned was a bit "meh".

Lots of people have been crazy excited by it on here. Did your G Sync purchase happen to coincide with an increase in resolution and a change to an IPS panel?. Because if that was the case then I could understand the excitement.

I just don't think its quite as awesome as people make out.
 
That's pretty much the conclusion I came to.

VVR is nice depending on what you want to achieve but Gsync is very much over hyped and over priced. Locking the refresh rate to the systems FPS is very much a double edged sword.
 
I just played some CS:GO and I must admit it was a lot more smooth and fluid. But I imagine thats simply down to the higher refresh rate and not the G-Sync (cos CS runs at 300fps anyway)

I think I will launch the Witcher or something and see if I notice any significant benefit of G Sync.
 
Nope I've had a variety of high refresh/high resolution panels at the point I first bought into G-Sync - TBH though it was only when I had to go back to a non G-Sync panel when I had to RMA my first one that I really noticed the difference at ~144fps but I did notice it before but that aspect was a small, but not unwelcome, bonus.

Where G-Sync really changed things for me was games that for whatever run around 60fps as I no longer have to make a sacrifice between tearing (which I notice badly at ~60fps) or the horrific input latency of ~60fps with V-Sync - I was able to go back and play some games that are locked to 60fps or have to be limited to around that due to physics bugs, etc. that I previously just couldn't stand the compromises without G-Sync.

These days though I absolutely wouldn't be without it - once you try going back you start to notice what it is doing more.
 
I can definitely appreciate the improvement. I launched the Witcher 3 and had a bit of a run around and its smooth as butter. There is no tearing or stutter where I might have once noticed some dropped frames.

I'm very chuffed with my purchase but if I had paid full price I'd not feel so good. I think maybe because I kept same resolution and size has meant that I dont feel so amazed.

The technology is great but they are greedy in charging so much extra for the module.
 
I think you have to really play games that rag the hell out of the GPU.
I came about <--> this close on a gsync monitor today but bottled out.
I dont want to commit to Nvidia GFX cards, I don't really play anything that is gonna be noticeably better, Maybe GTA5...
I get my tax return soon so ill probably waste that one something Monitor.....Later on.
 
I used 2560x1440 screens for years before getting G-Sync and was still blown away by the improvement.

To my mind apart from SSD's it's the biggest improvement to PC tech since 3DFX.
 
I thought I'd better add that I first got G-Sync with the original TN ASUS Swift but have since moved to a X34 which adds the wonderful UW aspect into the mix as well.

I'm not sure I could go back to a 16:9 or non adaptive sync screen.
 
Aberfala said:
I used 2560x1440 screens for years before getting G-Sync and was still blown away by the improvement.

To my mind apart from SSD's it's the biggest improvement to PC tech since 3DFX.
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And it didn't coincide with a Gpu upgrade or anything?

SSD and my Gtx 1080 upgrades were very significant but I don't know feel the same amazement you do.

I think the fact that all my games have ran at 60 fps with v sync since I got my 1080 probably means I've never been really familiar with big framerate dips. The Witcher 3 definitely feels more constant but it's an old game now and doesn't really thrill me lol.
 
Hedge said:
And it didn't coincide with a Gpu upgrade or anything?

SSD and my Gtx 1080 upgrades were very significant but I don't know feel the same amazement you do.

I think the fact that all my games have ran at 60 fps with v sync since I got my 1080 probably means I've never been really familiar with big framerate dips. The Witcher 3 definitely feels more constant but it's an old game now and doesn't really thrill me lol.
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I think you've hit the nail on the head right there. I got my first G-Sync screen in July 2014 so before even the 980 launched, the card I had at the time was a 780 which couldn't run 2560x1440 at a solid 60 fps unlike your 1080.
 
God sake im going to have to buy one.....
I should have stopped reading on the negative replies
 
I've owned 10+ monitors over the years, tried IPS, VA and TN 6/8bit, 60/120/144hz, 1080, 1440 etc, all great and awful in their own ways. G-Sync is the one thing I couldn't be without in the future (or some form of Adaptive sync). Going back to a "normal monitor" to game on I wonder how I put up with the hideous tearing for all those years, I've generally run SLI setups so haven't been so bothered about the lack of fps being compensated for but having a 144fps no tearing lag free experience is just awesome.
 
I wasn't impressed by G-Sync when I first got it. But the other day I tried GTAV without it on and the difference was clear. Without it on I was getting clear stuttering at fps jumps where there is none with it on.
 
So I've got a Dell U2717H (27", 1440p, 60Hz, IPS) right now, and am thinking about buying the same monitor (AOC AG271QG) as yours, but just a refurbished one.

Is it really worth the upgrade? Or am I going to be underwhelmed as well? I understand the benefits of G-sync and high refresh rate, but I'm not sure if it's big enough an upgrade to justify the cost?
 
In my mind G-Sync is a bit of an odd product. The idea is that it stops tearing and other annoying issues when your FPS can't match your monitor's refresh rate. Great, but for £200 less you can get a monitor without G-Sync and get a better GPU, which would mean you can increase your FPS anyway.

FreeSync on the other hand makes a lot more sense without the price premium. There's no way I can get a solid 144 FPS in games with anything except low settings using an RX 480 but with FreeSync I don't need to. I could've spent more on Vega but would it have been worth it to get 144 FPS instead of 100-110 FPS in Overwatch, for example? Without FreeSync then I'd say yes purely for the smoothness but FreeSync and G-Sync make that a non-issue.
 
wywywywy said:
So I've got a Dell U2717H (27", 1440p, 60Hz, IPS) right now, and am thinking about buying the same monitor (AOC AG271QG) as yours, but just a refurbished one.

Is it really worth the upgrade? Or am I going to be underwhelmed as well? I understand the benefits of G-sync and high refresh rate, but I'm not sure if it's big enough an upgrade to justify the cost?
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The higher refresh rate is lovely. However I'm not sure the G-Sync justifies the massive markup.

Don't get me wrong, I am very happy with the AOC AG271QG. I Just feel £600 retail price for most G Sync 27" monitors is rather steep. I can't help think a person would be equally happy with a non-gsync with a high refresh rate.

G sync smoothes out any frame dips and is no doubt very good. Just not sure it should demand such a high price.

Like DragonQ says, you could probably put the money towards a high end GPU and not suffer the framerate dips that G sync counters.
 
Difficult to comment on Gsync. Just literally setup the Asus I got off MM. I have alwaysy used Dell IPS for as long as I can remember and my previous monitor before this one were 2x Dell 34 ultrawides.
 
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