Nvidia G-Sync Impressions/Owners thread

[Spidre]

Has nobody else tried G-Sync ?

Waiting on the ROG.

 

[moonbogg]

I didn't notice screen tearing on my 120hz until I read that it still does tear. So I paid close attention when panning left and right, and sure enough, there are tears visible, but they are very close together and I don't notice unless I'm looking for it.
I plan on getting the 1440p asus and the only down side to it is i'll have to wait a long time for new Nvidia cards to come out. I don't want to drop a grand on 780's. They are too old for me to do that.

 

[Annisman*]

I will also be buying the ROG when it releases, there's just too much awesome technology packed into one monitor not to.

 

[Aikouka]

It sounds like there's quite a lot of fervor for that 1440p ROG Swift monitor. I wonder if they'll sell out rather quickly?

 

[Teizo]

Has nobody else tried G-Sync ?

When Q2 hits I'm sure there will be more. Not too many people want to tear their monitors apart for this tech I imagine.

 

[moonbogg]

It sounds like there's quite a lot of fervor for that 1440p ROG Swift monitor. I wonder if they'll sell out rather quickly?

I don't care if it sells out, as long as I GET MINE FIRST!

 

[Spidre]

I don't care if it sells out, as long as I GET MINE FIRST!

YEA!!

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They will probably hit Canada sometime in 2016..

 

[Annisman*]

When Q2 hits I'm sure there will be more. Not too many people want to tear their monitor apart for this I imagine.

Well I don't just mean the diy kit, I thought maybe people had demo'd it or tried it on a friend's panel. I realize that few people have a vg248qe and even.less would ever take theirs apart. But G-sync has had so much hype I'm surprised a little.

 

[bystander36]

But aren't you then just replacing them with another, different tear just as quickly?

I haven't played on a 120+ Hz display yet, so I can't speak firsthand, but I do know that I find tearing utterly unbearable on my 60 Hz display to the point where I enable vsync in every game I own, despite the stutter and lag it causes.

G-Sync will be a very good thing for me.

No, they aren't replaced faster at 120hz. The reason a tear occurs, is that a new frame appears in the buffer midway through a refresh. It can only happen when a refresh and a new frame occur at the same time. However, you cannot have a tear without a new frame.

For example, you are getting 60 FPS on a 60hz monitor (without v-sync), every time a frame is created while a refresh is happening, you get a tear. This will happen pretty much every refresh, in this case as the refresh rate and FPS are the same. Every frame is met with a refresh.

If you are using a 120hz monitor and are getting 60 FPS, then every time a new frame is created during a refresh, you get a tear. As soon as the monitor refreshes again, it will remove the tear and show a complete frame. This is because the monitor is refreshing twice as fast as the GPU is generating frames. Every other refresh will not have a new frame interrupt the process, giving a complete frame with no tear.

As a general rule, you get 1 tear per frame created. Refreshing removes existing tears. A refresh does not repeat existing tears, but it can be met with new tears provided a new frame is created during the refresh. This means that 120hz will have half as many frames shown per refresh, and existing tears are removed twice as fast.

Examples:
120 FPS on a 120hz monitor is met with 1 tear per refresh.
120 FPS on a 60hz monitor has 2 tears per refresh.
60 FPS on a 60hz monitor has 1 tear per refresh.
60 FPS on a 120hz monitor has 1 tear every other refresh.

 

[DigDog]

G-sync 2 will be even more awesome (when it gets designed, engineered, produced and shipped to retail).
Right now im not buying due to the high cost of adaptation. I see a benq 120hz with lightboost for £250 much more reasonable than a asus at £300 +£150 for module.

but then again im a bum. if i had a job which didn't pay near minimum wage, i'd probably buy it. i'd probably already own it, lol.

 

[beginner99]

It sounds like there's quite a lot of fervor for that 1440p ROG Swift monitor. I wonder if they'll sell out rather quickly?

I'm interested in it too. But since I do not live in US I am worried about availability and even more so pricing (and the price of the GPUs needed to power it).

However now I'm not sure g-sync would be that great for me. I play without vsync due to input lag but I also don't notice tearing at all(note: I still mainly play BFBC2). So I doubt I would actually benefit much from g-sync?

 

[Annisman*]

I'm interested in it too. But since I do not live in US I am worried about availability and even more so pricing (and the price of the GPUs needed to power it).

However now I'm not sure g-sync would be that great for me. I play without vsync due to input lag but I also don't notice tearing at all(note: I still mainly play BFBC2). So I doubt I would actually benefit much from g-sync?

Doesn't sound like you would benefit much. There is a much bigger leap getting a 120hz + monitor. Start there if you haven't.

 

[Aikouka]

However now I'm not sure g-sync would be that great for me. I play without vsync due to input lag but I also don't notice tearing at all(note: I still mainly play BFBC2). So I doubt I would actually benefit much from g-sync?

I already have a 120Hz monitor as well, but the tearing really depends on the game for me. I don't notice it in most games, but I recall other games looking really awkward with the tearing.

Part of the reason why I'd like the monitor is that it would be nice to go from 1080p to 1440p and not lose my 3D Vision capability and also gain G-Sync. At least I'm pretty sure the ROG Swift also has 3D Vision....

 

[Kronvict]

It sounds like there's quite a lot of fervor for that 1440p ROG Swift monitor. I wonder if they'll sell out rather quickly?

Yeah i hope there will be a pre-order option soon. I have the cash right now waiting for it.

 

[3DVagabond]

Yeah i hope there will be a pre-order option soon. I have the cash right now waiting for it.

It's usually a good idea to wait for reviews. That's not a cheap monitor, even by 1440 standards.

 

[beginner99]

I already have a 120Hz monitor as well, but the tearing really depends on the game for me. I don't notice it in most games, but I recall other games looking really awkward with the tearing.

Part of the reason why I'd like the monitor is that it would be nice to go from 1080p to 1440p and not lose my 3D Vision capability and also gain G-Sync. At least I'm pretty sure the ROG Swift also has 3D Vision....

I model without g-sync for $200 less would also be nice. With an old cpu and playing BF 4, AMD (mantle) would be the obvious choice and then I don't want to pay the g-sync fee.

 

[Subyman]

I may sell my secondary Catleap monitor and pick one of these up for gaming. I can't get rid of my main PLS, I absolutely love the screen.

 

[tareqjj]

how much are they selling for now?

 

[bystander36]

how much are they selling for now?

I don't believe we have any factory installed G-sync monitors for sale yet, so we are still looking at inflated pricing, which is roughly $200 extra.

 

[McLovin42]

I have G sync installed in my Asus monitor and professionally calibrated it myself. I run a pair of 780's in SLI. Simply put the performance has been flawless. No tearing or stuttering, no lag. Monitors constrast and colors actually calibrated out better than with the original Asus control board and OSD controls......the Nvidia ones are much better.


IMO the $200 for the upgrade is dirt cheap compared to what it provides. A very POLISHED/Retail feeling product. For $200 you get the new control board, DP cable, power supply,adaptor brackets great instructions and a product that truely delivers the ability for an LCD panel to fully emulate a CRT display.

In fact everyone thats been over and seen it run was blown away by the depth and smoothness of all the video games. Even when your FPS drops into the 30-40fps range it still feels like your playing at 60fps. Awesome. $450 total for the Asus 144hz panel and G sync module is IMO a BARGAIN.

 

[RaulF]

I have G sync installed in my Asus monitor and professionally calibrated it myself. I run a pair of 780's in SLI. Simply put the performance has been flawless. ) tearing or stuttering, no lag. Monitors constrast and colors actually calibrated out better than with the original Asus control board and OSD controls......the Nvidia ones are much better.


IMO the $200 for the upgrade is dirt cheap compared to what it provides. A very POLISHED/Retail feeling product. For $200 you get the new control board, DP cable, power supply,adaptor brackets great instructions and a product that truely delivers the ability for an LCD panel to fully emulate a CRT display.

In fact everyone thats been over and seen it run was blown away by the depth and smoothness of all the video games. Even when your FPS drops into the 30-40fps range it still feels like your playing at 60fps. Awesome. $450 total for the Asus 144hz panel and G sync module is IMO a BARGAIN.

Thanks for the feedback.

I am waiting for the ROG 27 Asus monitor

 

[Annisman*]

I have G sync installed in my Asus monitor and professionally calibrated it myself. I run a pair of 780's in SLI. Simply put the performance has been flawless. No tearing or stuttering, no lag. Monitors constrast and colors actually calibrated out better than with the original Asus control board and OSD controls......the Nvidia ones are much better.


IMO the $200 for the upgrade is dirt cheap compared to what it provides. A very POLISHED/Retail feeling product. For $200 you get the new control board, DP cable, power supply,adaptor brackets great instructions and a product that truely delivers the ability for an LCD panel to fully emulate a CRT display.

In fact everyone thats been over and seen it run was blown away by the depth and smoothness of all the video games. Even when your FPS drops into the 30-40fps range it still feels like your playing at 60fps. Awesome. $450 total for the Asus 144hz panel and G sync module is IMO a BARGAIN.

What did you use to calibrate the panel ? I'd like to tweak my color settings.

 

[sontin]

I played through the SP campaign of Battlefield 4 with G-Sync and it's awesome. I mean the best experience i have had in years. No tearing and everything is smooth and fluid. It's not really describable. You need to see it yourself.

 

[MonarchX]

Oh! I wish I saw this thread earlier. To those who say they professionaly calibrated their G-Sync VG248QE monitors, please take a look at my thread - http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2370526

BTW, why does everyone expect the ASUS ROG 27" 1440p G-Sync monitor to be amazing? Its going to be a TN screen with colors hopefully better than VG248QE, but still a TN screen .

 

[BrightCandle]

Colour quality verses motion blur and refresh rate, considering gsync is focussed on gamers why would we focus on professional colour quality accuracy for the editing of images and videos and all the motion blur and IPS brings instead of TN which brings the lower motion blur and better gaming experience? I know a lot of people here seem to be enamoured with IPS but for gaming TNs are absolutely king because once its in motion the TN looks a lot better than the IPS.