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Gsync is the greatest PC upgrade I've ever done
- Thread starter Crimsonclaw111
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Koutsoubas
Member
On the 144hz Monitor itself yes, the difference is clear once you change on the fly refresh rates. But the general feeling from a 60hz panel to a different 144hz didnt strike me as great.
Dont know why
Crimsonclaw111
Member
I disagree. G-Sync is also great for locking the game at 40, 43, 47, etc, instead of only 30 or 60, improving the feel in demanding games that fluctuate a lot.
pretty done
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Finaika
Member
Disgusting.
It's awesome tech, and pretty mind-blowing if you've only ever been exposed to 60Hz displays. I use 1 display for my PC and consoles, so I went with a Sony 43" X800D 4K HDR display to pull double-duty. While I do wish it had Gsync and higher refresh, the connection options, convenience, and the size help make up for it. I don't quite get the mentality of everything sub-HFR looking like garbage though. Does film at 24fps have the same effect?
shindoku21
Member
Tried it for a week. Didn't think the Gsync tax was worth it. I did appreciate the 1440p and 144hz though. And IPS.
But Gsync? It's nice but hard to justify that price.
But Gsync? It's nice but hard to justify that price.
ss_lemonade
Member
Whenever I see these gsync threads, it's always about screen tearing. I thought the main benefit was something like better frame pacing, or no more stuttering? I personally never really had problems with screen tearing, unlike those random frame hitches.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
The monitor has to support it, for Nvidia you need Gsync.
Less benefit at high frame rates, but it ties your refresh rate to the frame rate which eliminates tearing and gives smoother motion.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
All three go hand in hand. It doesn't completely eliminate them but it smoothes them out much better. Forza Horizon 3 is semi playable now for me.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Mine was not, you need to go to the Nvidia control panel, then adjust resolution. Select 144hz on the right side in the drop down menu by the resolutions.
144hz is the max refresh rate of your monitor.
Fps is frames per second - how many unique frames your PC is rendering.
grandwizard
Member
Yup. Can never go back. G-Sync is amazing, I haven't tried Freesync but I imagine its largely the same.
The complete absense of tearing is nice but the best thing is the lack of stuttering when having frame drops. I no longer care if a game has an especially taxing section that might drop the fps by 10 or 15. The smoothness factor is just insanely better than without g-sync.
The complete absense of tearing is nice but the best thing is the lack of stuttering when having frame drops. I no longer care if a game has an especially taxing section that might drop the fps by 10 or 15. The smoothness factor is just insanely better than without g-sync.
Variable refresh rates.
LUXURY
Member
I do. It's not that bad to me really. Only noticeable if I start looking for it 24/7.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Yeah all I had to do was enable gsync in the OSD for the monitor and in the Nvidia control panel.
SlaughterX
Banned
Ehh, not going back to the smallness of a monitor or playing at a desk so my 55 inch 4k TV will do...
Have had a 120hz G-Sync laptop for a couple months now.
There is no going back. The hype was 100% justified.
Was messing around with 30fps and no G-Sync the other day, it actually gave me a headache. It's like moving in Jello.
Hell yes it is. G-Sync is a bigger game changer for laptops than it is desktops, because most laptops will never be able to upgrade the GPU, when it gets older and performance starts waning.
There is no going back. The hype was 100% justified.
Was messing around with 30fps and no G-Sync the other day, it actually gave me a headache. It's like moving in Jello.
Hell yes it is. G-Sync is a bigger game changer for laptops than it is desktops, because most laptops will never be able to upgrade the GPU, when it gets older and performance starts waning.
DalikSkywing
Member
Damn you are right but I can't afford to spend more than 400 euro for a monitor 
Spartancarver
Member
Best PC upgrade I've ever done for myself. Got a 16:9 Gsync. Next upgrade: Ultrawide Gsync
Will the Thrill
Banned
You're definitely pushing me towards this monitor, This is my current monitor
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824005254
Since they both say 16.7 million colors, will there no noticeable difference in that aspect going from mine to that?
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Not gonna lie, you're going to need to mess with the colors because out of the box looks awful. But I moved from a similar 1080p Samsung monitor and I the colors seem similar after calibrating.
SliChillax
Member
Gsync is the best thing I've bought. As someone who couldn't stand screen tearing, I always had to upgrade my pc for games to maintain a locked 60fps but with gsync I don't need to update as often due to the fps always feeling smooth even below 60
Stiler
Member
i want a good gsync monitor so bad, but I keep holding out for the new HDR monitors that'll be coming out.
Asus has one coming but I'm afraid it's going to be like 800+ bucks for a 27", if their Rog Swift monitor is anything to go by.
Which seems absurd to me, considering for that much you can get like a 60" HDR television, but those have terrible response times and no gsync.
Asus has one coming but I'm afraid it's going to be like 800+ bucks for a 27", if their Rog Swift monitor is anything to go by.
Which seems absurd to me, considering for that much you can get like a 60" HDR television, but those have terrible response times and no gsync.
Was going to point to that thread, but decided to let that boy cook.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Which thread we talking about, I wanna know the joke
Will the Thrill
Banned
Ah ok thanks! The one part about upgrading my monitor to another that I've been hesitating with is how good the colors are on others, despite the enhancements in all the other aspects lol
paperspace
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Game Mode VRR is what he's referring to (this is the tech we'll most likely see in future TVs, Projectors and receivers as it's baked into the HDMI 2.1 spec):
I cannot wait for it either!
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
FPS/frametime is how fast your GPU is rendering frames.
Your monitor's refresh rate is measured in Hz. Without adaptive sync/variable refresh (Gsync/Freesync) the monitor is always refreshing at the same rate, so a 60Hz monitor is always showing 60 frames per second, even if it isn't being delivered 60 frames per second. This results in some light judder since some frames have to be displayed for two full refreshes while most frames are only displayed for one.
Having a higher refresh rate means there is less time between each frame. This reduces that judder since the difference between 16.7ms -> 33.4ms (60hz) is much bigger than 6.9ms->13.8ms(144hz).
I went straight from a 16:10 non-gysnc monitor to a 3440x1440 Gsync monitor.
I'm still picking the little pieces of my mind up off of the floor.
Aztechnology
Member
I'll upgrade to "Gsync" when they allow the same module-less adaptive sync on their desktops that they use on their laptops. Essentially I'll adopt Nvidia's Version of Freesync because I find it disgusting they are trying to force ecosystem lock in with monitors and actively block standards that can help all gamers in order to jack up the price of monitors.
With a 1070 and a 1440p 144hz Gsync monitor, am I alright playing at max settings or should I turn the graphics down?
Gsync would make it feel smoother despite frame drops but lower settings would mean higher fps. But how low would my settings have to go to maintain 120fps+ at 1440p on a 1070?
Gsync would make it feel smoother despite frame drops but lower settings would mean higher fps. But how low would my settings have to go to maintain 120fps+ at 1440p on a 1070?
Aztechnology
Member
Hz is the amount of times a screen refreshes per a second. The game produces frames at a certain rate over your GPU (I.E FPS) the monitor is refreshing at a set rate often IE (60hz) so when your game say pushed 90fps and your monitor is only doing 60hz, you can get tearing or stuttering as they aren't matching up. What adaptive sync does, changes the refresh rate of the monitor to match the outputting frames of the GPU. So you don't have that issue.
So they are similar, but those are the difference and what Freesync/Gsync does.
144hz simply means the monitor is capable of refreshing up to 144 times a second.