For those who don't know what Gsync is please check the review from Gamespot below:
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/review-nvidia-g-sync-makes-your-pc-games-look-amaz/1100-6424349/
First my specs:
Intel 4790k
16 GB RAM
Nvidia GTX 980
I recently picked up a monitor that included Nvidia Gsync functionality, and its like a whole new world when it comes to performance in games! I recently built my current configuration and while I could run mostly anything maxed there were certain games (Assassins Creed 4, AC Unity, Shadow of Mordor, Batman Arkham City with DX11 and PhysX enabled, and more) that the frame rate would vary and it was quite noticeable when it happened. Before I get into this please keep in mind I am running these games at max settings unless I specify otherwise.
As soon as I got this monitor, set it to 144Hz and the first thing I booted up was AC4. Before I got this monitor if I tried going through the first city without fail every time I got near the smoke rising the FPS would dip into the 40's. If it rained it would go into the low 30s. With the new monitor the game still appears to be capped at 60 fps but there is 0 dips no matter what.
AC Unity even after the latest patches ran pretty bad for me in my new rig prior to gsync. I would be lucky if I ever went above 40 FPS. Now with Gsync I am always around 90 fps and never dip below 80.
Shadow of Mordor any time I ever enabled max settings including the high res textures I would be lucky to get above 45 fps. With Gsync enabled I am getting between 90-100 FPS.
One game I need to specifically call out the benefit of gsync to would be Batman Arkham city. In the past to get a constant 60 FPS I had to disable DX11 features and disable PhysX. If I had both on I never would get above 35 fps and the fps drops would be very noticeable. While I still can't stay above 60 FPS in the benchmark with PhysX on High and dx11 on if I leave DX11 on and leave the PhysX to normal I get an average of 117 fps and the minimum I get is 63 fps.
Other than the performance gain the other than I went to mention is while there can still be FPS drops I never ever notice them and everything is so much smoother. This stuff would constantly bother me before, and stopped me from playing games like AC4. Another special moment was booting up both NBA 2k15, and Fifa 15 and playing them at 144 FPS with everything on. I could never go back to 60 FPS or below after that experience.
The monitors with the Gsync are quite expensive, and I was on the fence on if I wanted to drop that kind of money into a monitor. Gsync in my opinion is the most important and revolutionary new technology since dedicated video cards came out when I was a teenager in the 90's.
Anyone on the fence about getting into this tech I can't recommend it enough. I could never go back to pc gaming without it.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/review-nvidia-g-sync-makes-your-pc-games-look-amaz/1100-6424349/
First my specs:
Intel 4790k
16 GB RAM
Nvidia GTX 980
I recently picked up a monitor that included Nvidia Gsync functionality, and its like a whole new world when it comes to performance in games! I recently built my current configuration and while I could run mostly anything maxed there were certain games (Assassins Creed 4, AC Unity, Shadow of Mordor, Batman Arkham City with DX11 and PhysX enabled, and more) that the frame rate would vary and it was quite noticeable when it happened. Before I get into this please keep in mind I am running these games at max settings unless I specify otherwise.
As soon as I got this monitor, set it to 144Hz and the first thing I booted up was AC4. Before I got this monitor if I tried going through the first city without fail every time I got near the smoke rising the FPS would dip into the 40's. If it rained it would go into the low 30s. With the new monitor the game still appears to be capped at 60 fps but there is 0 dips no matter what.
AC Unity even after the latest patches ran pretty bad for me in my new rig prior to gsync. I would be lucky if I ever went above 40 FPS. Now with Gsync I am always around 90 fps and never dip below 80.
Shadow of Mordor any time I ever enabled max settings including the high res textures I would be lucky to get above 45 fps. With Gsync enabled I am getting between 90-100 FPS.
One game I need to specifically call out the benefit of gsync to would be Batman Arkham city. In the past to get a constant 60 FPS I had to disable DX11 features and disable PhysX. If I had both on I never would get above 35 fps and the fps drops would be very noticeable. While I still can't stay above 60 FPS in the benchmark with PhysX on High and dx11 on if I leave DX11 on and leave the PhysX to normal I get an average of 117 fps and the minimum I get is 63 fps.
Other than the performance gain the other than I went to mention is while there can still be FPS drops I never ever notice them and everything is so much smoother. This stuff would constantly bother me before, and stopped me from playing games like AC4. Another special moment was booting up both NBA 2k15, and Fifa 15 and playing them at 144 FPS with everything on. I could never go back to 60 FPS or below after that experience.
The monitors with the Gsync are quite expensive, and I was on the fence on if I wanted to drop that kind of money into a monitor. Gsync in my opinion is the most important and revolutionary new technology since dedicated video cards came out when I was a teenager in the 90's.
Anyone on the fence about getting into this tech I can't recommend it enough. I could never go back to pc gaming without it.
