Is G-Sync really worth it?
Is G-Sync really worth it?
Dominic Long
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Wyatt Cook
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Alexander Anderson
no
Isaiah Smith
It's nice but at a high enough refresh rate you really won't notice any difference between it and normal vsync.
Lincoln King
No. Ask them to adopt Freesync.
Leo Campbell
It's nice to have but the price premium is ridiculous and I wouldn't buy a GSync monitor unless it's on some crazy sale. It's most effective at lower FPS/refresh rate, at higher refresh rate and FPS tearing is (subjectively) less of an issue and harder to notice unless you're looking for it.
I managed to get a GSync monitor for like 35% off, that put it slightly below its FreeSync equivalent in price. It works well in practice but as I've said, I would not pay the premium for it.
Andrew Reed
On shitty unoptimized games, yes
Adrian Foster
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The _sync section could be much clearer.
Gsync works for when you have a range of FPS that often falls below the native panel refresh rate in Hz by eliminating lag/stutter.
If you have a range of FPS that often is well above the native panel refresh rate, then Vsync with limited buffer or just capping your FPS is fine to prevent screen tear.
Some people don't care about stutter or tear = don't get _sync
Some people care a lot about stutter = get _sync
Some people are tired of having to keep up with the latest and greatest HW to get FPS = get _sync
Some people rip at high FPS and care about tearing = just cap your FPS at the native refresh rate and buy a panel that can keep up.
Example 1: most of user's hours are spent playing shooters that get 150+ FPS easily. user should buy a 144Hz+ panel and cap FPS there to prevent tearing. No need to worry about lag/stutter.
Example 2: user plays a mix of games and struggles to get 100 FPS with most of them. user should get _sync panel at high refresh rate to enjoy those games without lag/stutter. Future GPU's will push the range higher but new games will also be more taxing. _sync panel will therefore be in service for a while.
Daniel Morales
I play at 4K on a 580. Getting a solid 60 is not usually possible, but 40+ is usually easy enough to hit, and freesync ensures that it feels perfectly smooth as long as it doesn't fall below 40.
So for my use case, adaptive sync (obviously freesync not gsync in my case) is very important.
Jace Cooper
No?