G-SYNC DIY Kits available

[Turd Furgasun]

Anyone else pull the trigger?

 

EDIT: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/g-sync/diy

[needmorewood]

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/g-sync/diy
is the actual link

[needmorewood]

yea we kind of knew this was gonna happen since they said that monitor was getting a g-sync version

[Turd Furgasun]

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/g-sync/diy

is the actual link

 

ah yes...changed above.

[Bloodyvalley]

Heheheh, nvidia is scared to death because of FreeSync! This is funny! At least people won't have to buy a new monitor.

[Bluejay0]

Heheheh, nvidia is scared to death because of FreeSync! This is funny! At least people won't have to buy a new monitor.

 

You do realize this was cleared up, right?

[Bloodyvalley]

You do realize this was cleared up, right?

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[Jeroen1322]

I wouldn't want to open my monitor and do this, way to much risk that i fuck my expensive monitor up!

[LogicDeifying]

NO RAG!!!

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN EXPLAIN...!

[TheRuke]

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN EXPLAIN...!

IKR. That's pretty much all he posts...

[xXxYOLOxSWAGxXx_420BlazeIt]

I wouldn't want to open my monitor and do this, way to much risk that i fuck my expensive monitor up!

The video they have makes it look pretty easy. I would try it if I had the one monitor it is compatible with.

[Jeroen1322]

The video they have makes it look pretty easy. I would try it if I had the one monitor it is compatible with.

I would do it if i had a good monthly income so if i screw up it doesn't matter that much

[Suika]

?

 

 

Nvidia’s Tom Petersen told the Tech Report that the two technologies aren’t really comparable. Peterson pointed out that the demonstration worked on laptops because they have a more direct interface between the GPU and the screen. Laptops use LVDS or eDP interfaces, while desktops use DisplayPort and HDMI. The latter feature a scaler ASIC and they are not direct interfaces. Therefore Petersen insists AMD’s free sync is impossible to implement in desktops.

 

If AMD really had an alternative, they would have thrown a huge fit about it like they did with Hawaii, not whatever little tech show they put on.

[ChrisxIxCross]

Heheheh, nvidia is scared to death because of FreeSync! This is funny! At least people won't have to buy a new monitor.

Freesync was quietly demonstrated on laptops, if AMD really did have something that rivaled G-SYNC it would have been a big event. http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/99660-the-real-difference-between-free-sync-vs-g-sync/

[Turd Furgasun]

Up and running, will test later. 

 

For the haters, Install is relatively straight-forward if you have any background with electronics or modding.... nothing to be afraid of.

[canada2005]

Just finished watching the install video. Looks pretty simple to install, no harder than installing a cpu air cooler.

 

Now I would imagine as soon as you crack open your monitor your warranty goes poof. Another reason to wait for a preinstalled version.

 

Just cant let go of my Dell u2410 still...

[electrostatic]

FedEx says my kit just left Houston TX, hopefully it will be here before the weekend!  

 

The upgrade looks pretty straightforward, and I won't miss the HDMI or DVI ports, never used them anyway (not so thrilled about gaining another external power brick tho...)

 

I got the monitor when it first came out because with a 144Hz peak refresh rate, I suspected some new thing (other than 3D) would appear to take advantage of the range it does.  So I was stoked when they said that the one and only monitor you could mod G-Sync into was the exact one I had.  

 

The thing that does worry me is that this kit is still essentially prototype hardware.  Late prototype yes, but it still has that custom-built release-candidate engineering-sample look and I worry about how much will change between this board and what will go into the production monitors.  I'm sure there will be different module versions for different resolution monitors.  Hopefully any tweaking they need to do can be done at the driver level.

 

BUT, I see that the G-Sync module core in these kits are FPGAs (which is probably why they're so expensive) and some FPGAs do have the ability to be reprogrammed or even patched at runtime.  The production versions going into the new ASUS etc. monitors will almost certainly be fully baked, mass produced ASICs, but maybe (but probably not) these kits can be re-flashed or something if they need to be.

 

Hopefully NVIDIA has the early-adopters' backs, but I'm not expecting it.  It's called bleeding-edge for a reason...  

 

[Turd Furgasun]

Just note the YouTube video has a different revision of the board compared to what you receive.

 

- The supplied plastic tool is useless. Carefully use a flat-head screwdriver to open the panel. Start on the bottom where there are 2 larger notches.

- The ribbon cable is a bitch to reattach, use tweezers to lift the lock. I also used electrical tape to secure the ribbon.

- There is no secondary connector on the side of the PCB as mentioned in the video

- Ensure the 'Y' looking cable is correctly installed (!)

- The new AC plate is different, use electrical tape to secure.

 

Install took about an hour.