Should I wait for GSync?

[creativename]

Should I wait for Gsync? Or will buying a 120/144hz monitor suffice? 

 

 

I have the Acer H236HLbid, which is a IPS 60hz monitor.

 

 

When I'm playing something like BF4, I don't really notice any kind of lag or anything, but when I'm running league of legends or SC2, I notice significant stutters. My spec is on my signature.

 

 

Will buying a 120/144hz monitor help? Or is Gsync the only solution.

[Paralectic]

Your GPU can push stable 60fps and you call that lagging? wot

[creativename]

Your GPU can push stable 60fps and you call that lagging? wot

Frames don't matter. There is a noticeable stutter, its not the FPS, well I'm pretty sure its not.  Also it looks smooth in a video recorded by shadowplay. Its just really stuttery when I'm actually playing, which is when it matters.

[lufihengr]

If I were buying a monitor, I'd wait for G-sync

[Hoppa]

Wouldn't be a bad idea to wait for gsync.

A 120hz gsync monitor preferably.

[CCap]

To be fair, G-Sync is already implemented in a few monitors and there are some DIY kits for other monitors as well. However, I'd wait for something like the ROG Swift. It looks gorgeous, has a 2560x1440p native resolution, a very small bezel, and of course, has G-Sync.

[acidydragon]

I would wait on the G-Sync idea. As has been mentioned by Linus; more monitors are coming.

Monitors with higher refresh rates, and with different specs.

Just wait for now.

 

It's a good time to save money

[TheDigitalRealm]

Wouldn't be a bad idea to wait for gsync.

A 120hz gsync monitor preferably.

While that would be great, I think that the bigger improvements are going to be at lower frame rates. with G-Sync, I'm skeptical as to whether 60fps G-Sync will look any different to 120fps G-Sync.

[Hoppa]

While that would be great, I think that the bigger improvements are going to be at lower frame rates. with G-Sync, I'm skeptical as to whether 60fps G-Sync will look any different to 120fps G-Sync.

True.

I think it comes down to the whole "can your eyes see more than 60fps" all over again.

Personally I think you will notice a difference.

[creativename]

True.

I think it comes down to the whole "can your eyes see more than 60fps" all over again.

Personally I think you will notice a difference.

but 60hz and 120hz difference is night and day...

[Guest]

Your GPU can push stable 60fps and you call that lagging? wot

I know! I nearly cry when I get 45+ on my 760. My stupid C2D is a ridiculous bottleneck. As is my cash .

[Hoppa]

but 60hz and 120hz difference is night and day...

I've never used a 120hz monitor.

But yeah, as you and a lot of other people have said, it's easy to tell.

[TheDigitalRealm]

True.

I think it comes down to the whole "can your eyes see more than 60fps" all over again.

Personally I think you will notice a difference.

I've heard we can see up to around 90 fps. 

[yourdietsucks]

IPS 4k gsync please!

[creativename]

IPS 4k gsync please!

I don't want IPS. The response time is too slow, I think that's the reason for my stutters.

[creativename]

I've heard we can see up to around 90 fps. 

Human eyes don't see in FPS. A trained eye will see more details then a less trained eyes. Its like weight lifting. Not really, but yea. lol

[yourdietsucks]

I don't want IPS. The response time is too slow, I think that's the reason for my stutters.

 

no, its not. your gpu is pushing more frames than your monitor can display a second. turn on vertical sync or adaptive vsync and your problem will be solved.

[TheDigitalRealm]

Human eyes don't see in FPS. A trained eye will see more details then a less trained eyes. Its like weight lifting. Not really, but yea. lol

*facepalm* Yes, I know. I was pointing out that on average, 90 fps is where people seem to no longer be able to tell the difference between it and 120 fps.

[creativename]

no, its not. your gpu is pushing more frames than your monitor can display a second. turn on vertical sync or adaptive vsync and your problem will be solved.

it doesn't get sovled. 

[yourdietsucks]

it doesn't get sovled. 

 

two questions,

 

1: is your monitor set at 1920x1080 with 60hz refresh rate?

2: are you enabling vsync/adaptive sync in gforce control panel for global applications or just in game settings?

[The Syndicate]

probably runing AMD.

if your GPU is pushing a lot more than 60fps then get the 120hz

but I would highly recommend you wait for G-Sync.

[creativename]

two questions,

 

1: is your monitor set at 1920x1080 with 60hz refresh rate?

2: are you enabling vsync/adaptive sync in gforce control panel for global applications or just in game settings?

Yes it is at 1920x1080 with 60hz, and I've tried every single combination of adaptive vsync and vsync in the nvidia control panel and ingame. It's the IPS monitor's slow response time, I got a 60hz TN monitor and it didn't have the same issue. 

[dragosudeki]

I wonder if anyone with a G-Sync monitor has even tried to hook up an AMD GPU to it. AMD was saying that G-Sync could be achieved if the monitor supported the feature in the display port which is known as Freesync. I'm wondering if the actual G-Sync module is just a module that supports that standard and is just labelled as Nvidia's G-Sync. Just speculating, as I've never seen any person try AMD GPU with G-Sync monitor.

[BrightCandle]

I wonder if anyone with a G-Sync monitor has even tried to hook up an AMD GPU to it. AMD was saying that G-Sync could be achieved if the monitor supported the feature in the display port which is known as Freesync. I'm wondering if the actual G-Sync module is just a module that supports that standard and is just labelled as Nvidia's G-Sync. Just speculating, as I've never seen any person try AMD GPU with G-Sync monitor.

They are not the same technologies and they don't work the same way. Gsync and Freesync are not compatible, they share one part of their approach (vblank signal of varying length) but there is a lot more going on. AMD is not interested in making gsync compatible cards at all, their intent is to develop their own with Freesync and rely on the monitor manufacturers to implement it.

[creativename]

I wonder if anyone with a G-Sync monitor has even tried to hook up an AMD GPU to it. AMD was saying that G-Sync could be achieved if the monitor supported the feature in the display port which is known as Freesync. I'm wondering if the actual G-Sync module is just a module that supports that standard and is just labelled as Nvidia's G-Sync. Just speculating, as I've never seen any person try AMD GPU with G-Sync monitor.

they're completley different technologies. What G-Sync is doing is making the monitor's refresh rate align with how much FPS the GPU is producing, so the timing between the frames drawn and frames displayed is perfect, creating a perfectly smooth image. What freesync does is different, and is going to be hard to implement on desktop monitors because of the display interfaces. Hardware always beats software solutions.