Is there a problem with when using Gsync on display switch

[powersofpain999]

So gaming monitors manufactures take the approach of "If you want to use the full potential of our monitor then you should use 1 x Display Port!", however my problem is this......

 

I have a MacBook Air, Gaming PC and a PS4, all of which need to use the monitor at some stage!!  Is there away of purchasing a switch that would not affect my G Sync when the PC is using it?

[thekeemo]

Non nvidia GPUs flat out don't work with gsync displays

[TacticlTwinkie]

Im not so sure that you can get a switch that wont interfere with gsync. You pretty much have to physically swap out the cables each time you want to use a new device. That is the downside of a gsync montior, the lack of other inputs that you can swap between on the fly.

[i_build_nanosuits]

Non nvidia GPUs flat out don't work with gsync displays

that's flatout wrong...anything with a display port will work...it will not be ''Gsynced'' but it will certainly work.

 

To answer OP: you have to get a monitor with an HDMI imput such as the ROG Swift PG279Q for example...that way you can hook up more than one source to the monitor and you can use HDMi for consoles and what not!

 

https://www.asus.com/Monitors/ROG-SWIFT-PG279Q/specifications/

I/O PortsSignal Input : HDMI , DisplayPort

*Display port and compatible nvidia GPU required for Gsync use, obviously.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Non nvidia GPUs flat out don't work with gsync displays

That's not true. They don't work with GSync functionality, but they can work with the display. 

[powersofpain999]

It would be interesting to test this because in theory the communication between the GSync monitor and the GPU is a digital signal therefore it shouldn't be a problem. I will write to a monitor manufacture I think.

[powersofpain999]

that's flatout wrong...anything with a display port will work...it will not be ''Gsynced'' but it will certainly work.

 

To answer OP: you have to get a monitor with an HDMI imput such as the ROG Swift PG279Q for example...that way you can hook up more than one source to the monitor and you can use HDMi for consoles and what not!

 

https://www.asus.com/Monitors/ROG-SWIFT-PG279Q/specifications/

I/O PortsSignal Input : HDMI , DisplayPort

*Display port and compatible nvidia GPU required for Gsync use, obviously.

What I am saying is if you had a monitor that has Gsync and a GPU that does, would having other devices including the PC plugged into a switch affect the Gsync.

[Glenwing]

It shouldn't matter, but DisplayPort switches are pretty uncommon. If you're using a G-SYNC display with a single DisplayPort input, you won't be able to use the PS4 with it without a signal converter, as HDMI cannot be adapted to DisplayPort.