1080 or gsync

[mechanicalfluff]

A lot of people have been raving about gsync. I'm particularly looking at the pg279q. But I'm currently using 970's in Sli and am also looking into the 1080. I keep debating with myself whether to wait it out for the gpu (i'm still usually above 60) or dive into gsync to hold over with new games and lower framerates. This way lower framerates would be 'tolerable' while still using the 970's and grab a better card later when something more significant releases.

 

Thoughts, ideas, warnings?

[vong]

8 minutes ago, mechanicalfluff said:

A lot of people have been raving about gsync. I'm particularly looking at the pg279q. But I'm currently using 970's in Sli and am also looking into the 1080. I keep debating with myself whether to wait it out for the gpu (i'm still usually above 60) or dive into gsync to hold over with new games and lower framerates. This way lower framerates would be 'tolerable' while still using the 970's and grab a better card later when something more significant releases.

 

Thoughts, ideas, warnings?

I'd grab the pg279q. 970 sli is still pretty powerful so no point in selling them for a 1080.

[Thony]

U wont make use of high refresh rate in AAA titles. If that's all you play I wouldn't upgrade the monitor.

 

 

[mechanicalfluff]

2 minutes ago, vong said:

I'd grab the pg279q. 970 sli is still pretty powerful so no point in selling them for a 1080.

Agreed, i wouldn't sell them. i'd just replace the 780 that's in my htpc.

Maybe i'm crazy, but i'd almost feel better about a 1080 purchase if the performance jump was much more significant; say if i had a SINGLE 970. I'm just more concerned about gsync not hiding the lower framerate effectively. I'm a little sensitive to framerate changes

[mechanicalfluff]

1 minute ago, Thony said:

U wont make use of high refresh rate in AAA titles. Of that's all you play I wouldn't upgrade the monitor.

 

 

I have a 120hz qnix korean monitor now. Not a lot of AAA. But my main focus on gsync is that it would (hopefully) suppress the weird feeling of lower framerates until something comes out that is a more significant jump in performance. Then, i would be able to take full advantage of the 144hz

[Thony]

4 minutes ago, mechanicalfluff said:

I have a 120hz qnix korean monitor now. Not a lot of AAA. But my main focus on gsync is that it would (hopefully) suppress the weird feeling of lower framerates until something comes out that is a more significant jump in performance. Then, i would be able to take full advantage of the 144hz

So u already have high refresh rate monitor. It's not worth paying so much money just to get gsync. That tech is overpriced and replacing monitor purely because of it is not a good decision. 

 

Sell your 970s for $350 total an get 1080 instead.

 

If all u can think about is Gsync, I recommend u find a place or person who can let u experience it.

 

Alternatively, buy the monitor and return it if it's not what u expected. 

[mechanicalfluff]

16 minutes ago, Thony said:

So u already have high refresh rate monitor. It's not worth paying so much money just to get gsync. That tech is overpriced and replacing monitor purely because of it is not a good decision. 

 

Sell your 970s for $350 total an get 1080 instead.

 

If all u can think about is Gsync, I recommend u find a place or person who can let u experience it.

 

Alternatively, buy the monitor and return it if it's not what u expected. 

You might be right about the 1080. Finally i was able to find benchmarks that included 970sli. According to them (graph below) and the games they played (which i play a lot of too) I'm looking at about a 26% increase, plus overclocking headroom.

 

Link to site: https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_1070/24.html