Screen Tearing

[angrybomb]

Reply only if you have used one of this technologies, not vsync or nvidia fastsync.

Thank you in advance for replying ^^

[Princess Luna]

I played a few games on my friend's rig which has a RX 480 and a FreeSync monitor, personally I didn't feel that much of a difference from going with vsync on my 75hz monitor, therefore I voted the "its nice to have", you will see some difference yes, but if you already have a very solid/decent display and GPU, this difference will be less of a deal...

[nickspacemonkey]

The thing is, some people are not really affected by screen tearing and refresh rate. It doesn't really bother most people. But if you see it. And notice it. Especially 60hz. Then you will want better.

[angrybomb]

7 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

I played a few games on my friend's rig which has a RX 480 and a FreeSync monitor, personally I didn't feel that much of a difference from going with vsync on my 75hz monitor, therefore I voted the "its nice to have", you will see some difference yes, but if you already have a very solid/decent display and GPU, this difference will be less of a deal...

I actually dont have a computer right now, and in fact i was going to buy the same monitor you have, and my doubt was to get the rx480 for freesync or the gtx1060 for some extra fps.

[nickspacemonkey]

11 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

I played a few games on my friend's rig which has a RX 480 and a FreeSync monitor, personally I didn't feel that much of a difference from going with vsync on my 75hz monitor, therefore I voted the "its nice to have", you will see some difference yes, but if you already have a very solid/decent display and GPU, this difference will be less of a deal...

Sorry, i don't mean to sound rude or anything. But what you essentially said was: "I use vsync because i don't notice the input lag."

[Lucianoinfanti]

Most people aren't even really affected by these things. Lots of people can't see the difference but they lie on forums to look cool. I mean, if you can afford it then why not? But you can't that won't stop you from having a good time gaming.

[Princess Luna]

1 minute ago, angrybomb said:

I actually dont have a computer right now, and in fact i was going to buy the same monitor you have, and my doubt was to get the rx480 for freesync or the gtx1060 for some extra fps.

The LG one? It is a very great monitor I fully recommend it! I was able to push its refresh rate to 75 on nVidia's custom resolutions/refresh, the quality is far superior to my old 1680x1050p 60hz LG Flatron Wide, I had that very same friend calling me stupid for not buying AMD because of freesync but lets be honest the highest end of nVidia will always be superior, <3 my Titan <3

However the rx480 and GTX1060 are extremely close, I would suggest considering the rx480 so you can take advantaged of the tool, or if possible and preferable stretching your budget to a GTX 1070 that would be the sweetest spot for this monitor, the 2560x1080p resolution is more demanding than FullHD bare that in mind.

[angrybomb]

4 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

The LG one? It is a very great monitor I fully recommend it! I was able to push its refresh rate to 75 on nVidia's custom resolutions/refresh, the quality is far superior to my old 1680x1050p 60hz LG Flatron Wide, I had that very same friend calling me stupid for not buying AMD because of freesync but lets be honest the highest end of nVidia will always be superior, <3 my Titan <3

However the rx480 and GTX1060 are extremely close, I would suggest considering the rx480 so you can take advantaged of the tool, or if possible and preferable stretching your budget to a GTX 1070 that would be the sweetest spot for this monitor, the 2560x1080p resolution is more demanding than FullHD bare that in mind.

Nope, I thougt you were talking abot the aoc one.

And if i got a 1070, it would have to be with a 2k @60hz/1080p @144hz with g-sync, which is a lot higher than my budget, so not an option really.

[nickspacemonkey]

3 minutes ago, angrybomb said:

Nope, I thougt you were talking abot the aoc one.

And if i got a 1070, it would have to be with a 2k @60hz/1080p @144hz with g-sync, which is a lot higher than my budget, so not an option really.

I would say that a 1070 might be a tad overkill for 1080p. 1060 might be better, meaning more budget for monitor.

[Princess Luna]

17 minutes ago, angrybomb said:

Nope, I thougt you were talking abot the aoc one.

And if i got a 1070, it would have to be with a 2k @60hz/1080p @144hz with g-sync, which is a lot higher than my budget, so not an option really.

It is one way to think, whoever the 1070 would allow you to crank all on ultra regardless of the game and also be more "future-proof" I also usually have a movie/anime/video clips on my 1080p television playing while I game on the monitor at the same time and the GPU manages it like a charm, it all comes down to what you're aiming at, the 1060 in certain games like Watch Dogs 2 already shown signals of stressing out even at 1080p.

 

The AOC one is fairly the same monitor as the LG one, I'd still recommend it with or without a higher end GPU.

[nickspacemonkey]

4 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

It is one way to think, whoever the 1070 would allow you to crank all on ultra regardless of the game and also be more "future-proof" I also usually have a movie/anime/video clips on my 1080p television playing while I game on the monitor at the same time and the GPU manages it like a charm, it all comes down to what you're aiming at, the 1060 in certain games like Watch Dogs 2 already shown signals of stressing out even at 1080p.

 

The AOC one is fairly the same monitor as the LG one, I'd still recommend it with or without a higher end GPU.

Ok, sure. But if you are on a tight budget and all you want to do is play games at 1080p then 1070 isn't good as you will have to compromise your monitor which is equally important.

[Princess Luna]

1 minute ago, nickspacemonkey said:

Ok, sure. But if you are on a tight budget and all you want to do is play games at 1080p then 1070 isn't good as you will have to compromise your monitor which is equally important.

I am not neglecting the monitor, I just meant that between spending the extra buck on the monitor or on the gpu I'd spend it on the gpu, a 2560x1080p monitor is decent enough to be paired with a 1070, it all comes down to preferences, if you roll back you'll see I said the RX480 was the best course to go however WERE it possible in budget terms I'd pick the 1070, that's all (: 

[nickspacemonkey]

2 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

I am not neglecting the monitor, I just meant that between spending the extra buck on the monitor or on the gpu I'd spend it on the gpu, a 2560x1080p monitor is decent enough to be paired with a 1070, it all comes down to preferences, if you roll back you'll see I said the RX480 was the best course to go however WERE it possible in budget terms I'd pick the 1070, that's all (: 

Sorry, forgot we are talking ultrawide 1080p.