How important is G-Sync to you?

[Sammael]

I ask because it's the only thing on the nvidia side that I would miss going with AMD.

 

I am still going to go AMD this round, I have a 1440p monitor and need to upgrade from my amd 6870 1gb gpu.  The 290 + better cooler seems to be the best bang for the buck card on the market until later next year.

 

 

I hate screen tearing, but I also hate low res monitors that cost too much money for a faster refresh rate.  And so here I am, stuck.

 

 

 

I know some have already decided g-sync is the single most important feature ever.  Linus essentially came out of the closet in a recent video by stating that his card of choice would have to support g-sync or some equivalent.  The only card on the market that offers that is newer nvidia cards, ergo, even if mantle turned out so well it ran circles around the 780 ti in intensive games for far less money, he does not care.  

 

G-sync (i.e. nvidia only) or gtfo.

 

 

Are you all as in the tank for gsync as he is?  Is it that important to you?

[Imabigmac]

Until g-sync works with ips/pls panels that are high resolution its not important to me. Unless someone says they are making one I continue to buy a new 1440p pls panel before the years end. 

[Xhavalor]

Because the effectiveness of Mantle as an environment can be offset by more computer performance (albeit at higher costs), it is not as revolutionary a development as G-Sync.

At this time we do not now if Mantle will be forever limited to AMD cards, and that G-Sync will be locked to Nvidia cards (although both companies are claiming requirements for these up-and-coming technologies as such)

 

Thus, I have to admit that I am in the tank for G-Sync because:

1) I already have a Nvidia card so I have a certain bias towards favoring something I will receive via lower costs (new monitor vs. new card, ya dig?)

2) Improving efficiency is good, yes: but it is the specialized feature set of cards of all manufacturers which drive the technological aspect of this field forward, not software optimizations  

[CoolBeans]

No, Vsync works good enough for me

[LancerBG]

really dont care. I have seen a handful of videos explaining it and even watched the whole gsync interview on pcper and and actually understand it now but in the end I still remain blissfully ignorant. Maybe I am just blind but I dont have any issues with pc gaming.

[Lord Pantaloons]

Important enough for me to want it.

[MdX MaxX]

It's a done deal for me.  From here on out I refuse to spend money on a monitor or GPU that does not support G-Sync or an equivalent.

 

It's always bugged me that I have to choose either capped at 60 with input delay or awful tearing.  G-Sync puts those concerns to rest.

 

My next monitor will be a 120Hz G-Sync monitor.  If we see a 120Hz 2560x1440 G-Sync monitor in the future, I'll upgrade to that later.  I'm okay giving up IPS; I never had it so I don't know what I'm missing.

 

It's really a shame; AMD would have totally sold me on the R9-290 had it not been for G-Sync.  I'm hoping G-Sync or an equivalent technology makes it to everyone.  It really, really needs to.

[TheMissxu]

I don't think the experience is worth the extra 100 some dollars. If it's so necessary to an experience, how come there are x hundred million PC gamers? If it's not necessary to the experience, why should I pay for it?

 

I honestly cannot see a frame delayed by 12ms with hundreds passing by every few seconds. I'm always wondering how a high-refresh rate monitor compares to GSync.

[VSG]

I don't care really. I can't/won't go back to a stupid TN panel and until they got a 27/30" IPS QHD monitor with Gsync at a decent price ($100 premium at the most), I will remain content with all this screen tearing that I supposedly have right now.

[FluffyNuggets]

I wouldn't go back to 1080p to get it so I really don't care. It's just a feature that people don't really need but they think we do. 

[solarflare]

don't care for it at all because i don't want to pay a premium on monitors that have it. 

 

unless all monitors can support it without any extra costs associated with compatibility then its going to be worthless to me. 

 

capping my frame rates in game to avoid tearing does me just fine. 

[Langdon]

It's not that amazing right now because of the premium on it and the fact that it's only on TN monitors. G Sync seems useful but I wouldn't pay for it with its current price.

[BallaTheFeared]

My future purchases will be based around it, unless AMD can offer a similar solution there is no reason to continue forking over cash and dealing with excessive power, heat, and noise chasing a sustained fps figure with input lag inducing vsync.

[Lukiose]

I definitely have to check out the technology in person, and wait for Mantle's official reveal before deciding. On paper G-Sync sounds really good but the fact that it locks to a single company & the premium you have to pay makes it unattractive.

[fracking4oil]

I definitely have to check out the technology in person, and wait for Mantle's official reveal before deciding. On paper G-Sync sounds really good but the fact that it locks to a single company & the premium you have to pay makes it unattractive.

 

 

What new technology do you not have to pay a premium for? I have no doubt in a couple years all new monitors and GPUs will have this tech.

[Lukiose]

What new technology do you not have to pay a premium for? I have no doubt in a couple years all new monitors and GPUs will have this tech.

I think it's common sense & blatantly obvious what i was referring to. No other 'exclusive' feature demands ~$300 [Premium of Nvidia cards + Monitor]

But yes, it would be fantastic for Nvidia to license it to AMD, G-Sync would benefit all end users. 

[Skanic]

I don't see myself, a person that has a high end gpu use G-sync. I see it useful in terms of low budget gpus, as they can put the settings high and they probably get low frames but with g sync you wont notice it as much.

[juretrn]

It's nothing but hype. A new monitor for it to work? No thanks.

[Ribozyme]

Only if you can buy 1440p ips monitors with it in the future. Am looking forward to it. I am all for a smoother game experience. More frames are only one part of the equation.

[BallaTheFeared]

It's nothing but hype. A new monitor for it to work? No thanks.

 

You're using the word hype wrong.

 

Mantle is nothing but hype, G-Sync is something of definable substance.

[ACatWithThumbs]

Only if you can buy 1440p ips monitors with it in the future. Am looking forward to it. I am all for a smoother game experience. More frames are only one part of the equation.

They said that there planing to have all diffrent kinds of resolutions up to 4k and diffrent refreshrates.

Im waiting for a 1440p G-sync 32"-30" Monitor.

I will probably buy it right on release date.

[Ribozyme]

They said that there planing to have all diffrent kinds of resolutions up to 4k and diffrent refreshrates.

Im waiting for a 1440p G-sync 32"-30" Monitor.

I will probably buy it right on release date.

 

I'm waiting for 1440p 27 inch LPS screen around 300 euro. Let the wait begin

[FernandoTeixeira]

I don't really see tearing... and maybe I'm not pro enough to see some lags. I'm really aware when framerate drops below 40fps ... when it's around 38 it's already like slow-motion...

but I don't have this kind of problem : 

 

I have an ips lg monitor overclocked to 75hz ...

[juretrn]

You're using the word hype wrong.

 

Mantle is nothing but hype, G-Sync is something of definable substance.

Both are overhyped. What is G-sync supposed to improve at all? I never see any problems such as the one @FernandoTeixeira posted. i know what it is supposed to do, but I don't see anything in the technology but just another marketing move by Nvidia. Until I see the difference between G-Sync on and off, I am not convinced. 

As for mantle - if it's going to provide more than 5% improvement, I will really surprised. 

[FernandoTeixeira]

Both are overhyped. What is G-sync supposed to improve at all? I never see any problems such as the one @FernandoTeixeira posted. i know what it is supposed to do, but I don't see anything in the technology but just another marketing move by Nvidia. Until I see the difference between G-Sync on and off, I am not convinced. 

As for mantle - if it's going to provide more than 5% improvement, I will really surprised. 

I think with mantle we will have better minimum fps, but I don't think it will improve more than 5% when it comes to avg fps