Okay. I've browsed until my head hurts, so I'm biting the bullet and asking here.

I will receive my new PC in two weeks. 7800 3XD (or whatever the numbers are) and a 4090 card. I've got little knowledge regarding that stuff, but research tells me it is a good combo.

I'll need a monitor, and that aspect is more confusing to me than I thought. 

Is a G-Synch monitor desirable with the 4090, or a requirement? These G-Sync monitors look very expensive, and not much choice (unless going for G-Sync compatible which appears to be  less desirable?)

I know people will say, "If you are spending THAT much on a PC, why try and spare the pennies on a monitor?". I get that, and it is completely down to lack of research when budgeting. I thought a £500 monitor would be more than okay, and that is what I have left in the kitty.

Then I read about this Nvidea frame generation, and then some lossless scaling thing that everyone is raving about, and I'm wondering what exactly I do need.

Bottom line being, I don't want to be spending £1100 on a monitor with G-Sync, if I can spend £500 on one without G-Sync, and smooth MSFS out (if it isn't smooth out of the box) using something within the Nvidea panel, or buying the Lossless scaling frame generation thing. The trouble being, a lot of what I'm reading about the 4090 card and G-Sync monitors, predates the LSFG thing, so maybe that information is now redundant?

 

 

I have a LG UltraGear that is both FreeSync and G-Sync compatible and that works just fine, you don't need a native G-Sync monitor that works down to 1 hz, moderna compatible monitors works down to about 20 hz and is more than enough especial if you use Frame Generation.

My monitor is 144hz, but I use it at 100hz in combination with G-Sync and V-Sync in FG to give my 4090 more headroom, in that way it will automatically lock my fps at 97 fps instead of 141 fps.

Edited November 4, 20241 yr by Ixoye