qasim_786

Anything below 30fps and gsync will disable and you willexperience what you wpuld do on any other monitor in terms of tearing and stutter.

Hey Guys, Sorry been busy and not been able to give a proper review on my experience of Gsync. Firstly, as many people have said gsync is only worth it if you are over 30 fps most of the time. This I guess depends on your hardware. So Gsync does not make the hardware factor redundant it just lowers the bar in terms of machine power needed for an amazing smooth experience. And when I say and amazing smooth experience, I will give you an example of Gsync and that should be enough as a review. System - i7 3930k 4.5ghz, GTX Titan Sli, some ram, an ssd, Obv the Gsync monitor. Add ons in this example - Orb x England, REX ultimate, FSX booster, PMDG 777, Heathrow xtreme (on xtreme settings), shade. The experience is like watching a seamless movie. From inside the cockpit, it will be absolutely SMOOTH like butter. It is incredible. Before It would choppy and jittery. Now it is smooth as butter as if you are watching a movie. FSX is something else. Conclusion - IF you have the hardware to stay above 30fps in the way you use the sim, GSYNC is a must!!!

Hey Guys, Just a heads up that GSYNC monitors are now in stock as SCAN. I just ordered mine and delivery due Monday. 440 pounds, bit pricier than I woul dhave hoped and also no news on the stand alone module kit. Still, excited to test it out. Qas

One word that tilts the balance heavily in favour of the green side.....gsync.

Lol common dude, what else shall I do? Try running crysis 3 in the backgeound lol. I get your point tho. If you are using fsx with those settings......maybe in 5 years you will have a processor that can handle it?

I do not go below 30 and I use orb x, rex hd textures, xtreme airports, utx, gtx, pmdg airplanes, shade, and a whole bunch of other add ons. I have a i7 3930k at 4.5 ghz and 2 titans in sli. I cant try much harder.

I have tried this and for me it is nowhere near as smooth as 60fps.

Do you mean adaptive vsync? Whats half refresh rate vsync? I will give it a go. Do you just set your monitor at 30htz. How?

Totally agree. When I said graphics cards I was referring to stand alone cards sold.

Well said. I am in a similar predicament. I am getting married next summer God willing. Despite my partner not having an issue with my setup, just finding the time to keep ontop of flight sim will be tough. It will go from being a passion to a hobby. I guess thats life!

Totally agree. I was just trying to make the point that 30fps in sync with refresh rate is completly different to the current locked at 30fps experience.

Exactly. I think its just a matter of letting the tech do the talking when it is released. Some people are totally missing the "dynamic" point of gsync. To me 30fps cannot be regarded as smooth as it is not in sync with tbe refresh rate. Surely you ses a diff when you play something at 60fps? The only way 30fps can be smooth is if your monitor is 30htz. I think a lot of this depends on peoples experience. When I was gaming on 30fps on ps3 I would think it was smooth. But when switching to 60fps on pc I could not go back to 30fps again. I still think you should try gsync. If you lock at 30fps your refresh rate will too and you will have such a better smoother experience.

But this is exactly why I am so excited by this. To now the hundreds, sometimes thousands has been spent on hardware to try and gain those fps markers and a smooth experience with good graphical quality. This solution which costs a 120 pounds means I will not have to upgrade for the next 5-6 years and still enjoy gaming/simming as it should be experienced. Win win for me.

Well im sure you guys use fsx more than me. Just fron my experience I do not dip below 30fps when using weather, pmdg 777, orb x, rex, utx, gtx and a bunch of other stuff. And if you look at the facts presented by nvidia and verified by people such as Carmack and sweeney, I dont see how you can dismiss this as a money making venture. Surely you can see the benefit of something that produces a seamless smooth silky motion for anything above 30 fps......no? Nope....I think the post by the pmdg support dude explained perfectly what this tech is capable of. Ill take your word on this. Im a moderate fsx simmer and although I use a whole load of taxing add ons I guess I just dont use it in the same scenarios as you guys when you get fps below 30.

Nothing, it will have no effect. Gsync will only be effective above 30fps. It will drop back to the old system. But tbh if you are getting 18fps, without sounding rude, its maybe time you did upgrade....theres only so much software and drivers can do. Lol that was a good buy! but keep in mind with the diy kit it will take out all your other display ports and sound

Having listened to nearly every interview available from NVidia reps over the last week I am pretty sure that this is their plan. They will release the module later this year as a way to let hard-core enthusiasts install it into their monitors. As far as I can see it will work on many more monitors than they say, because all you are doing is replacing the scalar chip. NVidia know this, but to be on the safe side they will only officially endorse models they have tested extensively themselves. One of the reps even said that they would be delighted if people tweaked the chip to work in their monitors. I also heard one say that the module chips will be limited. So I am guessing that once the monitors come out the DIY modules will stop. But that just a guess. Obv the mainstream option will be to buy the monitor next year.

The key advantage of gsync is the dynamic nature of it. The reason you get stuttering in a game has nothing to do with the fps. As counter intuitive as it sounds, the fps isnt what causes stuttering. It is the loss of sync between the screen refresh rate and the frame buffers. Even at fixed 30fps you gpu has to sync your frames with a 60htz refresh rate in most cases. Complexities in this cause the pulsing and stutrering. Gsync works by always having your refresh rate and fps in sync. So no frames are ever lost of reproduced on screen thus producing a seamless butter smooth image. Having 30fps set as constant maybe acheivable for you but for me that greatly reduces the experience for me as the smoothness is completly lost. Lol...or AMD!

I totally disagree. Video cards have always been targeted towards hardcore pc gamers. You have to take the decline in PCs in context. What has caused the decline is the loss of casual users who have migrated to more accessible platforms. The hardcore gaming PC industry is booming. You just have to look at nvidias sp over the last year to see this. The facts are that, if like me you notice stuttering and reduced smoothness below 60fps, this will solve your problem. As long as you have the hardware to push above 30 fps...which most modern hardware can do. Even on fsx. Like you I am a sceptic, but the fact that the solution makes sense in theory, has been demoed successfully and endorsed by the top game and hardware developers, gives me confidence this is the real deal.

I hope they announce a good range of sizes and resolutions together. This tech makes 4k gaming viable as it would be impossible to have a smooth experience at 4k otherwise. Those rex clouds at 4k...mmmmm And 3d....fsx works amazing for me in 3d. If you havent tried it you must. Once you are in the air, it actually feel as if you are looking out of a airplane window, with the depth. Now I can do that smoothly. This tech has me really excited. Ive been blabbing on about it for 2 days now. I could work for nvidia at this rate. If this ends up being a let down, ill cry. A lot.

Nvidia have said it adds 120 pounds to retail price of monitor. Although remember you also need a kepler gpu...which if u dnt have cud be an issue. Dedicated monitors q1 2014. Module kit end of this year but only for very few select existing monitors. Atm only one asus monitor has been said to support modding. Otherwise we have to wait till early next year

But this is why I am so excited. If I have understood all this correctly then anything above 30fps will be silky smooth as if it was 60fps. So hopefully, the beast will have been tamed. I am also excited that if/once this technology catches on, fsx companies will start producing add ons that are higher res and include a lot more textures and detail and animations as minimum fps limit will be down to 30.

Exactly. Id be happy with 1 fps if it was smooth. (Obviously exaggerating)

That is why I find it so amazing tho. Anything above 30fps and raw power, fps all become irrelevant as it will all be displayed as a smoth buttery display as if it was a t 60 fps anyway. To be clear, there is currently only 1 existing monitor which is an led monitor which can be manually changed. A lot of questions regarding gsync are addressed here on nvidias faq site, http://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/g-sync/faq And here is a video from the NVidia event with John Carmack, Johan Andersson and Tim Sweeney. If they are endorsing it I am sold. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvVnDTrfJ6M

I beg to differ. If the 3d engine causes the stutters than why is it when I upgraded to my titan sli is it that most of the stuttering in normal situations is gone. Also I was getting above 30fps normally even on my old 680sli system. And I use demanding add ons, usually rex, pmdg 747, increased lod, orb x england, payware airports. I agree if you are getting below 30 fps its nt going to help but if you have a cpu n gpu less than 3 to 4 years old you really shouldnt be... Just my thoughts. Feel free to rubbish them.