Would G-Sync Be Worth It For Me?

mikestogy · Dec 17, 2015

Hello!

I only really play WoW. I can gaurentee at least 80 FPS on my 1920x1080p monitor, however screen tearing and vsync lag is a huge issue.

I read about G-sync and it seemed really cool.

If I were to get a 1080p 144hz monitor with G-sync, would I benefit from that even if its never reaching cap? (144hz) and constntly hovering around 70-90?

jimmysmitty · Dec 17, 2015

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/g-sync/faq

I would highly suggest reading that.

The entire idea is that G-SYNC will make it so your monitors refresh rate matches your frame rate, which when it does eliminates screen tearing. It is sort of the opposite of V-SYNC, and better, in that V-SYNC makes your games FPS match your monitors refresh rate, which can be bad if your game goes below that refresh rate.

SBMfromLA · Dec 17, 2015

mikestogy :

The downside to G-Sync is... you would be tied to NVidia's cards. If that isn't a problem then you should go for it. If you prefer an open source solution.. or do like AMD cards... then it's not an option.

Eximo · Dec 17, 2015

WoW and G-sync actually have some issues on my machine. If G-sync is enabled the game will run at varying refresh rates, as intended but only up to exactly 100FPS, regardless of in-game settings. Any settings changes must have the game engine completely relaunched, making it somewhat troublesome to play with settings. Visually it works great when you turn off in-game V-sync and have G-sync turned on, then it will push to 144Hz (though it will seemingly erroneously read out 150 from time to time)

There will be audible squealing on microphone input that changes pitch based on the refresh rate being output. I have found no good way to filter it and it only seems to occur in WoW, with or without G-sync for most GTX650+ users. Most solutions I have found by googling have not solved the issues.

WoW almost never reaches above 100FPS or so if you leave all the bells and whistles turned on, like view distance. Harder to track in raids and dungeons since I am usually actively tanking, but I only see the highest numbers when staring at the ground.

Personally I have taken to just running WoW at 60Hz with V-sync on and G-sync disabled.

mikestogy · Dec 17, 2015

Well the part is confusing me is that I know for a fact any of the games I play will never reach 144 FPS.

Of course, I could vsync my games at 60FPS but I would have to worry about the occasional frame drop to <60 (around 55 sometimes) but I would still have to deal with the screen tearing

This is really hard to explain so ill try the best I can

On my current 60 hz monitor the "sweet spot" where things run like butter is at 60 FPS, even though my cards can push WoW to 70+

Would the same butter smooth "sweet spot" on a g-sync monitor be a range of 60-whatever i can push, instead of ONLY 60?

jimmysmitty · Dec 17, 2015

What you are talking about is well known. V-SYNC makes the game match the monitors refresh rate. When it does that it is smooth as hell. When it goes beyond that or drops it is not.

G-SYNC on the other hand forces the monitors refresh rate to match your games current frame rate. For example:

Your game runs at 60 FPS then the monitor will run at a 60Hz refresh rate. However if the game happens to drop down to 45FPS then the monitors refresh rate will be dropped to match and if the game goes to 70FPS again the monitor will be set to match and run at 70Hz.

mikestogy · Dec 17, 2015

Well the part is confusing me is that I know for a fact any of the games I play will never reach 144 FPS.

Of course, I could vsync my games at 60FPS but I would have to worry about the occasional frame drop to <60 (around 55 sometimes) but I would still have to deal with the screen tearing

This is really hard to explain so ill try the best I can

On my current 60 hz monitor the "sweet spot" where things run like butter is at 60 FPS, even though my cards can push WoW to 70+

Would the same butter smooth "sweet spot" on a g-sync monitor be a range of 60-whatever i can push, instead of ONLY 60?

mikestogy · Dec 17, 2015

jimmysmitty :

I guess what I want to know is if a 144 fps monitor with Gsync is worth it, even though ill never hit 144 fps, and Ill never dip below 60 (hopefully)

jimmysmitty · Dec 18, 2015

Unless you want to get more than 60FPS then no. If you are fine with 60FPS then a 60FPS GSYNC monitor would be the better option.

Eximo · Dec 18, 2015

Entry level G-sync monitors are pretty much 144Hz, so not really an option there. The 60Hz ones are 4K.

If you are using V-sync on a 60Hz monitor you should adjust your settings to always be capable of exceeding 60FPS. That way you don't experience tearing. Adaptive V-sync can help here and any G-sync capable GPU will support it. That is when the GPU will double up on frames to increase smoothness at the expense of, well, matching what the engine is doing.

Sounds like you just aren't quite ready in terms of system performance to be considering one. Spend the money on a better GPU or CPU and use V-sync for now. (Besides, G-sync is expensive, and might lose out to FreeSync in the long run)

mikestogy · Dec 19, 2015

Why would I settle for 60 fps with no screen tear when i can get UP TO 144 fps with no screen tear

after all, 60-144 fps will always be better than 60 or less, right?

If im missing something please let me know

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