Monitor with Nvidia G-Sync Tech Ready for Pre-Orders

[exfileme]

Here's one of the first displays with Nvidia's G-Sync already installed.

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[Dirk_Funk]

So like most Nvidia products, this is strictly for people with plenty of money :C

 

[jasonelmore]

It's a lot more expensive than they said it would be when announced. This was supposed to be only a $120 premium on top of any monitor.

 

[jasonelmore]

So far nobody just selling the Chip. When will newegg have the Chip for us DIY'rs?

 

[Innocent_Bystander-1312890]

Just wait until some competition hits. They are taking advantage of being early movers. I'm sitting this one out until I can get a reasonably good quality G-Sync monitor for half this price.

IB

 

[qknight]

Wow that is a significant mark up!

 

[westify]

As stated a few months ago Asus has paid for the rights to G-Sync exclusivity until "Q3 2014". Once that deal expires i would expect prices to drop significantly.

 

[qknight]

As stated a few months ago Asus has paid for the rights to G-Sync exclusivity until "Q3 2014". Once that deal expires i would expect prices to drop significantly.

I think Tom's quoted the wrong price. On both Overlord and DigitalStorm, they have this monitor for $499 ;/

 

[lancelot123]

I'm glad to hear there is a possibility of being able to mod your own monitors. Especially since I just got a few U2412Ms.

 

[mstngs351]

That's some mark up just for being the only game in town. Gouge them while you can?

 

[mrmez]

Whaaaat!!??

New technology isn't cheap?
When did that happen?

 

[Zac Lloyd-Jones]

Scan is a UK site so its a GBP price converted into USD. Anyone who has checked prices of tech gear in other countries, especially UK to US or AU to US know that the US pricing is MUCH cheaper, so you can't really go off a converted price.

 

[Axelion]

My local PC mod store Digital Storm has G-Sync module upgrade for $299 including labor. That's TOO EXPENSIVE!!! $100 should be a reasonable price and NO WAY I would spend $299 for this.

 

[brandonjclark]

Remember, this is only relevant if your PC can't manage above the default refresh rate.

 

[mariusmotea]

I wait for some reviews because i want to know if there is a notable difference between G-Sync and a 120Hz monitor. For that price i expect to be a notable difference.

 

[mrmez]

The additional $260 is pretty reasonable for a new product like this. After all, the "two dozen GPU architects and other senior guys" who made this happen don't get paid in monopoly money. Gotta recover your R&D costs, and it's early adopters who pay the way.

Exclusivity deals also add $50-$100/unit.

As for retrofitting, it's always a pain in the arse, so expect to pay through the arse.

 

[The3monitors]

for a 27 or 30 incher I could pay that price... No thank you

 

[photonboy]

MODDING:
You can only add the G-Sync module to a new monitor specifically designed for this. It won't work with any current monitor today.

 

[photonboy]

And to "only relevant to those who can't maintain above 60FPS"

Totally false for two reasons:
1) Lag by enabling VSYNC
2) Jutter

To get rid of Screen Tearing you must turn on VSYNC. That introduces a LAG that makes games feel more sluggish to control especially FPS games.

G-Sync can also reduce some JUTTER that appears even when the game is running at 60FPS VSYNC ON.

 

[cats_Paw]

If the monitor waits till it has the data to make a full image, wont that mean it adds to the input lag? As far as i know, the more "hardware" doing stuff in a monitor, the more input delay and more image lag.

 

[dimar]

Will nVidia give this tech to AMD?

 

[icemunk]

This will take off, only when they are available for dirt-cheap and work for all cards. Otherwise, just for people with more money than sense.

 

[Morbus]

This is bollocks. It's true that V-sync is terrible and I NEVER enable it ever. Ever. I learned that long ago, and sometimes I enable it by default, and it's terrible and I notice it.

What they failed to compare is G-sync with no-sync, because that's the real difference.

That tearing they show in the video looks to me like the VGA just isn't up to scratch. I really doubt they used the same setup for the two renders.

 

[hysteria357]

Wow they are selling the normal VG248QE for $200 more than every other website. I wouldnt take this to be the actual price

 

[colson79]

At these prices G-sync will be DOA