Dicehunter
Resident Newb
G-Sync shouldn't cause stutter though as it's meant to get rid of it, It's either down to subpar drivers or a faulty G-Sync module, I experienced stutter on the ROG Swift that I briefly had, Turned out to be a faulty module.
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G-Sync shouldn't cause stutter though as it's meant to get rid of it, It's either down to subpar drivers or a faulty G-Sync module, I experienced stutter on the ROG Swift that I briefly had, Turned out to be a faulty module.
AlienALX
Well-known member
It wasn't stutter dude. I tell you what it reminded me of... When you're running a game and you have the settings so high that your GPU can't cope. IE not making enough FPS to make the game playable and smooth. More of a jerking movement than a stutter.
It just made moving around make me feel like I were drunk. Unplayable, even though the FPS were perfectly acceptable. And I have heard that this can happen with Gsync especially at lower FPS.
Not something I really want to experience again.
It just made moving around make me feel like I were drunk. Unplayable, even though the FPS were perfectly acceptable. And I have heard that this can happen with Gsync especially at lower FPS.
Not something I really want to experience again.
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
AlienALX
Well-known member
No I certainly don't lol
Apparently it's a Gsync SLI issue and it's flicker, not stutter. This would explain why at 1080p with normal Vsync it was butter but take SLI to Gsync and you get issues.
Honestly I'm not talking crap here. Menus and title screens were the same too but other games were OK when actually a running.
It happens in Freesync with Crossfire too and is why AMD stopped it working with Crossfire.
Either way dude I can honestly live with regular old Vsync. I know Gsync is better for high HZ panels but it's totally wasted at 60hz 4k.
I don't know if you've ever tried gaming when you've had a few but that's the best way to describe it.
Apparently it's a Gsync SLI issue and it's flicker, not stutter. This would explain why at 1080p with normal Vsync it was butter but take SLI to Gsync and you get issues.
Honestly I'm not talking crap here. Menus and title screens were the same too but other games were OK when actually a running.
It happens in Freesync with Crossfire too and is why AMD stopped it working with Crossfire.
Either way dude I can honestly live with regular old Vsync. I know Gsync is better for high HZ panels but it's totally wasted at 60hz 4k.
I don't know if you've ever tried gaming when you've had a few but that's the best way to describe it.
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
AlienALX
Well-known member
It's likely Nvidia have addressed the SLI issue but as you can see it's taken me this long just to be able to play the game without feeling nauseous.
I think I'll stay on one GPU until AMD show Nano. If anything that is going to be my Crossfire card
This game is stunning at 4k though!
I think I'll stay on one GPU until AMD show Nano. If anything that is going to be my Crossfire card
This game is stunning at 4k though!
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Any form of Adaptive Sync introduces input lag. That's probably what you noticed.. older Nvidia cards did have hardware on board and AMD didn't as well as drivers not really fixing the issue, but after they released their drivers from 11.12(or was it 11.11?) Which addressed the whole problem with runt frames and micro stutter.. but since those drivers it has since been eliminated in the argument of nvidia vs amd. I wouldn't doubt if amd even has that hardware on die/board now a days too to aid the driver. Hardly any reviews, or at least the majority from what I have seen, even test it anymore because really they are both damn good at it now a days. Most are testing the frame times now a days and not runt frames.
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AlienALX
Well-known member
It was the flicker that ruined the experience though man. Really made me feel quite ill.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Was probably the monitor then... Guess gsync doesn't cope well. But below 30fps it automatically turns off
AlienALX
Well-known member
I didn't know that. Not so good when you are running 4k then. Even maintaining 30 FPS can be stupid hard.
Darkwood Systems
New member
Nice review, I keep meaning to buy this game.
