NVIDIA Now Offering DIY G-Sync Kits

Updated: January 17, 2014

NVIDIA Now Offering DIY G-Sync Kits for those who want to make the upgrade to their existing ASUS monitor. NVIDIA has been pushing their latest G-Sync technology and at CES 2014 that was a major display that showed off at least a dozen or more companies making monitors with this new technology embedded in them. For those though that already have a monitor instead of feeling left out in the cold so to speak you can now buy a kit that will upgrade your existing ASUS VG248QE monitor. Others will still want this for their monitor and maybe NVIDIA will meet that demand, but I doubt it.

For those who still have zero clue as to what NVIDIA’s G-Sync is lets get you up to speed: NVIDIA’s G-Sync makes the promise to do away with tearing, lag and stutter by giving the graphics card direct control over the monitor’s refresh rate. The result, the company claimed, is a far smoother gaming experience. We made a video at CES 2014, but due to the differences in the technology between the camera lens and the screen we were unable to accurately capture what G-Sync does, but it does work very well. Personally I would wait and not even touch this kit as the technology has just emerged and as it matures it will only get better and the prices will drop.

Doing this also ‘Voids” your warranty, so you buy a kit for $199.99 plus shipping and handling, take an hour to install and then get left with a “You are on your own” if anything goes wrong scenario. This to me is just not worth doing since monitor technology is growing exponentially all the time, just putting a little patience in your diet may be advisable at this time point. Those interested in picking up the kit can do so on the official website, although at present NVIDIA is only shipping the units to the US, Canada, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands with no word as to when it will be made available in the UK. Below is a video provided by NVIDIA showing exactly how this upgrade path is to be taken and claims it takes about an hour of your time to accomplish. Thanks for reading Tech Of Tomorrow my friends, so what say you Win or Fail?

Source and Video: Bit-Tech.net

lolwut

200 dollars. Yep
Dani Filth

Ill pass on this editing the INI files to set the max fps is free.
- Carter Baker
  
  Relearn what Gsync does. It can not be done with software at this point.
Alex Loxate

Better wait.
mohammad

Mantle(more fps) + Free-sync(maybe just like G-sync or worse) > G-sync – $200
- Carter Baker
  
  Mantle does not do what Gsync does. It at this point is a in monitor hardware solution only. It modifies the video cpu of the monitor.
  - Abdul Muqtadir
    
    Freesync can only work on laptops, because the connection to the screen of the laptop is different than the connection of a monitor to the pc. And it is a software not hardware. But if AMD can find a way to bring on the PC side, it’d be amazing. But for now, G-Sync is all we got .
    - Serpent of Darkness
      
      AMD Free-Sync is apart of the VESA Standard. Some believe that it may have more uses than just laptops only. It’s possible that it could be used with TVs, Computer Monitors, Laptops, and other devices. “If” this turns out to be true, AMD Free-Sync could be used for the Consoles (XBone and PS4) because Jaguar APUs have a GPU architecture above the AMD 5000 Series. I think the point AMD is trying to make is that G-Sync cost an arm and an leg, but it’s good at what it does. Free-Sync won’t cost you anything unless the display device doesn’t support it. That’s what it is going to boil down too.
  - Serpent of Darkness
    
    You’re right in a sense. AMD Mantle is a new API. It isn’t a high shader language API like DirectX or OpenGL. This is totally different from what G-Sync does. G-Sync regulates when a frame will be displayed with the Tegra4 chip, by the NVidia Graphic Card. In addition, it hold frames when the card is taking longer to send new frames. Essentially, AMD Mantle will increase FPS performance overall for all PC Games that support it. It also gives developers more control and freedom when programming games with Mantle. G-Sync will reduce animation blemishes, reduce dropped frames, and improve animation fluidity, but it won’t increase FPS by 2x or 3x you’re average. Comparing the two is like comparing a gallon of unleaded gasoline to a New York Porterhouse steak. I believe mohammad’s point, indirectly, is that AMD has more to offer. I don’t have high hopes for G-Sync, Free-Sync, or Mantle. No matter how you look at it, they all require drivers and firmware updates. So there is going to be some degree of error on the launch dates. There’s going to be issues when new WHQL drivers are updated by both companies.