R9 Fury X with Freesync or Nvidia 1080 without?

[husamwadi]

So I am having a dilemma:

I am building a monster computer to play VR HTC Vive and 1440p non competitive gaming.

My monitor is the Acer XG270HU 1440p 144hz FREESYNC monitor.

So now I am torn between getting the R9 Fury X for the freesync and liquid VR software advantages, or buying the Nvidia 1080 with no Freesync but still being an absolute beast of a card.

I absolutely know that the 1080 has higher framerates across the board, but believe me FPS is not everything. 60fps rendered on an SLI rig, for example, doesn't look ANYTHING (choppy, lag spikes) like 60fps rendered on a single card (smooth, fluid).

In the same manner, lets say the 1080 gets 67fps and the Fury X gets 50fps. 50fps with Freesync might be smoother than 67fps without.

As far as VR is concerned the 1080 scored a perfect 11 and the Fury X a 9.7

If you have any informed opinions please feel free to let me know. If you have never tried freesync or g-sync, don't bother posting: I can read flat numbers on the internet too 😛

Thanks!

 

[JUICEhunter]

1080 still, I don't even like gsync at 50-60fps, it takes 65+ to get that high hz magic. I thought gsync was going to make me less fps hungry because it is smoother at lower fps but seeing high fps/hz in action made me want to have that at all times.

There should be a 75 or 85 hz mode on your monitor that will feel fast and silky.

 

[husamwadi]

1080 still, I don't even like gsync at 50-60fps, it takes 65+ to get that high hz magic. I thought gsync was going to make me less fps hungry because it is smoother at lower fps but seeing high fps/hz in action made me want to have that at all times.

There should be a 75 or 85 hz mode on your monitor that will feel fast and silky.

Thank you! Some experienced based information, hallelujah! You'd think that it would be impossible on this site lol.

I will take this into super heavy consideration. I was sold that freesync/g-sync would make 45-75fps super smooth, but guess not.

 

[guanyu210379]

I have been using XB270HU since April 2015...
GSync is like magic between about 40-90 fps on a 144Hz monitor or higher.
If your GPU can go higher e.g. 120fps or more, you can simply disable those Sync and won't really notice anything.
40-90 fps is still 40-90 fps, yes! 40-90 fps with GSync felt smoother than without, but higher fps is still smoother.
GSync can not make your 40fps feels like 100fps....that is simply not how things work...

 

[JUICEhunter]

Most gamers are fine with 60fps/hz and tend to update only when performance falls bellow that. They keep their existing monitor to save cash and get the fastest possible GPU they can afford and this is fine for the most part.

For me VRR is more a solution for high hz users with it's elimination of vsync on ticking/pulsing feel with motion and vsync off tearing. You're dealing with a much wider range of fps and need VRR to make things as uniform as possible so I would recommend a 1070/gsync over 1080/no gsync assuming you can get a decent price selling your monitor.

 

[guanyu210379]

60Hz is fine as long as you are not a hardcore first person shooting gamer.
I do not really notice the advantage from having high refresh rate and fps for games like Witcher 3, StarCraft 2, etc.
I found that having 144Hz and 144 fps on games like CS:GO, Overwatch, TF2, etc. bring really a huge difference.

GSync is not worth the extra price, if you ask me after having XB270HU since April 2015. A simple 144Hz 1440p IPS display would be already sufficient.