G-SYNC introduces motion blur (unrelated to smooth frames)
Posted: 12 Dec 2017, 20:01
gabber wrote:Hi,
So, I got myself a Dell S2716DG, A05 version. Gamma settings suck, but tweakable, otherwise a pretty nice monitor with good colors for a TN.
Now to the good part - why I can't use Gsync at all. For me it creates a pretty significant motion blur, which is very heavy on my eyes and creates a some sort of eye strain (starts to hurt after a while, feels like there is some pressure in my eyes, I feel little dizzy while playing). When I set overdrive to fast, it becomes really playable, but then there is another issue - really bad ghosting on objects, which is nothing new, although my old 2720Z has way less ghosting artifacts than Dell, but here you go again, not an option.
I also tried G-Sync + ULBM hack, which was sort of nice, but it created flicker, which just couldn't be ignored, it was very apparent in left upper corner
So now, I'm stuck with this Dell monitor and what I only like about it - excellent coating and high resolution, but gsync really f***** sucks more than it really helps. And I can't go for any other monitor, since it's already "last resort" and I really don't want heavier coating for 1440p resolution. I thought about buying 2730Z, but this monitor has higher pixel response time and no gsync, and it's only 80€ less where I live + the coating is worse than Dell's, so I'm getting really efing sad right now - what's really the point on gsync then, if it creates motion blur?
Can anyone help my situation or help me understand what the F is going on? Should I stop searching for G-Sync monitors forever? I'm really susceptible to motion blur (always lower or turn off it in games, post processing too) and I really see slow pixel response times, that's why I also cannot go for an IPS panel
If nothing can be done regarding gsync motion blur issue, I would like to go for a good 1440p screen and forget gsync ever existed, but there are no better monitors with 1440p for gaming with same coating as Dell's and IPS pixel response compared to TN is really bad, so with IPS monitor I would get probably the same motion blur, which I'm getting with gsync right now...