This looks incredible and I want nVidia to succeed because it's actually been a long time without any game-changing (no pun intended, honest) improvements (evolutionary or revolutionary) in the gaming and graphics market.
That said, I read the article and yet remain confused as to where exactly the G-sync module integrates with the monitor. From what I understand, it the G-sync hardware/firmware will run on a packet level, analyzing in realtime the incoming feed of DisplayPort packets and deciding how much of what goes where and when. Very neat.
The most important question, I believe, is what monitors can this be used with? The text makes it clear that users will be able to mod their own ASUS VG248QE monitors to add on the G-sync card, but that's a very, very specific make and model. Is this technology going to require hardware manufacturers to cooperate with nVidia, or will their cooperation simply make things nicer/easier?
Also, some of us have (in business environments) $1k+ S-IPS 30"+ monitors — the quality of these monitors is way above that of consumer models like the VG248QE and others. If there is no way to generically mod monitors without onboard DSPs, I could see that hindering adoption.
That said, I read the article and yet remain confused as to where exactly the G-sync module integrates with the monitor. From what I understand, it the G-sync hardware/firmware will run on a packet level, analyzing in realtime the incoming feed of DisplayPort packets and deciding how much of what goes where and when. Very neat.
The most important question, I believe, is what monitors can this be used with? The text makes it clear that users will be able to mod their own ASUS VG248QE monitors to add on the G-sync card, but that's a very, very specific make and model. Is this technology going to require hardware manufacturers to cooperate with nVidia, or will their cooperation simply make things nicer/easier?
Also, some of us have (in business environments) $1k+ S-IPS 30"+ monitors — the quality of these monitors is way above that of consumer models like the VG248QE and others. If there is no way to generically mod monitors without onboard DSPs, I could see that hindering adoption.