An unrelated question: can you do G-Sync and 144 Hz at the same time? The Hexus review implied that you couldn't. Just want a confirmation on yes/no.
As mentioned, it works at 144hz in G-sync mode. ULMB is limited to 120hz like Lightboost is.
I haven't tried ULMB or Lightboost because it seems like you have to change so many settings to enable them. Gsync seems to work well though, insofar as I don't see any tearing anymore.
Agreed. I had to look up what pixel inversion was. Either my monitor is fine,or I am not sensitive to whatever it is supposed to show.
If this test fails to bother you then inversion artifacts are likely not an issue for your unit:
http://www.testufo.com/#test=inversion
Could somebody explain to me why this monitor is so extraordinarily difficult to find and purchase? Thanks.
Simple. There are more people who want them than they can supply.
Are they actually making them and they're just selling out quickly, or have they stopped producing them?
New ones show up periodically. That could only happen if they are still producing them.
Only things you have to change is V-Sync to something other than G-Sync and change refresh rate to 120 with the display's refresh rate change button. Quite easy really. Of course ULMB is best used for games that have very fast motion and/or run at very high frame rates.
For example I preferred playing the latest CoD's single player campaign with ULMB instead of G-Sync.
If this test fails to bother you then inversion artifacts are likely not an issue for your unit:
http://www.testufo.com/#test=inversion
I don't have the Asus, but I do have an older 120hz monitor. My monitor does not meet the ideal result in the inversion test or color test. However, in the several years I've owned it, I've never noticed anything like that in actual use. I'd have to guess that many people just aren't aware of an inversion problem unless they tested it.
Tested this. I do see the vertical lines. It shows up on all my monitors, so I don't really see what this issue is. I've never noticed this artifact before, so I really don't understand why anyone would make a fuss about this.
If this test fails to bother you then inversion artifacts are likely not an issue for your unit:
http://www.testufo.com/#test=inversion
The turbo button requires motion to work. Just scrolling a webpage up and down while pressing the turbo button works. I have no idea why it works like that but since games are on the move constantly, it works seamlessly there.It's not nearly as easy as just always playing with g-sync. If it were a single button to switch between it I might try it now and again. But the nvidia control panel is painful enough to deal with, plus the "turbo" button on this monitor seems unpredictable.
Basically you don't want to see flicker, and you want the two images to look as similar as possible.
Which monitors are those? On my overclocked IPS, I pass the tests:
http://youtu.be/pEfXL0-w8dA and http://youtu.be/zSwfi_LtnAI
Sorry for the crappy phone quality and the YouTube stutter. On my screen it's very smooth.
Why would anyone make a fuss about this? Well, 'fuss' is perhaps too strong a word. My issue is that, after TFTCentral's review of the Swift, some people called IPS fans like myself 'TN bashers' or variants of the same. Look, they said, TFTCentral has shown that TN panels can have effectively as good image quality as IPS; let's put this war to bed.
And I agree, the Swift has excellent colour capabilities for a TN. However, as TFTCentral says, it still suffers from poor viewing angles. Moreover, perhaps Unfortunately, TFTCentral's review does not appear to contain any inversion tests. This is perhaps a little strange, because after TFTCentral's review of the Eizo Foris FG2421 a year ago, it seemed like such tests were set to become a standard feature of TFTCentral reviews. In the Foris review, inversion artifacts were only an issue when the 'Turbo 240' feature was enabled, but not when enabled. This suggests that it is worth including tests like this for high performance gaming monitors (like the SWIFT), that support high refresh rates, motion blur technologies and other advanced features.
After all, when spending 500-plus bucks on a monitor, you want to be sure that your purchase is genuinely ticking as many boxes as possible.
Why is this still backordered?!
Anyone knows an outlet that ships to Canada isn't involved in price gouging like the Amazon Canada resellers, who started offering the monitor for $2000 CDN?
I ordered one with Amazon France, but despite showing as in stock, the item has not passed the stage of "order received, " since November 27th. $1043 CDN with VAT, customs, expedited S&H.
Are you sure a French market monitor is going to work here? IIRC, France uses 220V, 50Hz AC.