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980ti w/o Freesync or 580 with Freesync

Casdawer

Casdawer

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Hello,

I've recently changed my monitor as I wanted to connect my consoles (my old one had 1 DP and that was it)

My new monitor has Freesync (144hz) and I'm wondering if its worth selling the 980ti and going with a 580 8GB (VEGA is too expensive atm)

Is it with losing some FPS for smoother frames?

Thanks
 
It might only support >60 Hz when using Freesync? That's at least my (limited) experience with Freesync monitors. In which case a 580 would indeed give you not only higher but also smoother frames.

(Low framerates aren't necessarily the problem causing a lack of smoothness: it's the jerkiness that results from the display having to jump between 60 and 30 fps if vsync is turned on and a stable 60 fps isn't being met).
 
I have one of those monitors and I did have a rx 480 in the past. The rx 580 will power that easily and look really good with Freesync.

I did use a gtx 1070 on it and did miss the Freesync a little. Don't lose out big time though just for Freesync and don't pay over the odds for the 580.

Also the Freesync range is 70-144Hz using displayport.
 
LFC will be activated when the display drops below 70FPS, so no need to worry about the range being 70-144.
 
Casdawer said:
Hello,

I've recently changed my monitor as I wanted to connect my consoles (my old one had 1 DP and that was it)

My new monitor has Freesync (144hz) and I'm wondering if its worth selling the 980ti and going with a 580 8GB (VEGA is too expensive atm)

Is it with losing some FPS for smoother frames?

Thanks
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RX580 of course.

I sold the 1080Ti and went to V64. And ain't looking back.
 
LFC below 70FPS is a long way from ideal - you don't really want that kicking in except as a last resort :s
 
The 980Ti must hit decent FPS at 1080p unless you run everything on ultra doesn't it?

I have a 144hz 1080p Freesync with a 1070Ti (previously a 970GTX) and just tweak the settings to get as close to 144 FPS as I can, tbh anything above 100 FPS looks smooth.

I've never used Freesync but can't see how it would drastically improve things.

Have you actually tried it with the 980Ti?
 
Running 1070 G-Sync and ROG laptop G-Sync, before G-Sync I used FreeSync, I'd downgrade my 1070 with no sync to 580 FreeSync in a heartbeat!
 
As someone who has that monitor with a 580 IMO stick with the 980Ti.

Currently playing Ark and I can have Chill set down to 35 with max of 70ish IIRC, and average FPS is about 48 it's smooth at 48 or above, helps to keep the heat down a bit - assuming Freesync is working though i think it is (see amd driver thread and here). That monitor can flicker when in LFC, it's not uncommon looking online and the amount varies depending on the game from fairly distracting to barely noticeable. Also the desktop can have occasional flickering lines down the bottom of the taskbar when freesync is on.

IMO, if you're happy with what you're running then I wouldn't rock the boat by getting a worse GPU to test it. If you choose to upgrade in the future, be it vega or whatever comes next, then take freesync into account. Though I'll be the first to admit that I'm an odd case, as I use that monitor generally at 60fps to keep power lower and have my 580 pulse run cooler/quieter, oh and avoid the lfc on/off border.

Edit:
Davedree said:
What revision is your monitor as this monitor has problems with purple overshoot at certain refresh rates with freesync.
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AFAIK the 73 model 'fixed' this issue, it was an issue on the 70 version that got a firmware update.
 
loftie said:
As someone who has that monitor with a 580 IMO stick with the 980Ti.

Currently playing Ark and I can have Chill set down to 35 with max of 70ish IIRC, and average FPS is about 48 it's smooth at 48 or above, helps to keep the heat down a bit - assuming Freesync is working though i think it is (see amd driver thread and here). That monitor can flicker when in LFC, it's not uncommon looking online and the amount varies depending on the game from fairly distracting to barely noticeable. Also the desktop can have occasional flickering lines down the bottom of the taskbar when freesync is on.

IMO, if you're happy with what you're running then I wouldn't rock the boat by getting a worse GPU to test it. If you choose to upgrade in the future, be it vega or whatever comes next, then take freesync into account. Though I'll be the first to admit that I'm an odd case, as I use that monitor generally at 60fps to keep power lower and have my 580 pulse run cooler/quieter, oh and avoid the lfc on/off border.

Edit:

AFAIK the 73 model 'fixed' this issue, it was an issue on the 70 version that got a firmware update.
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Ok that's good then, friend had the 70 model and that was not a good experience.
 
This is why Gsync is superior to Freesync.

Full 30-144hz synchronisation.

No messing about with different monitors doing different ranges and or LFC needing to kick in.

It does what it says on the tin.
 
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