AMD and FreeSync

[MoNkeE]

Hi guys,

I've just picked up an AMD 290 and wondering whether it's worth looking in to FreeSync? I've got a 7+ year old 24" Dell screen and the tearing can be quite noticeable at times. However I never want to use V-Sync as the performance hit and associated mouse lag is often worse than the tearing.

Now the difference between the old 280X I had an 290 (apart from the extra 1GB of VRAM) is the addition of FreeSync support. Is it worth looking in to, is it something I want, and is it a hardware specific thing (Monitor must support it)?

Thanks!

 

[MoNkeE]

Lovely stuff, I'll look in to picking one up then. Plenty I can see that push out 1080p for <£150 Not going to push 4k with an R290!

Thanks guys.

 

[MoNkeE]

Oh interesting, didn't think something like that would occur. Is there a sweet spot for it?

 

[MoNkeE]

Appreciate the feedback one and all. I'll look in to getting one when there's a deal on or after Christmas

Happy with the R290 though - running PUBG on high settings with no slow down feels like a whole new wolrd!

 

[MoNkeE]

Looks like I've got an ASUS MG248QR arriving next week - looking forward to seeing how it looks

Big thanks to all the advice in this thread!