AMD: DisplayPort 1.3 and HDMI 2.0 in 2016 Radeon GPUs, First FreeSync Over HDMI Monitors

bru · 8 Dec 2015 at 22:00

I just thought of the mother of all cables, most certainly without a doubt has the biggest market share, well in this country anyway.

Three pin plug, 3 core mains cable.

pmc25 · 8 Dec 2015 at 22:44

Exciting. But much more excited about 144hz or more at 3440x1440 ... please oblige Samsung, your VA is so much better than AUO's.

tommybhoy · 9 Dec 2015 at 00:22

KillBoY_UK said:
a lot of it was good stuff but highly dependent of other company and group to support going forward. Also this in the Anandtech write up this is interesting:

FS-HDMI is not an open standard, at least not at this time

Click to expand...

So much for AMD being free and open with there standards ?

Didn't the same thing get said about DP FS at it's inception-it wasn't a standard until it was added to the spec.

You never know though.

shankly1985 · 9 Dec 2015 at 02:05

HDR looking like 300 series will support this for gaming.

At the end this video.

Orangey · 9 Dec 2015 at 02:10

Anyone remember the Chuck Patch...?

Scougar · 9 Dec 2015 at 03:21

There is only one reason for HDMI.... HDCP. The laughable attempt at trying to protect content that always gets cracked. The industry wants to try and protect it's content, and as far as I can tell that is really what is holding up the lack of DP's on TV's.

ViRuS2k · 9 Dec 2015 at 07:45

JediFragger said:
Weren't you also the guy who paid £1200 for his 295x2 just before the big drop?

Double ouch!!!

yeah i was.... [i would actually curse if it wasn't for the fear of an infraction lol

shankly1985 · 9 Dec 2015 at 11:43

Lots of information inside pcper write up.
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Radeon-Technologies-Group-Update-2016-FreeSync-and-HDR

Marine-RX179 · 9 Dec 2015 at 12:00

shankly1985 said:
Lots of information inside pcper write up.
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Radeon-Technologies-Group-Update-2016-FreeSync-and-HDR

I have just read that as well...since manufacturers are still struggling to get proper QC down for the IPS monitors, I might as well wait for new gen graphic card and upgrade together with the new gen monitors.

flopper · 9 Dec 2015 at 14:48

Oled and HDR will be a good step with better image quality and its experience.

Mauller · 9 Dec 2015 at 19:40

flopper said:
Oled and HDR will be a good step with better image quality and its experience.

Emissive displays such as OLED are the only displays that will be able to fully support the colour spaces the HDR formats require.

An OLED monitor or a Quantom Dot Monitor would be awesome to have.

Dicehunter · 9 Dec 2015 at 19:55

Mauller said:
Emissive displays such as OLED are the only displays that will be able to fully support the colour spaces the HDR formats require.

An OLED monitor or a Quantom Dot Monitor would be awesome to have.

I think it was LTT that said that quantum dot has a far shorter lifespan that OLED and in retrospective isn't as good.

rtho782 · 9 Dec 2015 at 20:03

HDCP can work over Displayport.

Displayport is royalty free, it's on every GPU, most decent GPUs have more Displayports than HDMI ports (partly because it's royalty free, also because it's more flexible).

Do AMD expect TV manufacturers to start implementing Freesync? When HDMI-FS is a closed AMD Spec? This isn't going to happen, variable refresh is useless outside of PC gaming.

So it's only PC monitors. HDMI has been useless for a long time for gaming monitors (as it has only recently developed to support over 60hz) and I see nothing wrong with making variable refresh a Displayport thing. DP is free after all!

Don't understand why anyone would feel they want HDMI-FS.

Mauller · 9 Dec 2015 at 20:07

Dicehunter said:
I think it was LTT that said that quantum dot has a far shorter lifespan that OLED and in retrospective isn't as good.

I believe it depends on the form of Quantum Dot, The form i am thinking of is the solid state Emissive kind. Not the LCD with a QD Screen kind that they are releasing next year.

Plus reading they can come in inorganic and organic forms, with the organic forms having lifetimes around what current OLED substrates have.

David Bisset · 9 Dec 2015 at 20:38

Sounds good, shame it';s not part of the HDMI spec

hope it gets there as I'm not keen on vendor lock-in stuff in tech.

Besty · 9 Dec 2015 at 21:35

The whole farm is bet on what happens during August 2016 - Good Luck to AMD, only 9 months to wait to see what they have in their 14nm drawer, it will come around real quick.

Orangey · 9 Dec 2015 at 23:53

rtho782 said:
variable refresh is useless outside of PC gaming.

Wouldn't it be useful if you watch variable framerate content (such as anime)?

JediFragger · 10 Dec 2015 at 00:09

Orangey said:
Wouldn't it be useful if you watch variable framerate content (such as anime)?

Now we know what Orangey gets upto in his spare time!! wink wink

thesmokingman · 10 Dec 2015 at 04:23

Scougar said:
It has been announced by Club3D and it is released somewhere towards the end of December according to Club3D. (Apparently about $35... so I imagine the same in pounds).

Across the pond it'll be here around that time too. It's a bit late to the party, but it's here finally lol.

Hi, I’m Eric with Accell, and our DisplayPort 1.2 to HDMI 2.0 adapters are scheduled to arrive the week of December 21, 2015. They will be available first on our web site in limited quantities before they begin rolling out to the stores after January 1, 2016. For product information, please visit our product page @ http://www.accellcables.com/collecti...mi-2-0-adapter

HEADRAT · 10 Dec 2015 at 06:30

I'm waiting for DP1.3 GFX card and a 21:9 3440x1440 IPS with 100Hz or greater monitor before dropping £