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AMD freesync coming soon, no extra costs.... shocker

FreeSync Monitors Will Be $100 Cheaper Than G-Sync Monitors

FreeSync and Gsync could in theory be supported on the same monitor.

One of the most attractive things about FreeSync when compared to G-Sync is that FreeSync is free to all our partners," AMD’s gaming scientist Richard Huddy told PCR.

"That is to say the partner never has to pay us anything for using the IP which we gave to VESA – the standard authority on this kind of matter.

G-Sync monitors will cost about an extra $80 to 100 for consumers compared to FreeSync.
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Because FreeSync is completely free on licence, any G-Sync monitor can have FreeSync built into it as well. It’s possible the early G-Sync monitors won’t support FreeSync because FreeSync is a fairly new standard, but by some time very early next year when the first few FreeSync monitors come out, my guess is that G-Sync monitors will also support FreeSync," Huddy added.

Certainly we put down no restriction – we don’t try and discourage anyone from putting G-Sync into a monitor if they put FreeSync in, they can freely choose to do so, but I’m not sure why they would add $80-100 to the bill of materials, given that FreeSync solves the same problem as G-Sync does. It gets rid of all tearing, it gives you a proper dynamic refresh rate that matches the gaming experience.
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http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read...will-be-100-cheaper-than-nvidia-g-sync/034635
 
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It's somewhat inaccurate to post a blanket price difference (I know you're just repeating AMD's line).

We won't properly know the difference in price till they're both out and about. Not denying there will be a price difference.
 
We already know how good a monitors free sync is will depend on how much your willing to pay for your monitor anyway. Huddy said in the PC per interview that cheaper monitors that support it will probably only have a 20 or 30 frame variance that it will need to be kept within in order for it to work. How often does that happen?
 
nashathedog said:
We already know how good a monitors free sync is will depend on how much your willing to pay for your monitor anyway. Huddy said in the PC per interview that cheaper monitors that support it will probably only have a 20 or 30 frame variance that it will need to be kept within in order for it to work. How often does that happen?
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You sure about that? Because the 60hz version will work from 9-60hz who will be playing at less than 9fps?

Q: What is the supported range of refresh rates with FreeSync and DisplayPort™ Adaptive-Sync?
A: AMD Radeon™ graphics cards will support a wide variety of dynamic refresh ranges with Project FreeSync. Using DisplayPort™ Adaptive-Sync, the graphics card can detect and set an appropriate maximum and minimum refresh rate based on the capabilities reported by the display. Potential ranges include 36-240Hz, 21-144Hz, 17-120Hz and 9-60Hz.
 
nashathedog said:
???

Am I missing something here, Isn't it only the 260 and 290 ranges that can do it? So more than half of this gen doesn't do it and nothing from the previous gen's does it.
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Yes, it seems so according to the AMD statements

The AMD Radeon™ R9 295X2, 290X, R9 290, R7 260X and R7 260 GPUs additionally feature updated display controllers that will support dynamic refresh rates during gaming.
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And of course your monitor needs to support it, so new monitor.

So you need GCN1.1 card or better, plus new monitor to support it....


While GSync is supported by almost every mid-range or better Nvidia GPU that came out over the last two and half years (GTX660/650Ti and up)
 
Panos said:
While GSync is supported by almost every mid-range or better Nvidia GPU that came out over the last two and half years (GTX660/650Ti and up)
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Yea but the Gsync monitors comes with a price premium, so essentially people would have to spend extra money to use the feature anyway, even if their cards "support" Gsync...

Also, like Nvidia 3D monitors, people might become restricted in terms of range of monitors they can choose from...
 
GoogalyMoogaly said:
Wonder which will be more, GSync monitor with its premium or a Freesync monitor plus a new AMD graphics card that supports Freesync?
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Nobody can say for sure until we see some solid pricing on the Freesync monitor. But for Gsync, the AOC practically same 1920 monitor with and without Gsync have something like £180-£200 price difference...people can get a 2nd hand 290 with that kind of money.

People with for example a GTX660 paying that cost would just be for enabling Gsync support, while they graphic card would still remain the same GTX660; if Freesync doesn't demanding a price premium like Gsync does, it could potentially mean spending same money, but people not only getting the sync feature, but an upgrade from GTX660/7870 to a 290 as well.
 
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