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AMD FreeSync vs Nvidia G-Sync - the adaptive sync battle
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I believe it will work as an ordinary monitor but without the benefit of freesync/gsync.
Still surprised Matt and/or Roy didn't even reply. Shot themselves in the foot.
Not really a proper VS/review, nothing that we didn't already know..... I think it was pretty obvious that from the get go that there would always be a far better choice of freesync monitors whilst being cheaper than the gsync equivalents.
Personally I don't think there is going to be much, if any noticeable difference in how both perform, perhaps less input lag on freesync screens though?
I don't really care, however, I don't want to be tied down to a certain GPU brand just because of the monitor that I have!
Whoever brings a 21.9 3440x1440 34" VA/IPS screen for <£700 with g/free sync out first wins though
Personally I don't think there is going to be much, if any noticeable difference in how both perform, perhaps less input lag on freesync screens though?
I don't really care, however, I don't want to be tied down to a certain GPU brand just because of the monitor that I have!
Whoever brings a 21.9 3440x1440 34" VA/IPS screen for <£700 with g/free sync out first wins though
In my case im tied to a gsync monitor, cant afford new cards so monitor it has to be. Not that there are any cards worth moving to at present anyway.
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That is one the biggest issue here.. Once you pick a Freesync monitor or Gsync, you in a situation when it comes to upgrading.. I can see myself using amd for long time now but you can see why this could be an issue.
Anyways once Freesync BenQ drops I'll be giving my honest option on this tech..
I won't be comparing to vsync on though it will be solely based on vsync off vs Freesync.
Csgo will be my first test. I will also be giving it a week or two playing with the display.
I will be 100% truthful.
Anyways once Freesync BenQ drops I'll be giving my honest option on this tech..
I won't be comparing to vsync on though it will be solely based on vsync off vs Freesync.
Csgo will be my first test. I will also be giving it a week or two playing with the display.
I will be 100% truthful.
Lovely to see AMD working so hard to bring this great free technology to as wide an audience as possible. So refreshing for a company to look out for their customers, rather than trying to stitch them for a quick buck at every turn. AMD should be applauded.
Their customers can now spend the £100 they'll save buying freesync instead of gsync on a better graphics card. A win for both customer and company!
Their customers can now spend the £100 they'll save buying freesync instead of gsync on a better graphics card. A win for both customer and company!
I dislike the idea of buy a monitor based on your gpu vendor idea but such is life it seems.
Article basically was useless to me i had expected to see results and pros and cons of both .
@shankly If your going to do a good review of your new monitor can i suggest also testing with Vsync on to give users that do that a idea of how freesync might be better for them
Article basically was useless to me i had expected to see results and pros and cons of both .
@shankly If your going to do a good review of your new monitor can i suggest also testing with Vsync on to give users that do that a idea of how freesync might be better for them
I knew without clicking it would just be a primer for uninformed & curious consumers. Not what we want but it's the bread and butter of tech journalism. Don't dress it up as a showdown though.
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The problem with that is I don't use vsync at all and I don't think I could put myself through a week or two using it.
I notice the input lag right away, maybe I could give that a quick review?
Seeing as I have played gaming on pc for long as I can remember with vsync off I think it's best I review against off vs Freesync.
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Yes i'm not suggesting you play with on for days , but especially since you notice lag it would be interesting if freesync has as much/less/more lag maybe like 5-10 mins , say like a BF4 benchmark set yourself a path in a game to do try it with it vsync on then repeat with freesync on ,. Was just a thought , will look forward to your review regardless
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Yeah I can do that.. But my main testing will be couple days use with freesync and mostly csgo.. If I notice anything it will be on that game.
Works both ways, so refreshing to see Nvidia bring these monitors to their customers to the widest audience.
Whatever way you look at it your either tied into Amd and save £100 ( your still spending money on a freesync compatible monitor ) if you own any other gpu you have to buy an Amd one.
Or your tied into Nvidia and save on the cost of a comparable Amd card ( and again your still buying a new Monitor ) and if you dont own an nvidia gpu you have to buy an Nvidia one.
Cost difference as of right now for a 1440 free/Gsync monitor and a 290 or a 970 is £200 and thats all down to the Rog branding. When other 1440 gsync monitors are released i am sure it will be less than £50 difference.
Either way i would not change my card just for a monitor ( early adopters excused ), and i am sure no one else would right now.
The benefit of adaptive sync us that it is part of a standard, not proprietary. NVIDIA may not support it now but if/when future iterations of DP include adaptive sync as standard, and NVIDIA want full DP certification, they will have to meet the VESA specifications. At that point any existing adaptive sync monitors will work on NVIDIA GPUs.
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Its of no benefit to me and half of the gaming world though is it? As 780 owner i would choose Gsync obviously, unless i upgrade to a faster amd card in the future, so all this standard does if say anyone can use it. If nvidia dont use it in the future yet its a similar price then it makes no difference to the end user what so ever.
If intel make IntelSynk to work on adaptive sync it still wont affect me.
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You may have missed the part where I was making predictions on future iterations of DP. People tend to keep monitors for far longer than they keep GPUs. In fact it would be very common for someone to purchase one of these monitors to last until the next decade.