AMD VEGA confirmed for 2017 H1

[bru]

Go on tell me I'm wrong

Ok you're wrong.

 

[bru]

I agree the main reason I want to get back to AMD isn't for the poorer drivers and no ShadowPlay but for the Freesync, which is the main reason I support AMD for the fact that they always try and support open features and not locking users into propriety stuff.

Arrrgghh!!!!

You do know that Freesync is proprietary to AMD don't you?

Best accidental marketing ever.

 

[Sacrifice]

Arrrgghh!!!!

You do know that Freesync is proprietary to AMD don't you?

Best accidental marketing ever.

Who's to blame for that though?

 

[eddyr]

Parsing the sentence he's not wrong. Freesync is proprietary tech/brand but he was referencing their support of open features, like adaptive sync. Which they do through Freesync

 

[tommybhoy]

FreeSync is branding.

Adaptive Sync is not proprietary, Nvidia/Intel and anyone else can support it royalty free on the 100+ FreeSync panels out there already.

Of course AMD's Freesync end is proprietary, drivers usually are and imagine they hold the patent on their own gpu onboard scaler side.

All we need now is the console refresh supporting Adaptive Sync introducing AS scalers into mainstream TV's and the rest will be history...

 

[r7slayer]

All we need now is the console refresh supporting Adaptive Sync introducing AS scalers into mainstream TV's and the rest will be history...

THIS +1000 Quintilian zillion trillion bazillion.

 

[Bonjour]

FreeSync is branding.

Adaptive Sync is not proprietary, Nvidia/Intel and anyone else can support it royalty free on the 100+ FreeSync panels out there already.

Of course AMD's Freesync end is proprietary, drivers usually are and imagine they hold the patent on their own gpu onboard scaler side.

All we need now is the console refresh supporting Adaptive Sync introducing AS scalers into mainstream TV's and the rest will be history...

This would prompt me to upgrade my TV. Still running an old 42" Panasonic LCD. Neither 3D nor UHD have compelled me to upgrade.

 

[r7slayer]

This would prompt me to upgrade my TV. Still running an old 42" Panasonic LCD. Neither 3D nor UHD have compelled me to upgrade.

Yea same if new TVs was 4k and had HDR and adaptive sync tech i would be on the new scorpio console in a instant.

 

[Doogles]

Bah, I go with what works best for me and avoid politics in my game enjoyment.

Yeah but when I was buying a monitor the Freesync version was £170 cheaper! Also it was Matte and not gloss unlike the G-Sync variant.

Arrrgghh!!!!

You do know that Freesync is proprietary to AMD don't you?

Best accidental marketing ever.

Intel support Freesync aka Vesa adaptive sync. I originally had a R9 290 which helped me decide get this version of monitor but it got killed.

This would prompt me to upgrade my TV. Still running an old 42" Panasonic LCD. Neither 3D nor UHD have compelled me to upgrade.

Do what I'm doing and that is wait for UHD to become more mainstream then get a OLED 55" for under £1000 Still rocking a 60" Sharp LED for the past 6 years and awhile it's aging I find TV's massively overpriced. Wait that long and some kind of sync should also become standard.

 

[melmac]

AMD seem to have a habit of missing prime release dates, I'd guess they will paper launch sometime in December and have some sort of reviews out and start shipping sometime in January, unless it's much later, like the start of summer. That would be disappointing but I'd rather they get it right.

What's prime release dates?? Both Nvidia and AMD have launched cards in nearly every month of the year. There doesn't seem to be any particular month that's better than another. I think both companies release cards when they are ready.

 

[humbug]

Intel support Freesync aka Vesa adaptive sync.

yup....

 

[TheMorningStar]

What's prime release dates?? Both Nvidia and AMD have launched cards in nearly every month of the year. There doesn't seem to be any particular month that's better than another. I think both companies release cards when they are ready.

Summer and Christmas seem to be the big ones,

 

[Panos]

Arrrgghh!!!!

You do know that Freesync is proprietary to AMD don't you?

Best accidental marketing ever.

Freesync is the name AMD has given to the tech used for the VESA Adaptive Sync, which is open standard and supported by everyone but NVidia.

The Pascal cards coming with DP1.3 do support Adaptive Sync at hardware level, however NV refuses to make the drivers for it, trying to sell their own proprietary system.......

And lets not forget HDMI 2.0 and Freesync. All new Samsung monitors going support it, and looks like all their new TVs from 2017.
(looks like same will apply to LG TVs).

 

[Nexus18]

FreeSync is branding.

Adaptive Sync is not proprietary, Nvidia/Intel and anyone else can support it royalty free on the 100+ FreeSync panels out there already.

Of course AMD's Freesync end is proprietary, drivers usually are and imagine they hold the patent on their own gpu onboard scaler side.

All we need now is the console refresh supporting Adaptive Sync introducing AS scalers into mainstream TV's and the rest will be history...

+1

Amazing how many people still have not got a clue on how this free/adaptive sync stuff works

Also, adaptive/free sync is coming to TVs and consoles

 

[nashathedog]

November!? I thought it was 2017 H1 - which I took to mean June/July. So that's all crystal clear then. Could they be any more vague and confusing?

I'm going to put some money aside just incase, A card with 16gb's of hbm is obviously going to fly past my budget dreams but it'll be nice to be ahead for once.

 

[old gamer]

I'm going to put some money aside just incase, A card with 16gb's of hbm is obviously going to fly past my budget dreams but it'll be nice to be ahead for once.

same here , i have a vega slush fund that is building up nicely

 

[Rroff]

+1

Amazing how many people still have not got a clue on how this free/adaptive sync stuff works

Also, adaptive/free sync is coming to TVs and consoles

Adaptive sync could be quite nice for consoles meaning variation around 60fps would be much more acceptable without any tearing issues. Prefer G-Sync on PC as it can handle stuff like games that don't go into fullscreen properly and utilising extra buffers to reduce instances of latency overhead, etc. which can't be fully done without extra hardware.

 

[David Bisset]

Yep if nvidia did do freesync I think I would already have a 1080, I quite like the gigabyte like yours

It's so frustrating given they do support adaptive sync - they just lock it out for desktop parts at driver level (and apparently at hardware level on old cards but that doesn't mean new cards shouldn't be allowed to use it :/ assuming they're not deliberately modding the hardware on desktop parts to prevent anyone working around the driver restriction)

Edit: Oops vega thread! Erm, nothing to add with no new info on the vega front. Roll on next spring

 

[AthlonXP1800]

It seemed Vega are still in very early prototype stage now. Next month November at Supercomputing 2016, RTG will show off a sneak preview of very early Dracrays Vega 10 prototype with 1TB SSD that will cost $10,000 when it will launch in 2H 2017 for professional market, much later than 1H 2017.

http://wccftech.com/amd-dracrays-vega-10/

If RTG pushed back Vega to 2H 2017 then it would be too late when Nvidia will launch Volta months later in early 2018.

 

[JediFragger]

I'm still saying Computex 2017. Can they afford to be any later than that??

Doesn't matter to me anyhow, I'll be waiting for Volta as I'm tied into Gsync now (was a long time ATi/AMD customer)