so why not release both?
surely they still make profit on "normal"/freesync monitors.
Eventually, once vBlank is standardised i'm sure they will. yet at this point there will be no need for G-Sync. unless they can still market it as "Added Value"
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so why not release both?
surely they still make profit on "normal"/freesync monitors.
Eventually, once vBlank is standardised i'm sure they will. yet at this point there will be no need for G-Sync. unless they can still market it as "Added Value"
Until we know more about both systems and what the actually do i dont agree with this,
. The review samples for G-Sync use a Altera designed chip instead of it's own designed integrated circuit, but it has a total of 768MBMB DDR3 which is used to hold previous frames when making overdrive calculations
its bits like this which we dont fully understand what its used for and if freesync will have the same which means atm its hard to pick one over the other
And if freesync requires said memory to preform the same price will be similar imo
so +1 to gsync +1 to freesync for both moving forwards
final marks Awarded when we see what its like when consumers actually use it not just assuming on what it might possibly do
Koduri's puzzlement over Nvidia's use of external hardware was resolved when I spoke with him again later in the day. His new theory is that the display controller in Nvidia's current GPUs simply can't support variable refresh intervals, hence the need for an external G-Sync unit. That would explain things. I haven't yet had time to confirm this detail with Nvidia or to quiz them about whether G-Sync essentially does triple-buffering in the module. Nvidia has so far been deliberately vague about certain specifics of how G-Sync works, so we'll need to pry a little in order to better understand the situation.
Free Sync is done locally on the GPU, there is no need for external Hardware, the reason Nvidia use external hardware is because their current GPU's are not compatible with vBlank.
Yes free Sync is done on the GPU, but didn't AMD say that it needed the hardware that they have had on their GPU's for a few years?
If and as I understand it, you are right that the currant Nvidia GPU's do not support vblank, do we know if Intel GPU's support this feature? because if they do not then just how can it be claimed that Free Sync is for everyone and G Sync is just for Nvidia users? (yes I know it wasn't you that said that it was someone on a previous page)
Free Sync is done locally on the GPU, there is no need for external Hardware, the reason Nvidia use external hardware is because their current GPU's are not compatible with vBlank.
Or thats the theory. http://techreport.com/news/25867/amd-could-counter-nvidia-g-sync-with-simpler-free-sync-tech
Free Sync is done locally on the GPU, there is no need for external Hardware, the reason Nvidia use external hardware is because their current GPU's are not compatible with vBlank.
Or thats the theory. http://techreport.com/news/25867/amd-could-counter-nvidia-g-sync-with-simpler-free-sync-tech
Nowhere has that been confirmed, its an invented claim from AMD
The article also says that adding it to monitors *could* cost "next to nothing", which is not the same thing as it being free
It still requires new hardware from somewhere
This would be a claim invented from you.
Firstly some screens already work with freesync, hence, the requirement for new hardware is simply a false claim.
Second, there is nothing to suggest you need new hardware to support vblanking, you have no idea if it's compatible with existing monitor controllers via software. That doesn't mean it will work on existing screens, but doesn't mean monitor makers can't use the same controllers and enable an option they previously didn't bother with for zero extra cost.
Likewise, again, the simple fact is that the monitor controllers today aren't the ones available 2 years ago, which were different from the ones 5 years before that, etc, etc. Things move on, vblanking is an exceptionally simple concept and we are not talking about massive hardware requirements.
Vblanking is just a standard implementation of a VERY simple idea, but if everyone uses the same simple method of communication, well that is what industry standards are about. They aren't all complex or difficult or expensive. It's about getting everyone on the same page so everyone can hook into it, knowing ahead of time that all hardware will respond like X so if you implement something that works with X you're sorted.
Vblanking will absolutely not add extra cost, we've already seen this on vblanking capable screens on laptops, with said laptops not costing any more than alternative laptops with the same spec.
Free Sync is done locally on the GPU, there is no need for external Hardware, the reason Nvidia use external hardware is because their current GPU's are not compatible with vBlank.
Or thats the theory. http://techreport.com/news/25867/amd-could-counter-nvidia-g-sync-with-simpler-free-sync-tech
What?! That's not the theory at all. Point blank. Without DP.1.2a incorporating it into desktop displays variable vblank is not at all possible without some form of scaler, in this instance G-Sync. Why are you trying to big up FreeSync so much? It doesn't even exist yet!!!
Speechless.
Greg, give us a hand...DM and Humbug have got their heads stuck in the sand again.
What?! That's not the theory at all. Point blank. Without DP.1.2a incorporating it into desktop displays variable vblank is not at all possible without some form of scaler, in this instance G-Sync. Why are you trying to big up FreeSync so much? It doesn't even exist yet!!!
Speechless.
Greg, give us a hand...DM and Humbug have got their heads stuck in the sand again.
I stopped reading at it's in firmware. It's not. Here have the Altera Arria V GX firmware and flash your monitor and try running G-Sync...
Stop talking 'poopy'. Great big gallah.
You're suggesting you can flash a monitor of your choosing to a firmware from a display that's freesync capable? You're not making any sense?
I'm quite calm Rolph mate. You can tell me to calm down when you say something that makes actual sense, because right now you're talking absolute crap.
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