do i need freesync?

[danlightbulb]

Hi all,

Building my own pc and at the moment have specc'd myself a Radeon 380 and a freesync monitor.

I could get the GTX 960 for cheaper than the radeon, but g-sync monitors are significantly more expensive.

So do I need freesync, as it is more limiting my options if I have to spec to that combination?

I could probably save myself £30 on the GPU and about the same on the monitor by not going freesync.

Thanks
Dan

 

[danlightbulb]

Ok I'll stick with freesync then for the moment. Yeah I'm not quite ready to buy yet, still researching a few things (like fans...look in fan section please hint hint)...so will see what new products are coming out before I decide.

 

[danlightbulb]

Hmm thanks for the thoughts.

I am on a budget with my build, and everything needs to be included.

This is the monitor I'm looking at:

• 1 x AOC G2460VQ6 24" 1920x1080 TN FREESYNC 1ms Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red= £119.99

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And really I cannot afford to go much higher in price than this.

The graphics card I am looking at is the 380/380X. Yes I am going to wait until more detail on the new polaris cards is known, but as you can see I am sub £200 on the GPU because of budget.


And now I'm thinking whether I am missing a trick not specc'ing for 1440p at this stage. I guess this cannot be done within my budget though.