FreeSync coming next month! (?)

[Orangey]

http://fudzilla.net/home/item/36048-freesync-monitors-to-show-up-in-november

Our sources are confirming that the first FreeSync monitors might hit the market as soon as next month, but we don’t have any better date than that. AMD preaches that FreeSync, contrary to G-Sync, comes with no licensing fees for adoption, no expensive or proprietary hardware modules, and no communication overhead.

According to AMD, FreeSync uses industry-standard DisplayPort Adaptive-Sync protocols to pre-negotiate supported min/max refresh rates during plug’n’play, which means frame presentation to the user will never be delayed or impaired by time-consuming two-way handshakes.

Since FreeSync has no licensing fees for vendors, no expensive or proprietary hardware modules, and no communication overhead, FreeSync capable monitors should end up cheaper than G-Sync gear. Since there are lot of diehard AMD fans who will never defect to Nvidia, this is the perfect technology for them and people might be happy to know that many AMD cards will have FreeSync support.

AMD Radeon HD 7000, HD 8000, R7 or R9 Series will support Project FreeSync for video playback and power-saving purposes, while the AMD Radeon R9 295X2, 290X, R9 290, R9 285, R7 260X and R7 260 GPUs additionally feature updated display controllers that will support dynamic refresh rates during gaming.

I wonder what brand will be the first panel?

 

[Orangey]

A lot of people are still waiting for the Acer, technically that means G-Sync isn't fully "out" yet either...

 

[Orangey]

Those modules were way overpriced and when pre-installed it doubled the cost of the monitor near enough. Only 1 person I know of jumped back then. If FreeSync shows up next month I'd say it's a wash.

 

[Orangey]

Because having a market segment all to yourself for an entire year is a wash? You've used that phrase a lot recently Orangey. I'm assuming you're just throwing it around at the moment because you're not making much sense .

Brilliant stuff!

Everyone needs a catchphrase.

 

[Orangey]

I'm exactly the same regarding frame rate. If you can't notice an issue don't make it one by looking at a readout, just do it by eye.

"my 8800gt still plays all games full ultra 60fps"

"i dont think so, how are you measuring that"

"i just use my eyes"

Actual conversations I used to have with plebs.

 

[Orangey]

Presumably because they rely on the architecture of each vendor... FreeSync is a driver-level implementation I think, so it's possible Nvidia could ask AMD for their code but why would they when they already have gsync. Also last I read they are not supporting VESA adaptive sync which fs relies on.

 

[Orangey]

As I understand it, sync technologies either work or don't, not even sure what meaningful metrics you would use to bench them against each other.

 

[Orangey]

So.... don't listen to Huddy, do listen to Tom Peterson.

Got it.

 

[Orangey]

Where did I say don't listen to huddy?
If we are talking gsync then yeah, i'm guessing the guy that works on it knows more than the guy who doesnt

Not to be a pedant but he doesn't work on it, he's a PR robot.

 

[Orangey]

Was it this thread I related the story about the 8800gt owners and their delusions? Anyway, funny.

 

[Orangey]

Every time I go on UroGamer they're ****storming over some new 900p/30vs60 debacle. I'd say consolers are starting to care, at least as much as they can point score against the other system.

Please don't bypass the swear filter.

 

[Orangey]

Here's an interesting thought. If the consoles have freesync capability baked in (and I believe they do), when they release new mobo revisions/slims/etc it's possible a DP port could be added much like HDMI was added to the Arcade 360 onwards. It could either be used as a differentiator or excuse to flog later models (like the slim). But we don't know how flaky the hardware is this time around, people were constantly getting replacements last gen because of RRoD/YLoD. It's hard to say if it would be a big enough selling point to shift updated models to current owners. Although gsync owners swear by it in the case of heavy fps variance, which is a big problem on consoles. IMHO I think you could sell it, at the very least to CoD addicts who would plonk down the money for a screen no problem if they thought it gave them an edge.

 

[Orangey]

Don't the consoles have hardware like 7850s?
Isn't it only the R9 290/290X that support FreeSync in games? (Maybe 260?)

I had heard that they have the capability, but I'm not sure. The chip inside consoles is a semi-custom job which was finalized much later than the actual Tahiti design.