FreeSync coming next month! (?)

[triss]

I have a mate who is as much an AMD fanatic as I am nVidia and I built him an all AMD system with an 8350 and a pair of 7950s not so long back. He wants to get a new monitor, so I will make him hold off till these are out and I will use my eyes as the test when I pop round his.

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.

Sadly those cards he has wont work for gaming and freesync sorry Greg

 

[Silent_Scone]

Must be something to do with the memory bus?

 

[Martini1991]

Some people don't have a monitor, or they want to replace it.

And they'd buy a free sync monitor over a better graphics card?

 

[whyscotty]

I have a mate who is as much an AMD fanatic as I am nVidia

and I built him an all AMD system with an 8350 and a pair of 7950s not so long back.

Can't be much of a friend if you built him a AMD rig

 

[andybird123]

Some people don't have a monitor, or they want to replace it.

Some people have low end graphics cards and no monitor?
So they play games by braille? Or on a TV?
So they are doing TV's with freesync?

 

[Gregster]

Sadly those cards he has wont work for gaming and freesync sorry Greg

Doh!!! Yer, I forgot that he would need to upgrade his GPUs for Freesync. I am not sure he would go for that either

Can't be much of a friend if you built him a AMD rig

I tried and tried to talk him round but no go

 

[humbug]

Some people have low end graphics cards and no monitor?
So they play games by braille? Or on a TV?
So they are doing TV's with freesync?

Some people are building from scratch, This is not rocket science.

 

[andybird123]

Some people are building from scratch, This is not rocket science.

People already have a system but they are building from scratch?
You really dont know how to string a coherent thought together do you.

 

[humbug]

People already have a system but they are building from scratch?
You really dont know how to string a coherent thought together do you.

I didn't say they already have a system.

 

[bru]

Some people are building from scratch, This is not rocket science.

I've got to ask, these low end systems that people are building from scratch, what would be a rough budget for them?
Because I don't think people realise just how much it is to get the components necessary to utilise freeSync.

 

[tommybhoy]

I've got to ask, these low end systems that people are building from scratch, what would be a rough budget for them?
Because I don't think people realise just how much it is to get the components necessary to utilise freeSync.

Wow, it's as optional as Gsync, if it's supported it works-if it transpires to do what it sets out to achieve.

 

[humbug]

I've got to ask, these low end systems that people are building from scratch, what would be a rough budget for them?
Because I don't think people realise just how much it is to get the components necessary to utilise freeSync.

You talk as though no one builds systems to get themselves on the PC Gaming ladder because its all so expensive.
I hope that not true or Intel, Nvidia, AMD might as well give up.

But to indulge you i selected a capable full build for less than £500

Gigabyte F2A88XM-DS2 AMD A88X £40
AMD Athlon X4 750K Black Edition 3.40GHz £56
MSI Radeon R7 260X OC 2048MB GDDR5 £83
Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) 2133MHz £68
EVGA 430W 80 Plus Power Supply £32
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s £39
Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA £15
Cooler Master N200 NSE-200-KKN1 Midi-Tower £37
CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £30
Asus VS228DE 22" Widescreen LED Monitor £90

Every day people around here spend that much ^^^ and more on a single GPU.

 

[andybird123]

You think freesync monitors are going to be £90?
How cute

You also said;

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A lot of gamers don't have systems that can maintain 30+ FPS, if Free-Sync didn't work at below 30 FPS they would lose out, ergo; its a good idea.

If a lot of gamers have systems that cant maintain 30fps, then why would they build a new system that also cant maintain 30fps but then get freesync?
You arent making much sense

 

[elmuzzy66.]

So have any of the screen manufacturers announced firmware upadates or will you have to buy a new monitor?

 

[andybird123]

So have any of the screen manufacturers announced firmware upadates or will you have to buy a new monitor?

No, and i really cant see any offering it as an update as a) support issues and b ) new feature to sell product

 

[humbug]

You also said;


If a lot of gamers have systems that cant maintain 30fps, then why would they build a new system that also cant maintain 30fps but then get freesync?
You arent making much sense

Some people are building from scratch, This is not rocket science.

 

[pgi947]

This thread is comedy.

Yes it is.
No it isn't.
Yes it is.
No it isn't.
Yes it is.
No it isn't.

You see where I'm going with this

 

[tommybhoy]

Hypothetically-yes

 

[Silent_Scone]

My bus is bigger than your bus

 

[Goose]

I dont know where people find the energy to bicker endlessly in a forum thread about an as yet unreleased, untested piece of technology.

Perhaps when someone says something you dont like or disagree with you just let it go?