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FREESYNC is here!

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FREESYNC is here!


Freesync is finally here... well almost here as Iiyama's 28" ProLite B2888UHSU-B1 4K monitor arrives on the shelves of Overclockers UK.

This monitor will support the upcoming AMD/VESA FREESYNC Technology, but there is a catch, it doesn't support it right now. Iiyama will offer a free of charge upgrade service to upgrade your iiyama 4k monitor to support VESA Adaptive Sync free of charge at a later date, with users just having to cover shipping costs.

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This monitor currently costs £389.99, with the nearest G-Sync compatible 4K monitor at overclockers UK being the 28" Acer Predator 4k2k XB280HK monitor, which costs £499.99. This is a price difference of £110, which given that the panels have an almost identical spec sheet and the adjustable stands are functionally identical is a huge difference.

We will see when more FreeSync compatable monitors release if this holds true to all FREESYNC panels are cheaper than their G-Sync equivalents, but right now things are looking good for FREESYNC/ VESA ADAPTIVE SYNC.

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Remember guys that the features of AMD FreeSync will only be available on certain AMD GPUs, all AMD Radeon graphics cards in the AMD HD 7000, HD 8000, R7 or R9 Series will support Project FreeSync for video playback and power-saving purposes, but not all these cards can be used for Variable refresh rates while gaming.

Only AMD's newer GCN based cards will work with project freesync displays, and by that I mean the R9 295X2, 290X, R9 290, R9 285, R7 260X, R7 260 or newer/future AMD GPUs.
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http://www.overclock3d.net/articles/gpu_displays/freesync_is_here/1

Specification:-
- Supports FREESYNC / Adaptive Sync (iiyama will offer a FREE upgrade to FREESYNC)
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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-119-IY

Shots fired.
 
Considering you have to pay to ship it back to them for adding freesync support, it doesn't seem like it's here...
 
So its here, except it isnt and we still dont know when it actually will be, right, gotcha

"Price difference of £110" if we ignore the fact that you'll have to pay return shipping to Germany

Shots fired, though as is typical of AMD its a bit of damp squib
 
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If the saving over GSYNC is about one hundred pounds but you need to pay (and wait) for shipping then it's not really much of a saving...return international shipping for a monitor could be in the region of £30.
 
It still surprises me how this monitor getting a freesync firmware upgrade slipped under so many people's radar here. Old news, the store page was updated around two weeks ago :p
 
Why not just wait until other monitors are out instead of having to pay shipping to and from iiyama? Makes no sense really in my eyes, maybe to someone else it does but not to me.
 
Savan_P said:
Why not just wait until other monitors are out instead of having to pay shipping to and from iiyama? Makes no sense really in my eyes, maybe to someone else it does but not to me.
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Exactly, its not going to work like this for other screens its just iiyama just trying to say they are first when they are not.

This does seem to answer the question of how much monitor companies are going to gouge for free sync though. And it seems like they won't which is great news.
 
peahead said:
Why cant this update be done by the user does it involve taking the monitor apart ?
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A lot of manufacturers get antsy about home users doing things to their products that can brick them and offer little to no support if you do. Motherboards are about the only thing I can think of where you are actively encouraged to do bios updates yourself, though these days they include dual bios precisely so that if you do mess it up the motherboard auto recovers.
 
Better wait until they are actually Free-Sync off the shelves, Tommy :) right now the AMD haters have an excuse to hate with then not being Free-Sync off the shelf.

Predictably like some OCD thing going on they jumped on it needing a firmware update at this point ^^^
 
andybird123 said:
A lot of manufacturers get antsy about home users doing things to their products that can brick them and offer little to no support if you do. Motherboards are about the only thing I can think of where you are actively encouraged to do bios updates yourself, though these days they include dual bios precisely so that if you do mess it up the motherboard auto recovers.
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Yeah i see... but the thing is most electronics have updates these days so i don't see why this should be any different :)
 
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