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With the announcement of the new specification this month and with products to be released this year, i wanted to ask whether the days of proprietary gsync and free sync monitors were numbered, given the massive price difference they place over the non variable refresh rate monitors.
The new hdmi spec has this built in as standard. So even consoles can benefit from lag free, smooth and fluid experience without any screen tearing where developers can unlock their frame rate rather than aiming for 30hz or 60hz, which is also the parameters where a varied refresh rate is most beneficial, anything over and there isn't much point.
The bandwidth it provides an astonishing 48gbps is also a loth higher high than displayport 1.4 and even video alt mode of thunderbolt 3. So i'm assuming when adopted by monitor and tv manufacturers, will allow console a gsync like experience without the tax on both consoles and pcs, with even massive televisions being a viable source of gaming given the support for 4k at 120hz and 8k 60hz with hdr. Display port 1.4 can do the same but without the hdr support at 8k, i think
The new hdmi spec has this built in as standard. So even consoles can benefit from lag free, smooth and fluid experience without any screen tearing where developers can unlock their frame rate rather than aiming for 30hz or 60hz, which is also the parameters where a varied refresh rate is most beneficial, anything over and there isn't much point.
The bandwidth it provides an astonishing 48gbps is also a loth higher high than displayport 1.4 and even video alt mode of thunderbolt 3. So i'm assuming when adopted by monitor and tv manufacturers, will allow console a gsync like experience without the tax on both consoles and pcs, with even massive televisions being a viable source of gaming given the support for 4k at 120hz and 8k 60hz with hdr. Display port 1.4 can do the same but without the hdr support at 8k, i think