Intel plans to support FreeSync.

[r7slayer]

Free sync is AMD's driver which supports the Adaptive sync open standard. Intel will have their own driver to support Adaptive sync. Good times ahead for gamers

 

[LambChop]

So I can use Gsync with my 290x?? Please do tell

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I thought you blocked me?

You said you should never be locked to a GPU based on what monitor you have.

You're not, you can still use any monitor. I'm answering what you wrote.

Asking if you can use Gsync on a 290x is now a completely different question.

 

[Gregster]

What a revisionist load of old tosh.

• Every single desktop GPU requires a monitor.
• Not every single desktop GPU has an Nvidia GPU.
• By far the majority of desktops use built in VGA or APUs. All of which will be Intel or AMD based.
• Adaptive Sync will work with the majority, not the minority as you imply.
• 85% of all GPU shipments were from Intel (72%) or AMD (13%), Nvidia had 15% market share.

http://jonpeddie.com/press-releases...pments-dropped-13-in-q12015-from-last-quarter

So when Intel adopt Adaptive Sync, monitor manufacturers will have an ~85% target audience who would benefit from Adaptive Sync. OP should change the thread title to say Adaptive Sync rather than Freesync IMHO. The implication of anything AMD brings out the trolls.

http://jonpeddie.com/publications/add-in-board-report

You are looking at IGPU's and seeing that as the final value. You need to look into the AIB boards for the correct GPU figures.

 

[shankly1985]

You said you should never be locked to a GPU based on what monitor you have.

You're not, you can still use any monitor. I'm answering what you wrote.

Asking if you can use Gsync on a 290x is now a completely different question.

We in a thread talking about Adaptive-sync am 100% sure you know what I mean when I say locked to a "type" of Monitor..

Again just like Greg your Trolling is Failing!

 

[Gregster]

We in a thread talking about Adaptive-sync am 100% sure you know what I mean when I say locked to a "type" of Monitor..

Again just like Greg your Trolling is Failing!

Please do explain how I am trolling? Second time you have insulted me!

 

[r7slayer]

You said you should never be locked to a GPU based on what monitor you have.

You're not, you can still use any monitor. I'm answering what you wrote.

Asking if you can use Gsync on a 290x is now a completely different question.

What a utter complete stupid response. Why would you on earth invest in a more expensive monitor that has gync feature to go ahead and use it with a AMD card? You wouldn't! You would use a nVidia card to take advantage of the feature your paying for.

Also once you own this monitor you probably wont want to go back to non freesync/gsync just like jumping from 60Hz to 120+ however, because you own this monitor your locked down to nVidia cards to use this feature and take advantage of the monitor you invested in. Unless the monitor supported Adaptive sync also but nVidia don't allow it. Shocker!
This is what Shanks was on about and i'm sure everyone else got this but your but hurt nVidia pride wanted to go and take it in the other direction...

 

[shankly1985]

You missed my point. And quit with the insults please. I was pointing out that if you own Nvidia, you can't use Freesync and if you use AMD you can't use G-Sync. Whatever way you look at it, if you want to use adaptive sync type techs you should base your decision on what GPU you have as even though Freesync is "open", it still only benefits AMD users.

You called Nvidia childish but to me, if we went the way AMD did, I would have been waiting a whole year to use Adaptive Sync and that is a long long time in tech terms. Whilst you are welcome to say what you like about Nvidia, it doesn't detract from the fact that they didn't sit on the fence and instead made a good business plan to get G-Sync out for their customers instead of sitting on the fence like the competition.

Does Freesync work with your Crossfire 290s yet? Genuine question btw.

But my point is you shouldn't after base your GPU on what type monitor you own.. OOk you buy Gsync with 980ti you enjoy Gsync! Next year you want AMDs latest GPU. But now you in a situation we "SHOULD NEVER AFTER BE IN"!

I want AMD GPU but I own Gsync monitor I like Gsync so much now I after buy a NEW Monitor with Freesync!

This should never need to happen! Its like saying PS4 and Xbox users must own TVs for each console!
Its a Joke! and anyone who thinks this is perfectly fine situation to be in is out there mind!

Yes and Crossfire does work! Although am not using Crossfire no more! Each GPU is in its own system while I choose FuryX or wait.

 

[Gregster]

I wish the mods would put a stop to all this pathetic insults. No sensible discussion can ever be had without **** dished out by keyboard warriors. Makes me sad to see such posts.

 

[fs123]

Do the Nvidia trolls have some sort of word filter on which detects anti-Nvidia text.
As soon as someone mentioned Nvidia and their proprietary stuff all the Nvidia fanboys descended on this thread in one go.

This thread is about Intel adopting Freesync/Adaptive sync but my prediction is that it will go sink into trolling and pro-Nvidia/anti-AMD nonsense.

 

[shankly1985]

Please do explain how I am trolling? Second time you have insulted me!

See post #16
And if the word trolling is insulting, then My god! I would hate to see how you feel with much worst wording..

Get a grip Greg not end of the world. Just dont come at me with junk Quoting then and you wont receive a Troll comment.

What a utter complete stupid response. Why would you on earth invest in a more expensive monitor that has gync feature to go ahead and use it with a AMD card? You wouldn't! You would use a nVidia card to take advantage of the feature your paying for.

Also once you own this monitor you probably wont want to go back to non freesync/gsync just like jumping from 60Hz to 120+ however, because you own this monitor your locked down to nVidia cards to use this feature and take advantage of the monitor you invested in. Unless the monitor supported Adaptive sync also but nVidia don't allow it. Shocker!
This is what Shanks was on about and i'm sure everyone else got this but your but hurt nVidia pride wanted to go and take it in the other direction...

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This forum is so fast to twist things thats were all the issues come from.. Twisting a simple post and making it last 15 pages welcome to OCUK forums.

 

[LambChop]

What a utter complete stupid response. Why would you on earth invest in a more expensive monitor that has gync feature to go ahead and use it with a AMD card? You wouldn't! You would use a nVidia card to take advantage of the feature your paying for.

Also once you own this monitor you probably wont want to go back to non freesync/gsync just like jumping from 60Hz to 120+ however, because you own this monitor your locked down to nVidia cards to use this feature and take advantage of the monitor you invested in. Unless the monitor supported Adaptive sync also but nVidia don't allow it. Shocker!
This is what Shanks was on about and i'm sure everyone else got this but your but hurt nVidia pride wanted to go and take it in the other direction...

I'll report the insult in a second....

Again, you, like Shanks is asking a completely different question.

"Why would you on earth invest in a more expensive monitor that has gync feature to go ahead and use it with a AMD card? You wouldn't!"

Of course you wouldnt. But that Is not what I said. I said no-one is tied down to ANY monitor regardless of what GPU they have. This is 100% factually correct.

 

[Stanners]

Do the Nvidia trolls have some sort of word filter on which detects anti-Nvidia text.
As soon as someone mentioned Nvidia and their proprietary stuff all the Nvidia fanboys descended on this thread in one go.

This thread is about Intel adopting Freesync/Adaptive sync but my prediction is that it will go sink into trolling and pro-Nvidia/anti-AMD nonsense.

Intel are not adopting Freesync, they are adopting the VESA standard.

 

[VincentHanna]

I don't think tv's need freesync or an equivalent for broadcast material. it is more for gaming consoles than anything. The majority of decent TV's have refresh rates that are a multiple of 25 and/or 30 fps depending on the country and will double or triple up frames up to the panels refresh rate for 1:1 playback. instead of needing to rely on different frame interpolation methods. (5:2 pull down etc)

at least my LG TV does, it has a refresh rate of 60 - 75hz

I meant for playing games on them.

 

[Gregster]

But my point is you shouldn't after base your GPU on what type monitor you own.. OOk you by Gsync with 980ti you enjoy Gsync! Next year you want AMDs latest GPU. But now you in a situation we "SHOULD NEVER AFTER BE IN"!

I want AMD GPU but I own Gsync monitor I like Gsync so much now I after buy a NEW Monitor with Freesync!

This should never need to happen! Its like saying PS4 and Xbox users must own TVs for each console!
Its a Joke! and anyone who thinks this is perfectly fine situation to be in is out there mind!

That's a better comment and valid points. For me though, I bought the ROG Swift monitor early on when it was first launched and there was no alternative from AMD. I am sure you know me well enough by now to know that I don't like waiting for tech and I am not alone (as seen by the G-Sync owners thread). As of today though, there is a choice and that is:

Buy a Freesync monitor and be locked into AMD if you want to use Adaptive Sync

Or

Buy a G-Sync monitor and be locked into Nvidia if you want to use Adaptive Sync.

Whilst AMD might well be the good guys, would I want to miss out on Adaptive Sync? The answer is no, so I buy AMD and I guess you are the same in terms of Freesync, so you buy AMD. We are both tied for as long as we have our current monitors.

I looked and seems Freesync doesn't work still with a pair of GPUs, which is a bit of a shame

 

[shankly1985]

I'll report the insult in a second....

Again, you, like Shanks is asking a completely different question.

"Why would you on earth invest in a more expensive monitor that has gync feature to go ahead and use it with a AMD card? You wouldn't!"

Of course you wouldnt. But that Is not what I said. I said no-one is tied down to ANY monitor regardless of what GPU they have. This is 100% factually correct.

You buy Gsync with 980ti you enjoy Gsync! Next year you want AMDs latest GPU. But now you in a situation we "SHOULD NEVER AFTER BE IN"!

I want AMD GPU but I own Gsync monitor I like Gsync so much now I after buy a NEW Monitor with Freesync!

This should never need to happen! Its like saying PS4 and Xbox users must own TVs for each console!
Its a Joke! and anyone who thinks this is perfectly fine situation to be in is out there mind!

 

[Mauller]

From what i have read, the main reason why Nvidia cards cannot use Adaptive sync is because the Display controllers don't support it. Even up to the 900 series. And the main reason for the external controller in the monitor is to provide this support as well as frame doubling for when the FPS gets too low. So although i don't like Nvidias proprietary ecosystem, using an external control system was the only way they could provide support for a large gpu lineup.

AMD cards have had an Adaptive framerate ability since the 5k series, as they have supported internal Display Port features since then. just the Display controllers did not have the full capability on DGPU's. This is the reason why GCN1.0 parts only support Adaptive sync for video content etc and not full framerate control.

But it is good that intel are supporting the open standard for the future, even if their current hardware cannot run it.

 

[shankly1985]

I looked and seems Freesync doesn't work still with a pair of GPUs, which is a bit of a shame

Not looking hard enough then I personally tested it and it works perfectly fine in the games I tested.

http://techreport.com/news/28602/catalyst-15-7-drivers-enable-freesync-with-crossfire

 

[Stanners]

From what i have read, the main reason why Nvidia cards cannot use Adaptive sync is because the Display controllers don't support it. Even up to the 900 series. And the main reason for the external controller in the monitor is to provide this support as well as frame doubling for when the FPS gets too low. So although i don't like Nvidias proprietary ecosystem, using an external control system was the only way they could provide support for a large gpu lineup.

AMD cards have had an Adaptive framerate ability since the 5k series, as they have supported internal Display Port features since then. just the Display controllers did not have the full capability on DGPU's. This is the reason why GCN1.0 parts only support Adaptive sync for video content etc and not full framerate control.

But it is good that intel are supporting the open standard for the future, even if their current hardware cannot run it.

Yeah I remember something been mentioned about the Nvidia cards lacking a controller. From a technical point of view it maybe worked out better, But the downside is the financial cost of the module.

 

[r7slayer]

I'll report the insult in a second....

Again, you, like Shanks is asking a completely different question.

"Why would you on earth invest in a more expensive monitor that has gync feature to go ahead and use it with a AMD card? You wouldn't!"

Of course you wouldnt. But that Is not what I said. I said no-one is tied down to ANY monitor regardless of what GPU they have. This is 100% factually correct.

The main reason you invest in a "Gysnc monitor" is to use the feature. Just like when 3D was big. You could just get a standard monitor without this feature.

Now Gsync came out before freesync or even the open standard. So people who now own gsync monitors can only really keep using nvidia cards. This is being tied down! It's vice versa for Adaptive sync monitors also but that doesn't stop nVdia writing a driver to support it! Simples. but that would obviously make G Sync irellevent and not make nVidia as much money.

This is what shanks was getting at. I got it you didn't. And and sure even the mods will get it. So go report me as your post was just asking to look for trouble and start a argument. You got it well done. And also explained the locked down part which you don't want to get which is upto you but i know why you wont accept it because you openly hate anything AMD.

 

[LambChop]

You buy Gsync with 980ti you enjoy Gsync! Next year you want AMDs latest GPU. But now you in a situation we "SHOULD NEVER AFTER BE IN"!

I want AMD GPU but I own Gsync monitor I like Gsync so much now I after buy a NEW Monitor with Freesync!

This should never need to happen! Its like saying PS4 and Xbox users must own TVs for each console!
Its a Joke! and anyone who thinks this is perfectly fine situation to be in is out there mind!

Jesus Shanks, read what you originally wrote. No-one is tied to any monitor.

However, If you do want to use specific features of the monitor then I agree with you totally that you will need to chose between the two and that you shouldnt have to.

It's not like saying PS4 and Xbox users must use different TV's. They can use the same TV, however to use a specific feature of the TV, they will have to decide what to buy.

Everything is all about choices. I've got £350k, what house do I buy, well I have 4 kids so I really need a 4/5 bedroom. I have £40k, what car do I buy ? Well I have kids so I'll need something with a spacious boot and room the back for the kids. I have £800 to spend on a monitor, we'll I have an AMD card so I'd like Freesync.

You see ? Its not that much of a big deal. We ask ourselves the very same questions and make decisions in every walk of life