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Intel plans to support FreeSync.

You can also turn this around, what open source projects have AMD contributed?
Luckily AMDs attempt to take graphics APIs back to the 1990s never left a closed source beta, so called open source Mantle but controlled by AMD, what a joke.

I've seen some people claim that Bullet physics asan AMd open,source project but it's not, the guy developed Bullet when working at Sony and he noes works at Google.

I've also heard people claim OpenCL is an AMD technology, no, Apple initiated and gave it to the Khronos group.
 
Mauller said:
I think a monitor is G-sync only in its current form. I think most still have just a display port input as well, unless they support dual scalers. But until Nvidia produce an ASIC Scaler for gsync instead of using an FPGA then the prices will still remain far higher.
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The FPGA itself isn't that expensive, there is plenty of room for nvidia to cut the price and for gsync monitors to be closer in price if they chose to. The fact they haven't shows they are selling well enough they don't need to yet.
 
Lamdchop is just trolling with that Vulkan comment so should be ignored.

what we can get from the Nvidia crew clutching at straws is that Nvidia has invented nothing that is open.
 
oh and tim sweeny said:

https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/nvidia-opens-physx-code-to-ue4-developers

And today we’re excited to announce an expansion of that partnership with NVIDIA providing all UE4 developers with not just binary but C++ source access to the CPU-based implementation of PhysX 3.3.3, including the clothing and destruction libraries, through Epic’s Unreal Engine repository on GitHub.
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the `generous` NVidia released the crippled source code - the GPU code is closed source.
 
r7slayer said:
Are you insinuating nVidia developed or helped with Vulkan? As far as i know that was pretty much all AMDs help. Vulkan would never of been possible without Mantle! Straight from the horses mouth that was!
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What?

AMD contributed code, so has nvidia, intel, imagination, and a load of others. Vulkan is just the new name for OpenGLNext , for which nvidia was extremely active in developing for.

It is no coincidence that the president of the Khronos group is the Vice President of Nvidia. Khrnonos and nvidia have a very close relationship since Nvidia has always been a huge supporter of OpenGL.
 
fs123 said:
Lamdchop is just trolling with that Vulkan comment so should be ignored.

what we can get from the Nvidia crew clutching at straws is that Nvidia has invented nothing that is open.
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Are you blind or purposely ignoring what Nvidia has made open, or the fact that making things open source is meaningless.
 
D.P. said:
Crippled source code, what kind of rubbish? That is the same code that is used in games like Project cars.
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no its not - physx in project cars runs on GPU ; as tim sweeny said , and he writes games engines - the source code released by NVidia , via UE4 on GitHub - is for CPU only.
 
Harlequin said:
no its not - physx in project cars runs on GPU ; as tim sweeny said , and he writes games engines - the source code released by NVidia , via UE4 on GitHub - is for CPU only.
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No, it only use CPU physx

The whole GPU PHYSX myth was just more lies and PR by AMD who where forced to retract their erroneous statement.
 
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Harlequin said:
Khronos appear to disagree with your opinion

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/khronos-group-vulkan-graphics-api,28678.html
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You might want to look up who are the members and president of the Khrono's group.

fs123 said:
Lamdchop is just trolling with that Vulkan comment so should be ignored.

what we can get from the Nvidia crew clutching at straws is that Nvidia has invented nothing that is open.
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That old chestnut. If all else fails, throw trolling into the mix. An AMD fanboys get out clause.
 
Wow i love how nVidia damage control come rolling in after my post.


https://youtu.be/EUNMrU8uU5M?t=13m31s

Can't find where i saw their statement saying vulkan wouldn't have been possible without AMDs help but here is the video where i saw them make a special thanks to AMD after thanking all the other guys who contributed their help in other ways. Valve got a big thanks too. Guess what no nVidia gets a big mention which to me says they didn't contribute that much so once again
from the horses mouth!

THANKS AMD :D because we wouldn't be where we are today without mantle!
 
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Ian Evey said:
Your looking at it the wrong way, Gsync monitors just need to be cheaper than they are now compared with async monitors.

I think the fact that gsync is a lot more expensive for essentially the same monitor as an async panel is whats stopping a lot more people buying into gsync.

Are monitor makers allowed to use async and gsync in the same monitor or would nvidia say that its gsync only?
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Nope, as it still means people wouldn't have the freedom to switch to using AMD cards and adaptive sync without going through selling off their existing monitor.

However you comment did make me realise something...rather than expecting Nvidia to adaptive-sync, the other possibility is probably for monitor manufacturers to release monitors that support both adaptive-sync and Gsync as standard...but the key thing is the price premium that Gsync add to the cost of the monitor must be low. As it stands, £150 for the extra Gsync module on is simply too much...if it was only around ~£50, then it might work.
 
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