Nvidia to support Freesync?

[Gregster]

the good news upset you

Huh?

 

[opethdisciple]

Holly Molly!

Did I just read that right? Nvidia to support FreeSync?

 

[willhub]

I have the AOC 32' that was at 200 some months ago, hooefhope I'll notice a difference with that konitmo, lots of ghosts on it though

 

[Wucked]

Hahaha if you buy in time maybe - guaranteed the retailers will price gouge as soon as they know what FS monitors work with nVidia cards.

It’ll be interesting to see what the difference is between the certified models and the rest of them. I hoping the non certified screens will work well enough so that some dirty shenanigans like this can’t happen.

 

[Rroff]

It’ll be interesting to see what the difference is between the certified models and the rest of them. I hoping the non certified screens will work well enough so that some dirty shenanigans like this can’t happen.

The presentation showed some having shimmering or pulsing at certain framerates, etc.

 

[Ree]

Hahaha if you buy in time maybe - guaranteed the retailers will price gouge as soon as they know what FS monitors work with nVidia cards.

yup any excuse at all to raise prices.

 

[humbug]

I have the AOC 32' that was at 200 some months ago, hooefhope I'll notice a difference with that konitmo, lots of ghosts on it though

I don't notice that so much, there are two different types, an older panel was TN and apparently not great, it was replaced with the IPC screen, the newer one is Q3279VWFD8, D8 designates the new one.

I also never run V-Sync in any game, i always run Fast Sync in the drivers, one other thing, nVidia defaults this screen to 60Hz, you may need to go into the CP and set it to 75Hz.

 

[EsaT]

If that’s true it, that’s warning bells for AMD.

Or sign of Nvidia being concerned about something, like being challenged in control of some market segment.
While there's very little more solid info about AMD's coming GPUs, maybe Nvidia has more clues about them.
Navi isn't supposed to be top performance card, but good performance card at very good price and lower monitor price would certainly cause threat.
Maybe this is intended as preemptive move against that.

Anyway with the prices of Nvidia's latest we should get support for VRR without paying any additional further taxes.

 

[pete910]

The presentation showed some having shimmering or pulsing at certain framerates, etc.

So if the same doesn't happen with a AMD GPU's is it not Nvidia's implementation that's the issue not the monitor in question

 

[humbug]

I don't notice that so much, there are two different types, an older panel was TN and apparently not great, it was replaced with the IPC screen, the newer one is Q3279VWFD8, D8 designates the new one.

I also never run V-Sync in any game, i always run Fast Sync in the drivers, one other thing, nVidia defaults this screen to 60Hz, you may need to go into the CP and set it to 75Hz.

I forgot, use DP, not HDMI, something again with nVidia drivers that running HDMI causes it to run a lesser colour depth. Limited 16-255 instead of full range 0-255.

This screen is also 10Bit, yet again the nVidia driver don't pick that up so you need to set it manually.

Ah... "but nVidia drivers are faultless".................

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Or sign of Nvidia being concerned about something, like being challenged in control of some market segment.
While there's very little more solid info about AMD's coming GPUs, maybe Nvidia has more clues about them.
Navi isn't supposed to be top performance card, but good performance card at very good price and lower monitor price would certainly cause threat.
Maybe this is intended as preemptive move against that.

Anyway with the prices of Nvidia's latest we should get support for VRR without paying any additional further taxes.

Also Intel supporting FreeSync too.

 

[Rroff]

So if the same doesn't happen with a AMD GPU's is it not Nvidia's implementation that's the issue not the monitor in question

It is an interesting question - not enough information out there yet to really know what is happening but I'm sure certain tech sites will jump on it.

nVidia have a certain way of supporting the technology i.e. the way low framerates are supported which I'm guessing some panels aren't upto and unlike the AMD implementation they probably don't compromise on - atleast not initially anyhow.

 

[TNA]

Also, they've finally realised users would not be happy with a ****ing great propeller strapped to the back of their £1000+ screen lol

Haha. Yep. First gen stuff though, usual costs a lot and has weird stuff on it to make it work. Second gen comes out and does it better, for much cheaper without needing to take crazy measures like sticking a fan on it.

Great news for NVidia owners and I can see this hurting AMD. Buying a NVidia GPU and G-Sync screen was/is expensive. Buying a VRR screen and an NVidia GPU will be a tempting offer for those who are on a tighter budget.

Some AMD users seem to be in denial about it no affecting AMD. But it will. Saying that though, it might eventually affect Nvidia also, as when AMD release something more competitive people will not feel stuck with G-Sync and will be able to change over to an AMD card. I know I would, so it might balance out potentially.

With this news, looks like 4K/120 Hz/FPS OLED is a definite purchase once NVIDIA releases a HDMI 2.1 GPU.

Yep. I will get one more year use of this monitor and once the warranty is getting low I will shift it and buy one. Just in time as the 2020 stuff come out and the 2019 one's are near half price like it usually goes

Well i already have mine, nice 32" 1440P IPS, i'm chuffed to bits with it, great screen that should keep me right for a few years.

4K/120 Hz/OLED/VRR/HDR won't tempt you?

 

[henson0115]

It is an interesting question - not enough information out there yet to really know what is happening but I'm sure certain tech sites will jump on it.

nVidia have a certain way of supporting the technology i.e. the way low framerates are supported which I'm guessing some panels aren't upto and unlike the AMD implementation they probably don't compromise on - atleast not initially anyhow.

fyi

https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2019/01/06/g-sync-displays-ces/

"For gamers who have monitors that we have not yet tested, or that have failed validation, we’ll give you an option to manually enable VRR, too."

didnt mean to quote your post Rroff..

 

[henson0115]

Haha. Yep. First gen stuff though, usual costs a lot and has weird stuff on it to make it work. Second gen comes out and does it better, for much cheaper without needing to take crazy measures like sticking a fan on it.




Some AMD users seem to be in denial about it no affecting AMD. But it will. Saying that though, it might eventually affect Nvidia also, as when AMD release something more competitive people will not feel stuck with G-Sync and will be able to change over to an AMD card. I know I would, so it might balance out potentially.




Yep. I will get one more year use of this monitor and once the warranty is getting low I will shift it and buy one. Just in time as the 2020 stuff come out and the 2019 one's are near half price like it usually goes




4K/120 Hz/OLED/VRR/HDR won't tempt you?

if they had done this before vega, nvidia would have cleaned up all the people on 290/390s waiting for vega, i said it back then and i agree with that point still now. i would have brought a 1080 no problem.

 

[humbug]

4K/120 Hz/OLED/VRR/HDR won't tempt you?

I don't have the GPU power for 4K and i don't plan on getting anything powerful enough to run high refresh-rate 4K for a few years, when they are priced reasonably, 1440P is a good place for the 1070.

Tho i am tempted by HDR, when more games do it then i'll look again at it.

 

[Satchfanuk]

Nvidia aren't doing this as a kind gesture to all us gamers, they're doing it because they are scared of what AMD has coming on Wednesday and want to reclaim some mindshare.

Look how long they have resisted this move despite all the reasons against and now suddenly they are going to support it?

There is definitely more to this than Jensen is saying publicly imo.

 

[Killer7xx]

At least that's another evil of Nvidia defeated

 

[humbug]

Now i have this itch that needs scratching, when are these drivers due out?

 

[Rroff]

There is definitely more to this than Jensen is saying publicly imo.

Would seem that way - possibly a driving factor for the share price as well - bit of an uptick since the presentation albeit not massive or a trend yet.