** THE FIRST FREESYNC MONITOR ARRIVES AT OcUK!! **

[Martini1991]

Oh dear AMD, you really do know how to make yourselves look silly after claiming the Omega drivers were the ones to enable FreeSync. The NVidia fanbois are going to (quite rightly) have a field day with this one

Don't really think it needs to be "fanbois".

 

[Ayahuasca]

Is it worth even opening the box in risk of them only offering a partial refund if I return it?

 

[Martini1991]

In fairness guys, look around, you won't find FREESYNC monitors IN STOCK nearly anywhere else worldwide.

I am a good buyer, I have stock now, OcUK first in the world with stock, I am amazing, AMD are just sticking to their scheduled launch date which was not in a public domain.

So don't give them to much of a hard time.

It was touted that Freesync was "ready" and "in" the Omega drivers.
They deserve a hard time, AMD will never have a smooth launch with something it seems.

EA had Mantle out and ready before AMD had launched drivers to use it etc.

It's just typical!

 

[Mei]

im more amazing gibbo!
im modest too!! ><

 

[shadow_boxer]

Poor show from AMD. Surely drivers should be ready even if in beta by the time manufacturers can deliver stock. I'm most people can wait a couple more weeks but this is a bit of an anticlimax.

 

[Rusty0611]

It was touted that Freesync was "ready" and "in" the Omega drivers.
They deserve a hard time, AMD will never have a smooth launch with something it seems.

EA had Mantle out and ready before AMD had launched drivers to use it etc.

It's just typical!

+1

 

[shankly1985]

It was touted that Freesync was "ready" and "in" the Omega drivers.
They deserve a hard time, AMD will never have a smooth launch with something it seems.

EA had Mantle out and ready before AMD had launched drivers to use it etc.

It's just typical!

I dont think AMD said it was in that Driver. I think it was just us guys believing it was in that driver..

 

[Rusty0611]

Is it worth even opening the box in risk of them only offering a partial refund if I return it?

In your position I'd return it. You've got CF hard wired on your card (you can disable one GPU but what's the point?) and no sign of FreeSync for CF until April at the earliest. I wouldn't be surprised to see it later to be honest either.

When it does eventually get enabled you'll probably have a wider choice of monitors and more attractive price points.

If it was available NOW then the early adopter tax for this monitor would probably be worth it but as it's not...

 

[Martini1991]

Also means that Crossfire and Freesync isn't working from day one either.

 

[Martini1991]

I dont think AMD said it was in that Driver. I think it was just us guys believing it was in that driver..

There's tons of articles, so it wasn't just "people".

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2856...nvents-amds-approach-to-graphics-drivers.html

It's another AMD dropped the ball moment.

 

[Ayahuasca]

If it was available NOW then the early adopter tax for this monitor would probably be worth it but as it's not...

Yep, exactly the reason I want to return it, no point paying extra for a feature that won't work for at least a month.

I can see OCUK getting quite a few returns to be honest.

 

[TwsT]

And now you know why I haven't tested it

 

[Martini1991]

https://forum.beyond3d.com/threads/amd-unveils-catalyst-omega-driver.56319/

Conspiracy!

All AMD news relating to Omega don't mention Freesync (Did they remove them? It's not the first time AMD have pulled some such crap), but those slides didn't just appear from no where.

 

[TwsT]

well it's one of those

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/2...driver-packs-5k-support-freesync-and-more.htm

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2856...nvents-amds-approach-to-graphics-drivers.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-catalyst-omega-radeon-driver,28155.html


All mention freesync

 

[Mei]

And now you know why I haven't tested it

why hasnt gibbo made a driver!
hes amazing!?

 

[shankly1985]

There's tons of articles, so it wasn't just "people".

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2856...nvents-amds-approach-to-graphics-drivers.html

It's another AMD dropped the ball moment.

Like I just said, They was no response from AMD that 14.12 did support Freesync.. The driver patch notes listed nothing..

I stand corrected because even I have said couple times on here that Freesync was in 14.12

 

[Gibbo]

Is it worth even opening the box in risk of them only offering a partial refund if I return it?

No return it for a full refund un-opened, or start enjoying it afterall it is only two weeks.

 

[Martini1991]

Like I just said, They was no response from AMD that 14.12 did support Freesync.. The driver patch notes listed nothing..

I stand corrected because even I have said couple times on here that Freesync was in 14.12

There's 14.12 Omega Slides which are touting Freesync.
There are dozens and dozens of articles about 14.12 and Freesync.

Does your AMD defense know no bounds?

 

[Rusty0611]

Like I just said, They was no response from AMD that 14.12 did support Freesync.. The driver patch notes listed nothing..

I stand corrected because even I have said couple times on here that Freesync was in 14.12

Yeah Shanks all those tech sites have just pulled it out of thin air. They've also fabricated slides

 

[Gibbo]

Yep, exactly the reason I want to return it, no point paying extra for a feature that won't work for at least a month.

I can see OCUK getting quite a few returns to be honest.

It is two weeks buddy, 19th is 14 days away. I am sure AMD know the importance and are now probably working on bringing the launch forward and not causing further delays.