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

Gibbo said:
Hi there

FREESYNC update, I can't test it! :(
Spoken with AMD and they gave me this official response:

AMD is very excited that monitors compatible with AMD FreeSync™ technology are now available in select regions. We know gamers are excited to bring home an incredibly smooth and tearing-free PC gaming experience powered by AMD Radeon™ GPUs and AMD A-Series APUs. We’re pleased to announce that a compatible AMD Catalyst™ graphics driver to enable AMD FreeSync™ technology for single-GPU configurations will be publicly available on AMD.com starting March 19, 2015. Support for AMD CrossFire™ configurations will be available the following month in April, 2015.



It seems BenQ and OcUK have jumped the gun a little with getting physical stock, so enjoy the monitors for their performance be ready to download the FREESYNC driver on the 19th, so not to long to wait.

In the meantime I shall ask AMD if they can maybe help OcUK with getting a BETA driver. :)
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I blame BenQ. I also blame AMD for not being ready to support their own product. Can't say I blame you, you're only trying to turn a buck.

Also only one GPU for starters? sounds to me like the drivers are nowhere near ready and will be buggy as hell. Not exactly a strong start is it?
 
Martini1991 said:
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?
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Rusty0611 said:
Yeah Shanks all those tech sites have just pulled it out of thin air. They've also fabricated slides :D
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Nowhere on AMD release notes for 14.12 show freesync.. Therefore it was never in the driver..

http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDCatalystOmegaWINReleaseNotes.aspx
 
Martini1991 said:
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?
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But in omegas patch notes it wasn't listed. So it was incorrect reporting from toms etc. If they tested the driver, they would have had the patch notes.

If the panel manufacturers hadn't jumped the gun we would be releasing as expected. That isn't amd's fault. Your eagerness to try and create calamity is ridiculous.
 
Nutella33 said:
But in omegas patch notes it wasn't listed. So it was incorrect reporting from toms etc. If they tested the driver, they would have had the patch notes.

If the panel manufacturers hadn't jumped the gun we would be releasing as expected. That isn't amd's fault. Your eagerness to try and create calamity is ridiculous.
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I just can't comprehend how there's dozens and dozens of articles and slides etc with Freesync regarding Omega Driver.

And a full feature list Slide of Omega which lists Freesync.
 
Ayahuasca said:
I knew something was a miss when there were zero reviews.

2 weeks wait for a driver when they've already had 3 months without one isn't great but I'll enjoy 1440p 144hz till then. Hopefully it works flawlessly when released.

Oh wait, crossfire freesync isn't coming till April...

What a ******* joke, I may as well return it as by then there'll be cheaper alternatives.

This is the reason AMD simply can't compete with nvidia, always playing catch up taking forever to release stuff.
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100% agree, buys a 295, then a half grand monitor and it has zero freesync support...

Great way to entice someone that was sitting on Nvidia to have a great experience, 'Hi welcome to AMD, hope you enjoy your experience'.

Martini1991 said:
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?
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They contained Freesync slides with an announcement saying Q1 2015.

No that isn't an apologetic stance towards AMD btw.

What is indefensible is how long have they had to get the driver ready, it's not as if they have been pumping out loads of drivers.

Are you meant to sit in hope CrossFire support will arrive in April?

Sounds awfully like no new AMD driver for a fortnight either.

Is Trigger running AMD???
 
I've went to first page on AMD Drivers, Matt's post hasn't been edited since a day after it was created.

I'll let them off with the Freesync thing, he hasn't got it mentioned.
But AMD never came forward to correct the dozens and dozens of "Freesync is included" articles.

It's still a crap situation though.
 
shankly1985 said:
No its just common sense. If its not listed it, its not there simple as that..

Am with Gibbo on this.. OCUK only ones with freesync display atm its not AMD fault OCUK released early before its ready..

Am just going to enjoy this display.. Loving 1440p over 1080p its very nice.
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Enjoy your display. It's undoubtedly a great screen and if you don't mind waiting then knock yourself out.

The fact remains that various tech sites haven't pulled out the FreeSync stuff from thin air. As it was so widely reported by, like everyone, I'm sure AMD would have issued a correction if it was wrong.
 
shankly1985 said:
No its just common sense. If its not listed it, its not there simple as that..

Am with Gibbo on this.. OCUK only ones with freesync display atm its not AMD fault OCUK released early before its ready..

Am just going to enjoy this display.. Loving 1440p over 1080p its very nice.
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Yeah I've being pushing for FREESYNC like crazy, why do you think OcUK was first to market with Acer, LG and with BenQ in stock.

I made the assumption as others here had done FREESYNC was already present in the Omega drivers, it is why I got one yesterday to play with and it was last night I was like oh, so where is FREESYNC option in drivers, spoke with the execs in USA and they told me that the launch date is not 19th and enquired as to hell on earth I'd got stock so early. We know the answer to that, I am amazing. :D ;)

I am pushing hard now to try bring the launch forward and although I am amazing we might just have to wait 14 days until we can play. :)
 
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