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Would you change to AMD GPU if there the fastest and you have a G-SYNC monitor

chaparral said:
If AMD bought out a new range of GPU's that were faster then the NVidia GPU's would you change to AMD if you had a G-SYNC monitor

Or would you still stay with NVidia due to owning a G-SYNC monitor..
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I wouldn't buy a gsync monitor unless it become a standard or AMD offered support. But yes I'd buy an AMD card and use it with a non freesync monitor if that suited my needs.
 
I don't need it to be faster, I just need it to be as fast, but better prices. Something like a RX 590 (580 x1.2 performance) with GDDR5X to keep costs down.

Then I want a freesync monitor that's:

VA 1440P @ 144Hz with freesync range of 30-144 Hz, not the 48Hz stuff you get with many monitors.
 
Nope afraid not for my main PC at least. Going forward will pretty much require a form of adaptive Sync along with corresponding GPU. If when I update my monitor and see AMD offering GPUs which can hit my requirements, then I would not mind jumping, but can't see that being the case in the short term sadly.
 
BubbySoup said:
Their new cards should support both formats moving forward - let the users decide what they want, don't lock your customers in.
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Problem is this would pretty much destroy AMD in the gaming space (they've shown how little they've thought of PC gamers with the Vega debacle), and they need the little competition they offer in order to keep the monopoly's commission off their back...
 
I refuse to lock myself into either GPU brand and besides, I would not touch a LCD monitor now, not even with a barge pole, much prefer my OLED TV for gaming, for me IQ greater than sync. tech.
 
Marine-RX179 said:
Considering you have already coughed up spending extra £150~£300 for the Gsync feature on the monitor, it wouldn't make much sense to go back with using AMD cards, unless someone can come up with some sort of hax to enable Adaptive Sync (Freesync) on the monitor.

Keep it mind that the situation is not the same as owner of Adaptive/Free sync monitor, as they did not have to invest extra money for the sync feature...so the reasoning that's restricting them from switching from AMD card to Nvidia is more of a psychological one (losing the sync feature) than a financial one, where as switching from Nvidia to a AMD on a Gsync monitor is a financial and psychological one (a key feature that you had to invest extra money on become redundant).

I genuinely hope someone could hacks Gsync monitors to be able to support Adaptive Sync as well, so people are not locked to either Nvidia or AMD. But knowing the track record of Nvidia threatened legal action against a developer that managed to develop a hack that allowed Nvidia cards to be use as PhysX card with ATI card as primary card to cease distribution or else, I doubt many would risk their personal safety to do this.
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Gsync monitors also sell for more used due to Nvidia's mindshare and the cost of the Gsync module and I can get a superior VA Freesync 2 HDR panel for the same price as I paid for my TN Dell Gsync monitor (the Dell monitor is now more expensive than when I bought it in 2016 and more than the Samsung Freesync monitor) . So I don't see the issue, Nvidia will not lock me in no matter how hard they try.
 
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Only thing that will make me move is an 4K OLED Freesync 2 HDR monitor and AMD releasing a proper 4K capable GPU. My guess is 2020 at the earliest. It does not need to be the fastest GPU out there either, just priced competitively like AMD always used to.

The main reason I moved to G-Sync in the first place was because I was expecting Vega to have more performance than it did, coupled with the fact that the 4K Freesycn monitor I had only having a 40-60fps range for freesync which meant latest games would not be able to stay in range with a Vega. I actually waited for a very long time for a proper Freesync 2 4K monitor, but that never happened. Still not happened yet I don’t think, so I am glad I did move to G-Sync once a good deal came about on one :D

I held of buying a 1080Ti as I expected the new gen cards to be out some time ago. If I knew it would have been this long I would have grabbed one a year ago when they were under £600 for very good after market cards. These days people won’t even sell second hand year old ones for that price, so I refuse to buy. Cannot be long now for the new cards now :)
 
JediFragger said:
Problem is this would pretty much destroy AMD in the gaming space (they've shown how little they've thought of PC gamers with the Vega debacle), and they need the little competition they offer in order to keep the monopoly's commission off their back...
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No it wouldn't, and why would supporting an open standard attract the attention of the monopoly commission? They would have to ban the open standard and not allow anyone to use it.
 
Having a buttery smooth gaming experience with either a Freesync or Gsync monitor is far more important than having a faster card for sure. I've two gaming rigs now, one with RX Vega64, the other with a 1080ti. My main rig in my sig is so much more enjoyable as I use a 1440p 144hz Freesync monitor. It's just so much better than gaming with the 1080ti just because of that monitor tech. Adaptive sync is a complete game changer, you don't need the best card out there when gaming, it's just that good.
 
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JediFragger said:
I mean that AMD need to provide a certain level of competition in order to avoid such a potential action.
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I know what you are saying, but, if Nvidia thought they could sell more cards by supporting Adaptive sync they would support it. Using Gsync to keep people buying Nvidia cards is what works for them, just look at this thread for proof of that.

Nvidia will always try to corner the market and if you think that's not the case look at what they tried to do with the GPP.
 
You have to wonder if gsync is better than freesync which they claim and justifies the price hike on monitors circa £100-150 then why doesn't nvidia put there money where their mouth is and enable both on GPU's? If gsync truly is better people will buy it anyway? Not enabling it suggests you are trying to hide something.

I have gsync and I agree it is good but I haven't tried freesync. I doubt there is any perceivable difference and nvidia are just enjoying tying people in to an ecosystem that isn't justified in cost.

It will probably happen anyway when nvidia are forced to adhere to the HDMI 2.1 spec which includes VRR.

I do hope.
 
I wouldn't put myself in this position :p

Nar but had I did I would just buy a Freesync monitor along with an AMD GPU and have my standard 1080p monitor replaced.
I would then own both a Gsync and a Freesync Monitor.
This will never happen though :p
 
chaparral said:
If AMD bought out a new range of GPU's that were faster then the NVidia GPU's would you change to AMD if you had a G-SYNC monitor

Or would you still stay with NVidia due to owning a G-SYNC monitor..
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Even when AMD was making better products and gsync/freesync wasn't an option, the significant majority in this forums, was finding all sorts of excuses to stick to Nvidia.

Also you will find that the same people above are saying that they prefer the gsync so losing it is a big no no, are the same people who will advice someone with Freesync monitor to buy Nvidia card in here.
And there are numerous threads about people asking for a card advice.
 
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