The Tech Report published a video of Freesync in action using a camera which records at 240 fps. The subject material is running at less than the 60Hz that most of our monitors use which means that you can actually see what it does for you. Watching the video at 60Hz you can see the tearing on the blades of the windmill as the actual frame rate of the render is 44 – 45Hz while when Freesync is active the matched frequencies do not cause any tearing. The demonstration shows how Freesync can benefit lower end systems that are not going to push a 144Hz monitor to the limits, if you can only manage 40-50 fps in a game Freesync is going to make it much easier on your eyes. You can catch our latest coverage of Freesync here.
"We've been hearing about FreeSync, AMD's answer to Nvidia's G-Sync variable refresh display tech, for just over a year now. This week at CES, we finally got a chance to see FreeSync in action, and we used that opportunity to shoot some enlightening 240-FPS footage. We were able to find out some new specifics from AMD, as well."
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- TR's big CES 2015 digest
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I’m totally going to hold off
I’m totally going to hold off a long awaited monitor upgrade till’ I can afford a nice ultra-wide 144hz free-sync. I’m not down to pay the g-sync premium and TBH don’t actually care about free-sync so much for MYSELF. But it’s totally a very long needed bonus to any new monitor that’s for damn sure. I wish we had such technology when I was poor as all hell using computer parts I salvaged out of the garbage. : P
AMD: No cost, no blacklisted
AMD: No cost, no blacklisted monitors.
Nvidia: Pay us, pay us, PAY US. If you own anything that we have blacklisted half the features are going to be disabled until you remove the blacklisted hardware.
AMD Customer 1: too late,
AMD Customer 1: too late, just got myself a brand new monitor 🙁
AMD Customer 2: my radeon is not supported 🙁
AMD Customer 3: still waiting for monitor, holding fingers that it meets expectations.
NVIDIA Customer: I’ve been enjoying G-Sync for a whole year now and still rocking. 200$ very well spent.
Nvidia customer 2: my geforce
Nvidia customer 2: my geforce is not supported 🙁 [e.g. me]
Nvidia customer 3: I couldn’t find a G-sync monitor that met my needs
Nvidia customer 4 (some overlap with no. 3): still waiting for monitor, crossing fingers it meets expectations
Nvidia customer 5: hoping Nvidia supports adaptive sync so I can buy whatever new monitor I want that supports it and not something with a proprietary module that means I’m tied into the Green team whenever I upgarde GPUs…
2: even 3 years old geforce
2: even 3 years old geforce cards are supported. minimum requirements starting at GTX 650Ti BOOST, as anything lower doesn’t even have a displayport output. nothing to cry about in comparison to rival.
3: too bad, at least you have a choice.
4: technology is proven and definitely meets expectations. other monitor aspects are out of context.
5: an adaptive sync monitor would tie you to Red team in the same manner.
I am not impressed with rants of customers 2-5.
If you’ve been running Gsync
If you’ve been running Gsync for a year, then you’ve been running 1080p TN (and not even a “good” TN). I wouldn’t downgrade to that garbage even if Nvidia paid me to.
color reproduction and
color reproduction and viewing angles means sh*t to me if game is tearing, stuttering and lagging.
enjoy your photo editing while staring at monitor from some weird angle, troll.
If you feel $200 worth it,
If you feel $200 worth it, good for you. This is another solution that is potentially cheaper (no licensing fee) for competition sake for the better of us (customer) and yet you whining.
And No, it will not tie you to red team. Nvidia is FREE to support it as it is “open standard” and “no licensing fee” and definitely “no propietary”.
who’s whining ? I’m not the
who’s whining ? I’m not the one complaining around. I’m the happy customer, remember ?
and yes, it will tie you to red team because Nvidia does NOT support the “open standard” and officially have no plans to support it.
possibilities don’t count, but actions do.
>Oh. I thought you are the
>Oh. I thought you are the one said that my radeon is not supported. If you are NV user why you whinning about fsync in the first place.
>What I meant is “Its NOT the monitor that ties you. Its NVIDIA ties you to them” (I believe you know the meaning of propietary and open)
my original reply to JohnGR
my original reply to JohnGR was to imply that the customer’s experience matters more than any good vs evil company BS.
also, I couldn’t care less for your little blame game, as at the end of the day you’re either tied to one or the other. only crybabies care for company agenda and PR more than they care for the actual product & experience they pay for. go on, keep whining…
and yet you are here read and
and yet you are here read and made comments. You acted like exactly
what youve written. Keep calm kid. try to learn that some people doesnt always agree some of you.
and yet you are here read and
and yet you are here read and made comments. You acted like exactly
what youve written. Keep calm kid. try to learn that some people doesnt always agree some of you.
you are allowed to not agree
you are allowed to not agree with reality, but after initially calling me whiner for expressing my thoughts, you should keep the “people doesnt always agree” speech to yourself.
Define reality. You said good
Define reality. You said good & evil BS so AMD PR is more evil than Nv overpricing. Reality is only what suit you. And even than worst than a whiner if you dont own it but whining about it. Im done with you.
LOL :p Good news is that
LOL :p Good news is that freesync works as expected, just as well as G-sync. A win for all customers provided AMD keep its promises.
I don’t count AMD’s highly
I don’t count AMD’s highly controlled demos as proof. Nvidia announced G-Sync in October 2013. Ryan and others had prototype displays in December of 2013 and were freely able to preview the technology.
AMD has been talking about Freesync for about a year now. Ryan and others still have not received prototype monitors for testing. It was stated in the CES podcast that the new promised time frame for these is February now.
We won’t know how well it compares to G-Sync until Ryan and others have had the opportunity to thoroughly test and scrutinise it. I’ll be curious to see if Freesync supports Crossfire or Eyefinity configurations, or if there are any other benefits/disadvantages when compared with G-Sync.
I’ve personally been gaming on a Dell U2711 for more than 2.5 years now. Gave in to temptation though and ordered the ROG Swift. Can’t wait for it to arrive. 😀
Now lets see how it works in
Now lets see how it works in crossfire
I personally own an
I personally own an overpriced ROG swift with Gsync. I am not a fanboy as I generally buy best card when I am in a buying cycle regardless of brand. While I love G-sync the extra ~$200 premium does suck but for early adopters it is expected. I am glad to see amd push this forward with an open standard. Regardless what side of the fence you are on, I am just happy I don’t have to have tearing and judder all over the place. Gsync did take longer than I wanted to come out (only got swift in Nov) but even with the price tag I would never go back to a non VRR screen. I am just glad both gpu manufacturers now have options for better experiences with regards to variable refresh rates.