All Samsung's Ultra HD monitors in 2015 to support FreeSync

[biostud]

Will Nvidia cards support both Gsync and Freesync, or do they only support only their own proprietary version being Gysnc?

Only if nvidia decides to enable it in their drivers.

 

[Kallogan]

Will we see freesync screens for laptops ????

 

[AnandThenMan]

Only if nvidia decides to enable it in their drivers.

I thought Nvidia left out an important bit of hardware which makes supporting FreeSync impossible. Could be wrong.

 

[SoulWager]

March.

Finally a believable release date, now all we need is a hardware review.

 

[SoulWager]

Will we see freesync screens for laptops ????

You should be asking when we'll see freesync compatible laptop GPUs.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Only if nvidia decides to enable it in their drivers.

nVidia doesnt support DP1.2a.

Same reason why only a limited amount of AMD cards support it.

 

[SoulWager]

nVidia doesnt support DP1.2a.

Same reason why only a limited amount of AMD cards support it.

Wrong on both counts. Nvidia supports 1.2a, and they could support variable refresh over adaptive-sync with driver changes on basically any hardware that supports g-sync. AMD supports adaptive-sync on some of it's older cards, but only a handful of recent AMD GPUs support variable refresh.

Basically, AMD has hardware limitations that limit which cards they implement variable refresh on, and Nvidia has business concerns that prevent them from supporting adaptive-sync. I don't see how you can call that the "same reason".

 

[Bubbleawsome]

Nice, but I do wish we would see 1080p and 1440p monitors supporting this. If you want to go surround then 1440/1600p is going to be the highest resolution you can get good fps on, and the majority of the market still only has cards that do 1080p at good fps. You're alienating most of the market at 4k. Even quadfire has issues at 4k and max settings with lot of games with support and fps. :\

 

[bystander36]

I thought Nvidia left out an important bit of hardware which makes supporting FreeSync impossible. Could be wrong.

The person who said that has been caught speculating and telling false info about G-sync, so who knows. We'll just have to wait and see.

 

[Silverforce11]

Wrong on both counts. Nvidia supports 1.2a, and they could support variable refresh over adaptive-sync with driver changes on basically any hardware that supports g-sync. AMD supports adaptive-sync on some of it's older cards, but only a handful of recent AMD GPUs support variable refresh.

Basically, AMD has hardware limitations that limit which cards they implement variable refresh on, and Nvidia has business concerns that prevent them from supporting adaptive-sync. I don't see how you can call that the "same reason".

Very bold claims! Proof?

 

[f1sherman]

With commercial products just around the corner, it's very weird that there are no public demos.

If was to speculate, I'd say that in their current implementations G-Sync dominates FreeSync,
with almost as good still remaining a possibility in the mid-short term.

Nvidia does not, and most likely will never support FreeSync.
Nvidia may one day create their own FreeSync-like solution built on top of VESA's Adaptive-Sync.
But for that to happen FreeSync needs to trash their own Gsync, either commercially or via performance.

 

[Larnz]

Forcing us onto 4k monitors f you want freesync seems silly that means you require a high end GPU as well just to make games even semi playable at 4k.

 

[Gloomy]

Forcing us onto 4k monitors f you want freesync seems silly that means you require a high end GPU as well just to make games even semi playable at 4k.

it's fine because Freesync goes down to 9Hz

that means you can play at as low as 9 FPS and get smooth stutter free gameplay

 

[Rezist]

it's fine because Freesync goes down to 9Hz

that means you can play at as low as 9 FPS and get smooth stutter free gameplay

I'm sure at 9 fps it isn't going to "feel" to great... that said I'm sure Ubi would love it for the cinematic effect

 

[f1sherman]

Hopefully that's just a specification gimmick and no one ever has to see what 9Hz on 4k looks like, nor feel 9fps "stutter free" gameplay.

 

[Paul98]

Or you could just play at lower resolution and scale it

 

[gorobei]

it's fine because Freesync goes down to 9Hz

that means you can play at as low as 9 FPS and get smooth stutter free gameplay

Hopefully that's just a specification gimmick and no one ever has to see what 9Hz on 4k looks like, nor feel 9fps "stutter free" gameplay.

the 9hz is more likely an appeal to laptop oems who want to go into a lower power usage state with fewer buffer refreshes during static web browsing.

 

[NickelPlate]

it's fine because Freesync goes down to 9Hz

that means you can play at as low as 9 FPS and get smooth stutter free gameplay

I doubt it. 9Hz is like a strobe light.

 

[Larnz]

Dropping from 120hz to 60hz when I went 1440p was jarring enough, my brain cannot fathom 9hz

 

[3DVagabond]

Will Nvidia cards support both Gsync and Freesync, or do they only support only their own proprietary version being Gysnc?

FWIU there's hardware required on the videocard that is lacking on nVidia. That's why they have to use the complex Gsync mudule mounted in the monitor.

With commercial products just around the corner, it's very weird that there are no public demos.

If was to speculate, I'd say that in their current implementations G-Sync dominates FreeSync,
with almost as good still remaining a possibility in the mid-short term.

Can you explain your reasoning, please?

it's fine because Freesync goes down to 9Hz

that means you can play at as low as 9 FPS and get smooth stutter free gameplay

FreeSync can go to 9Hz, but I don't know of any monitors that can hold the image that long. ~15Hz is the slowest. It's good to have the monitor be the limiting factor though rather than the videocard.

 

[Silverforce11]

Or you could just play at lower resolution and scale it

Bingo.

On games where it doesn't need much GPU grunt, you can run at 4K native, and on games that punish your setup, run lower res and it auto scales up.

 

[alcoholbob]

Yeah all Samsung has to do now is get rid of the grainy AG coating they put on their $2,000 Samsung UD970 and make sure none of the 2015 4K displays has it. Although I guess since I'm hoping to get a GM200/Titan II won't matter anyway, no Freesync for me!

 

[soccerballtux]

Can you explain your reasoning, please?

as much as I am a fan of underdogs, Nvidia's solutions are almost always more thought out and more well implemented. Their business strategy is also superior, for example requiring an Nvidia chip in monitors to support the GSync

 

[soccerballtux]

it's fine because Freesync goes down to 9Hz

that means you can play at as low as 9 FPS and get smooth stutter free gameplay

the game mechanics focus on overcoming the low framerate

 

[Erenhardt]

I'm sure at 9 fps it isn't going to "feel" to great... that said I'm sure Ubi would love it for the cinematic effect

I see what you did there!
Well done Sir!:thumbsup: