AMD Announces FreeSync 2
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Hapatingjaky
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Nice spec update, too bad there are yet to be any HDR monitors even without freesync to hit the market yet ( just announcements ). The ones that have been announced have no Freesync/Gsync anyways so meh.
So when will this be available?
So meh, paper launch initiative. You'll be waiting awhile for an HDR Freesync/Gsync monitor.
So when will this be available?
So meh, paper launch initiative. You'll be waiting awhile for an HDR Freesync/Gsync monitor.
LordHawkwind
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Nothing to get too excited about ATM. Happy enough with plain old Freesync at this point in time.
DivotMaker
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Ditto....
So far I've seen 6 HDR monitors announced at CES so saying HDR is far away especially with freesync and gysnc is disingenuous
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DivotMaker
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Agreed.
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Its cool but it would just be nice to get a 144Hz monitor and not have to worry what card I upgrade to can't use the X-Sync inside it.
I'm still on the fence about 4k let alone 4k with HDR. My next upgrade will prob be a Freesync Viewsonic 27" (currently $323) monitor wise but really 4k just seems. 
pax
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Nvidia could support adaptive sync and be compatible with all freesync mons. Nothing prevents them from doing it.
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Nvidia has positioned itself to the MAC level of gaming. They are making money hand over fist, why would they stop. Shareholders would not like a decrease in revenue, so they sell (really fast) workstation P6000 for $5k and highend gaming videocards for $1200. I just hope AMD has something to show other than AI based crap and what we see for the future.
Well, except for the fact that NV charges OEMs about $100 for the G-sync module. Supporting Freesync or VESA adaptive sync would cost them their stranglehold on the boutique gaming monitor market.
Most new displays will support Freesync because it's free to implement and it's another feature to print on the box.
Article looks like just AMD spec sheet regurgitated for me.
Meanwhile NVidia announced HDR displays with quantum dot and 144 Hz refresh whilst still calling it GSync.
As I said to me it seems like arbitrary stuff. Latency should be reduced in the first place. Anything that reduces latency further is not NEW tech. It can be an update of the tech or whatever. To me a change of numeral should bring about SIGNIFICANT change but seems like they went with the way they have been updating video cards nomenclature.
If the tech is supported by existing monitors then to me, it does not warrant a numerical update.
Again IMO. No need to actually agree on anything with me.
If you've not seen HDR gaming, I really do think that it will be a big hit. I got a 4k HDR TV over Black Friday sales and finished playing Gears of War 4 on the XB1S and it was pretty crazy the differences, while small technically, that it made. It just overall looked better, the lighting was more natural, and light sources stood out with good fall out from them... The section going into the castle (where you're chasing down your father) area was where I switched and it was obvious that there was a difference between the torches and what not...
Not to mention, streaming some of the Amazon and Netflix (Mozart in the Jungle especially with its concert hall shots) shows provides a clear difference as well. I hope it takes off more than 3D TVs as it is a usable upgrade...
Not to mention, streaming some of the Amazon and Netflix (Mozart in the Jungle especially with its concert hall shots) shows provides a clear difference as well. I hope it takes off more than 3D TVs as it is a usable upgrade...
It is being called freesync 2 because they are requiring a lot more from manufactures to get certified. Also they have discussed that they needed to develop an api to have proper communication for supported features from the monitor to the graphics card to ensure that the monitor has the right settings enabled to meet the spec. To be Freesync 2 you have to meet HDR requirements (luminance levels), color space , low frequency compensation, low response times, and be able to communicate all that data back and forth to the gfx card. It is not a small task.