nitrium :
Are there any nVidia fans STILL defending the 100% proprietary G-Sync (this from as a long time nVidia buyer)? There is zero reason nVidia won't support FreeSync other than that it cannablises the sales of their technology. Unless you're also a shareholder of nVidia, I utterly fail to see how nVidia's customers can staunchly support nVidia needlessly gouging them like this. Are nVidia GPUs being bundled with Vaseline and a stick to bite down on yet?
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Displays/AMD-FreeSync-First-Impressions-and-Technical-Discussion/Gaming-Experience-FreeSync-
Yes, because ghosting etc.
"For its part, AMD says that ghosting is an issue it is hoping to lessen on FreeSync monitors by helping partners pick the right components (Tcon, scalars, etc.) and to drive a “fast evolution” in this area."
Ok, so they know about the problem, but the jury is still out on if it can be fixed or not. For now though:
"My time with today’s version of FreeSync definitely show it as a step in the right direction but I think it is far from perfect. It’s fair to assume that after telling me FreeSync would be sent to reviewers as far back as September of last year, AMD found that getting display technologies just right is a much more difficult undertaking than originally expected. They have gotten a lot right: no upfront module costs for monitor vendors, better monitor feature support, wide vendor support and lower prices than currently selling G-Sync options. But there is room for improvement: ghosting concerns, improving the transition experience between VRR windows and non-VRR frame rates and figuring out a way to enable tear-free and stutter-free gaming under the minimum variable refresh rate."
"FreeSync is doing the right things and is headed in the right direction, but it can’t claim to offer the same experience as G-Sync. Yet."
Until they get it right, Gsync WORKS. IF you think, "good enough" is ok, feel free to purchase something they need to still fix
Oops, many things they need to fix
I'll always take proprietary if it is BETTER. IE, Cuda vs. OpenCL. When proprietary sucks, I'll pass. For me, I'm waiting for a die shrink from both sides before any decision is made on GPU, so the same can be said of the monitors and I have plenty of time to see who wins, if prices drop etc.
Having said that, My i7-4790+board arrives tomorrow, so AMD lost me there. I can no longer wait on my paltry cpu. They still have a shot at my gpu/monitor combo but good enough is not acceptable. I want the best or at least no discernible difference between them. PERIOD. By that I mean I need lowest heat (live in AZ), great watts/perf. AMD would need to fix things on freesync side or all things being equal I go NV with Gsync since it is the better option (currently, and until proven otherwise). I kind of suspected there were problems which is why no reviewers were running games until the monitor hit. It's pretty clear so far, the gsync module has a purpose and NV commented it's the fine tuning in there that kills ghosting etc. Clearly not easy to fix everything, as even NV has issues on a per monitor basis or we'd have dozens. They also had trouble with some rev of the silicon before, so maybe we'll start seeing more gsync monitors now that that is supposedly fixed. No need for NV to support Freesync until AMD can prove it works as good as gsync. They already made gsync and it works, so why waste money that AMD is spending now if they never get it working? That would be pointless.
To any buying now, obviously on AMD's side you're a beta tester they hope to fix later in new monitors, assuming they can actually pick parts that FIX the issues. They can't fix the ones you buy now, as it's parts related. You'll live with the ghosting etc. Best to AVOID these monitors until we see if they can "cherry pick" parts that WORK right.