Sorry for the double post, but wanted to reply to a couple other people too, to make some corrections/inform some people.
Wisecracker :
Any word on if either panel supports Freesync (or Adaptive-Sync if you want to use the standard's actual name)? I'd be willing to bet that nVidia has some sort of incentive if manufacturers leave that standard out.
Adaptive-Sync Added To DisplayPort 1.2a Spec
NEWARK, CA (12 May 2014) — The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) today announced the addition of Adaptive-Sync to its popular DisplayPort 1.2a video interface standard ...
nVidia is likely subsidizing the cost of manufacture, but they will not dump DP 1.2a.
So. Yes. You will be able to Free-Sync on your G-Sync
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This is not true. It does not matter if they don't dump DP 1.2a. Just because the connector port supports it, doesn't mean the hardware it's soldered to does. The standard DOES NOT REQUIRE that manufacturers actually use hardware that supports these features. Merely that the connector they solder to their scalers HAS THE CAPABILITY for these features, but does not mean that the hardware its attached to utilizes all of them. Considering that G-SYNC uses an FPGA board they designed that happens to have a DP1.2a soldered to it, not your typical ASIC scaler, they are in not obligated to support Adaptive Sync
even if they are using a DP 1.2a port that has it baked in.
To make a comparison, imagine you bought a cheapo budget Android phone, that has no accelerometer. Android has basic driver support for accelerometers built in, so phones know when they're sideways or right-side up and then adjust the screens accordingly, However, the phone isn't required to make use of that feature if it doesn't have the hardware, so you can't rotate your screen on this budget android phone. The same is true of DP 1.2a. Yes, it has support for control of the V_Blank interval from the GPU. But no, you don't have to bake that feature into your scaler if you want to still sell cheapo monitors but include a DP 1.2a port on the back.
eklipz330 :
gsync only increases the cost of the monitor. ill stick with nothing for now. if freesync is truly free, gsync is a short lived tech.
Adaptive refresh needs a ASIC display IC physical redesign, not just a firmware update. This means silicon redesign, tape out, manuf, testing, firmware - the lot. This is not "free". This will still inflate the price of the monitor. It is yet to be seen if this price will be less than G-SYNC, but even if it is, the reason being is that while ASICs are cheaper, they take longer to make, whereas FPGAs are easy to make, but very very expensive.