Nvidia supporting freesync now, wuhhhhhh

[vapour]

https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/283261-nvidia-admits-defeat-will-support-g-sync-on-freesync-displays

Don't know if this is true. If it is, it will piss off those gsync monitor owners I can imagine.

 

[xxxlun4icexxx]

https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/283261-nvidia-admits-defeat-will-support-g-sync-on-freesync-displays

Don't if this is true. If it is, it will piss off those gsync monitor buyers I can imagine.

I think right now it's limited to a few specific models.

As a gsync monitor buyer I'm not salty, I'm actually really excited about this.

 

[WildCard999]

Hopefully it is true, this is excellent!

 

[PuperHacker]

Finally... this is very good news for budget gamers.
It will make gaming with nVidia cards more "affordable".

 

[vapour]

I guess AMD GPU sales will be impacted...

 

[WildCard999]

I guess AMD GPU sales will be impacted...

I don't think so, they still have good price to performance GPU's. What I'm most interested in is seeing if the Gsync ranges will be the same as the Freesync ranges or a higher range.

 

[vapour]

I guess AMD GPU sales will be impacted...

I don't think so, they still have good price to performance GPU's. What I'm most interested in is seeing if the Gsync ranges will be the same as the Freesync ranges or a higher range.

price is getting closer and nvidia is usually pulling in less energy and runs cooler. To me, this is a bold move by Nvidia, willing to sacrifice profit on gsync monitors but hopefully getting more sales. Not to mention AMD has nothing comparable to 1080 ti/2080/2080 ti.

 

[PuperHacker]

I think this is less about maximizing their profits and more about hitting AMD

 

[WildCard999]

I guess AMD GPU sales will be impacted...

I don't think so, they still have good price to performance GPU's. What I'm most interested in is seeing if the Gsync ranges will be the same as the Freesync ranges or a higher range.

price is getting closer and nvidia is usually pulling in less energy and runs cooler. To me, this is a bold move by Nvidia, willing to sacrifice profit on gsync monitors but hopefully getting more sales. Not to mention AMD has nothing comparable to 1080 ti/2080/2080 ti.

It definitely is a bold move and like you said they own the high range market but I'm hopeful for AMD Navi 7nm, maybe AMD will release some info about it at CES.

 

[ern88]

Just so happens my monitor is on the list. Can't wait to try this next Tuesday

 

[vapour]

Just so happens my monitor is on the list. Can't wait to try this next Tuesday

wow, lucky break.

 

[WildCard999]

Hopefully they'll add LG to there list at some point.

 

[vapour]

Dell for me.

 

[vapour]

current list for g-freesync monitors:

 

[huntlong]

From what I’ve read/heard we will be able manually enable G-Sync in the Nvidia control panel on all Freesync monitors but a perfect experience is only guaranteed for the “supported” monitors.

My question is what about HDR. G-Sync HDR is changing to G-Sync Ultimate which is supported by G-Sync monitors that have the special chip built into them. So I guess this means “supported” freesync monitors will be able to use G-Sync but not be able to use G-Sync and HDR at the same time?

 

[vapour]

From what I’ve read/heard we will be able manually enable G-Sync in the Nvidia control panel on all Freesync monitors but a perfect experience is only guaranteed for the “supported” monitors.

My question is what about HDR. G-Sync HDR is changing to G-Sync Ultimate which is supported by G-Sync monitors that have the special chip built into them. So I guess this means “supported” freesync monitors will be able to use G-Sync but not be able to use G-Sync and HDR at the same time?

 

[WildCard999]

From what I’ve read/heard we will be able manually enable G-Sync in the Nvidia control panel on all Freesync monitors but a perfect experience is only guaranteed for the “supported” monitors.

My question is what about HDR. G-Sync HDR is changing to G-Sync Ultimate which is supported by G-Sync monitors that have the special chip built into them. So I guess this means “supported” freesync monitors will be able to use G-Sync but not be able to use G-Sync and HDR at the same time?

It's probably better that HDR goes to Gsync anyways, I have a monitor with HDR and even setting up Windows with it and my games the colors are as vibrant as I'd like, for me I'd take IPS over HDR.

 

[Kratos12]

So does this mean no more budget G-Sync panels like the S2716DG/ Acer XB271HU and G-Sync will be reserved only for high end?

 

[sunkenau]

Would it be acceptable to think monitors within the range of the listed monitors are likely to be supported? The XG248 and XG258 are on the list and I currently have an XG27VQ

 

[tennis2]

They're only auto-enabling FS on monitors with at least 1:2.4 VRR. The rest will be manual.

They've also only gotten a few manufactures into the list and appear to be working in alphabetical order.

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[castl3bravo]

I guess AMD GPU sales will be impacted...

I don't think so, they still have good price to performance GPU's. What I'm most interested in is seeing if the Gsync ranges will be the same as the Freesync ranges or a higher range.

price is getting closer and nvidia is usually pulling in less energy and runs cooler. To me, this is a bold move by Nvidia, willing to sacrifice profit on gsync monitors but hopefully getting more sales. Not to mention AMD has nothing comparable to 1080 ti/2080/2080 ti.

I think it's more that Nvidia now recognises AMD is more of a competitive threat needing to offset any perceived advantage in trying AMD over Nvidia. Linus had a good review of what it means.

Regardless I was never a fan of the $200-$250 Nvidia G-Sync tax, so this is great news for the gamer!

 

[tennis2]

Don't forget the $500 GSync HDR module cost. Nobody's going to pay that, and as the market becomes more saturated with HDR, Nvidia will fall behind.

Not to mention Intel dGPUs in 2020 will be FreeSync also.

It was a good run. They made a lot of money on their GSync tax, and successfully vendor locked all the GSync monitor customers into Nvidia GPUs for the remaining life of the monitor.

 

[Skipping-Bear]

https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/283261-nvidia-admits-defeat-will-support-g-sync-on-freesync-displays

Don't if this is true. If it is, it will piss off those gsync monitor buyers I can imagine.

I think right now it's limited to a few specific models.

As a gsync monitor buyer I'm not salty, I'm actually really excited about this.

Nope its all freesync monitors if your monitor works well with amd gpu then it will more than likely work well with your nvidia gpu the monitors they mentioned are the ones that nvidia certs that those monitors work as well as gsync i havea free sync monitor thats not on the list of "validated" and it works fine i have a 75hz view sonic vx2257 and it works just fine flawlessly