Question About RX Vega - FreeSync

[MrN1ce9uy]

I recently bought a 1080p 144Hz monitor which happened to have FreeSync. It was a really good deal on sale. I have a GTX 1070 but am sort of thinking about getting an RX Vega and (if it's that much better w/ FreeSync) selling my 1070. I know they will likely sell out within the first day or two of release, question is should I wait for reviews? I have the money in my PayPal ready to go, but would definitely want to be able to sell my 1070 to make up the cost.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Tough being in the spot you are ... the best time to sell a 1070 is 2 weeks before "sumthin bettah" comes out. Where ya really get caught is when ya see leaked results showing one thing and then finding out 2 weeks later that you weren't quite getting the whole story. Example the 390/390X was reported initially as being faster than the 780. But then 2 things happened. A week later the 780 Ti came out dropping the price on the 780 by $150. And then, it was realized that while the card's performance outta the box was remarkable, it was because the cards were very aggressively clocked in the box with very little OC headroom, high temps and large power draws. But when both were OC'd "bawlz to the wall", the 780 was the faster card.

Now if it turns out that AMD can deliver faster performance for their new card overclocked than the 1070 overclocked and w/o any power or heat concerns, then everybody wins... almost. Cause if that happens, the value of your 1070 will drop and it will be harder to sell for the price you want at that point. But if ya sell the 1070 before and it can't provide a better value, than you lose too. So basically it's a crap shoot.

The thing is with a 1070 on a 1080p monitor, you more often than not get better results using motion blur reduction than G-Sync. G-Sync's ideal range is from 30 fps to 70ish but the higher you get, the less impact G-Sync has. After 70, many will switch to ULMB turning G-Sync off. The problem w/ you existing monitor, is that you can't use G-Sync or ULMB. Freesync has a functional range starting at 40 fps... but Freesync has no corresponding technology to ULMB which is part of the G-Sync hardware module responsible for G-Sync's increased cost. So when up above 70 fps and higher, there is no option for motion blur reduction technology to be used w/ Freesync unless the monitor manufacturer included such in which case there would have been a cost premium. If the goal is to get up close to 144 fps, then I'd be more interested in Motion Blue Reduction than syncing.