RX Vega with freesync or GTX 1080

[victoria.martell95]

So I'm trying to decide which GPU to buy for gaming at 1440p. I'm wondering if the GTX 1080 will still outperform the RX Vega if I buy a 1440p freesync monitor. I've already decided G-sync monitors are too expensive, but will screen tearing even be an issue with the GTX 1080? Thanks in advance.

 

[dontlistentome]

Screen tearing comes when your framerate exceeds the refresh rate. So at 1440p a 1080 is probably going to have screen tearing on a 60hz monitor. Even a 1070 would have tearing at 1440p. So if you want to avoid screen tearing then maybe getting a high refresh rate monitor is one way of doing this. A 1440p 144hz monitor might be worth looking at.

 

[victoria.martell95]

Ok so assume I pair a 1440p 144 hz freesync monitor with the Vega. Should I go with the 1080 because it's the better graphics card and freesync won't make a difference?

 

[10tacle]

A GTX 1080 will run today's AAA games averaging around 90-100 FPS at 1440p between the big titles (low end being Watchdogs 2 at 60FPS and high end being GTA V at 120 FPS). It is simply not capable of running 144FPS without lowering the in-game resolution setting and/or quality settings.

You might be able to create a custom resolution setting to say 2560x1440 at 100Hz in the Nvidia control panel and then V-sync lock the games, but I'm not familiar with how Freesync monitors work with Nvidia GPUs. The monitor may only allow 60Hz or 144Hz at 1440p with a non-AMD card.

 

[sizzling]

Screen tearing can also occur when fps is lower than refresh rate. Any time the monitor is refreshing at a different time to the gpu can cause it.

What is the rest of your system? High fps can be very cpu demanding.

 

[glaeschenmaggi]

Hey, well I would definitly go with the 1080 because in my opinion it has better drivers and moreover it is more efficient. However there are also 144 Hz G-Sync monitors that aren't so expenive, for example the Dell s2417dg. I have this monitor on my own and I am very happy with it
On amazon.co.uk this monitor is available for 400 Pounds at the moment
Edit: Of course the monitor also has WQHD

 

[victoria.martell95]

i5 7600K CPU
SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2 500GB
ASUS PRIME Z270-A motherboard
16 GB ram
EVGA 650W 80+ Gold psu

So should I go with Radeon then so freesync will match up fps?

 

[glaeschenmaggi]

That's your decision it depends on the budget you are willing to spend. If you decide for Vega you have the advantage of cheaper freesync monitors compared to Nvidia. If you go for Nvidia you will have better gaming performance so far and your system will be more energy efficient. Whether you use AMD with Freesync or Nvidia with G-Sync doesn't matter - both solutions work well.
But to answer your question: I think that an AMD Vega 56 paired with a 144 Hz WQHD Freesync monitor would definitely not be a bad decision.

 

[Cioby]

Not all gsync monitors are too expensive. Also unless you really play games that have large drops or fps fluctuations you won't use that Freesync or Gsync.
I'd pick the 1080 since it's a proven better GPU and the Vega barely achieves the same performance + it's AMD.
Or save the money wasted on Freesync monitors and get a 1080ti which is 40% better. And you can probably run at higher fps with Vsync and your frames won't drop so much, making Freesync useless. Depends what you want and depends on prices in your country.

 

[frank_hnd]

Once you go adaptive sync, you never go back. Tearing free experience > 5-15+ FPS with nVidia.

I vote for the VEGA 56/64 whichever you can afford with the Freesync 1440p monitor.

 

[Cioby]

Once you go adaptive sync, you never go back. Tearing free experience > 5-15+ FPS with nVidia.

I vote for the VEGA 56/64 whichever you can afford with the Freesync 1440p monitor.

Do you know what tearing actually is? Or what lag is. When your monitor and your GPU try to sync frames even if they both do 60 per second, there might be a bit of lag since those frames don't just come at the same time and at the same interval. Tearing actually happens when you have more fps in your game than your monitor can handle and you get 2 different images for example when you look left-right fast and the images don't match so it's like your monitor is cut horizontally.
Freesync and Gsync syncronize your frames perfectly with your monitor. So even if your frames drop, your image is clear and liquid, no stuttering or feeling of lag.

 

[frank_hnd]

Once you go adaptive sync, you never go back. Tearing free experience > 5-15+ FPS with nVidia.

I vote for the VEGA 56/64 whichever you can afford with the Freesync 1440p monitor.

Do you know what tearing actually is? Or what lag is. When your monitor and your GPU try to sync frames even if they both do 60 per second, there might be a bit of lag since those frames don't just come at the same time and at the same interval. Tearing actually happens when you have more fps in your game than your monitor can handle and you get 2 different images for example when you look left-right fast and the images don't match so it's like your monitor is cut horizontally.
Freesync and Gsync syncronize your frames perfectly with your monitor. So even if your frames drop, your image is clear and liquid, no stuttering or feeling of lag.

I do know what tearing is, that is why I said that having a tearing-free experience is better than a few FPS more offered by nVidia cards.

tearing not only happens when your GPU outputs more frames than your monitor refresh rate support, it also happens when it is less. so when FPS vary (all the damn time) you will have a smooth experience with an adaptive sync monitor (Gsync or Freesync)

 

[Cioby]

Once you go adaptive sync, you never go back. Tearing free experience > 5-15+ FPS with nVidia.

I vote for the VEGA 56/64 whichever you can afford with the Freesync 1440p monitor.

Do you know what tearing actually is? Or what lag is. When your monitor and your GPU try to sync frames even if they both do 60 per second, there might be a bit of lag since those frames don't just come at the same time and at the same interval. Tearing actually happens when you have more fps in your game than your monitor can handle and you get 2 different images for example when you look left-right fast and the images don't match so it's like your monitor is cut horizontally.
Freesync and Gsync syncronize your frames perfectly with your monitor. So even if your frames drop, your image is clear and liquid, no stuttering or feeling of lag.

I do know what tearing is, that is why I said that having a tearing-free experience is better than a few FPS more offered by nVidia cards.

tearing not only happens when your GPU outputs more frames than your monitor refresh rate support, it also happens when it is less. so when FPS vary (all the damn time) you will have a smooth experience with an adaptive sync monitor (Gsync or Freesync)

I only got tearing on 4K 60fps monitors when I doubled my screens (the new one has gsync) and since the GPU sends frames in sync with the gsync monitor, tearing does appear on the second one. Otherwise, if the monitor is decent, you only get lag, not tearing, when the frames are below the refresh rate.