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Re: AMD Radeon FreeSync 2 vs NVIDIA G-Sync
2018/03/31 23:31:15
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I believe it simply comes down to which gpu one has, I've never tried FreeSync due to always preferring Nvidia and EVGA for my gpu. Either way I wouldn't recommend a monitor without G-sync or FreeSync.
I like having G-Sync on my 144hz monitor.
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Re: AMD Radeon FreeSync 2 vs NVIDIA G-Sync
2018/04/03 19:35:18
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Both are different animals. They do slightly different things in different ways. It's like Eyefinity vs Surround. They do similar things but in different ways. Nvidia's agressive IP licensing strategy is super annoying with G-Sync though. It adds a crazy premium to panels. There are examples of Freesync and G-sync panels using same or similar panels but different input boards and the prices are a lot different. Problem is, you have a false perception of choice in this when there really isn't. It's always going to be Freesymc for AMD and G-sync for Nvidia. Not like it makes any sense to deviate from whatever video card you have, so the Freesync vs G-sync premise is a total non-starter.
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Re: AMD Radeon FreeSync 2 vs NVIDIA G-Sync
2018/04/08 20:34:56
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Sounds to me AMD realized their first version of Gsync just wasn't that good to try to match up against Gsync. so they're doing a "second try", because they found G-Sync was better in many ways. To call it FreeSync 2? I would have found a different name for it, kind of like how Nvidia added a slogan for their second batch of PhysX called "Flex". But, honestly, when you mess up once, it's hard to get people to come back to it.
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Re: AMD Radeon FreeSync 2 vs NVIDIA G-Sync
2018/04/08 23:54:07
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Sounds to me AMD realized their first version of Gsync just wasn't that good to try to match up against Gsync. so they're doing a "second try", because they found G-Sync was better in many ways. To call it FreeSync 2? I would have found a different name for it, kind of like how Nvidia added a slogan for their second batch of PhysX called "Flex". But, honestly, when you mess up once, it's hard to get people to come back to it.
FreeSync is a product of the VESA spec group. The same spec group that produced DVI and DisplayPort. AMD is more openly receptive to open specifications from VESA compared to Nvidia. Recall how long it took Nvidia to adopt DP vs AMD? I think your reasoning is flawed through bad understanding of context, sloppy marketing from Nvidia and bad reporting from tech news sources. There is nothing wrong with a version update to the spec. It’s what spec groups do to remain relevant and better adapt to current and future needs. So in the context of your premise HDMI 2.0 or DP 1.4 are both bad naming because the previous versions failed market traction? Your logic is a bit flawed.
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Re: AMD Radeon FreeSync 2 vs NVIDIA G-Sync
2018/04/09 16:44:50
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Meh, kind of a useless comparison unless they are using monitors with the same panel. Samsung QLED is going to have way better colors than the TN panel in the Asus regardless of HDR, and color reproduction is likely to skew tester preference more than any small differences in sync performance.
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Re: AMD Radeon FreeSync 2 vs NVIDIA G-Sync
2018/04/11 03:22:44
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Either one is suppose to give you a more consistent frame rate with no screen tearing. So it depends if you like Green or Red. Me personally I'm with Nvidia and EVGA looks like the best GPU party.
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Re: AMD Radeon FreeSync 2 vs NVIDIA G-Sync
2018/04/11 21:39:21
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This review is misleading. Overall, the outcome of this test should have been swayed in AMD's favor due to the fact that game was made on their platform. Only one of the 6 users even mentioned a setting change that seemed to be more effective per system they tested. Also, they used one game in a test that is supposed to test functionality of a screen that works better per GPU manufacture that happens to put more effort on specific games than others.
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Re: AMD Radeon FreeSync 2 vs NVIDIA G-Sync
2018/04/12 12:14:32
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This review is misleading. Overall, the outcome of this test should have been swayed in AMD's favor due to the fact that game was made on their platform. Only one of the 6 users even mentioned a setting change that seemed to be more effective per system they tested. Also, they used one game in a test that is supposed to test functionality of a screen that works better per GPU manufacture that happens to put more effort on specific games than others.
Yeah well it's HardOCP. Nobody takes them seriously. Tom's Hardware did a blind test before and Gsync was the clear winner. They haven't done one freesync 2 yet as far as I know.
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Re: AMD Radeon FreeSync 2 vs NVIDIA G-Sync
2018/04/14 07:33:54
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Sounds to me AMD realized their first version of Gsync just wasn't that good to try to match up against Gsync. so they're doing a "second try", because they found G-Sync was better in many ways. To call it FreeSync 2? I would have found a different name for it, kind of like how Nvidia added a slogan for their second batch of PhysX called "Flex". But, honestly, when you mess up once, it's hard to get people to come back to it.
FreeSync is a product of the VESA spec group. The same spec group that produced DVI and DisplayPort. AMD is more openly receptive to open specifications from VESA compared to Nvidia. Recall how long it took Nvidia to adopt DP vs AMD?
I think your reasoning is flawed through bad understanding of context, sloppy marketing from Nvidia and bad reporting from tech news sources. There is nothing wrong with a version update to the spec. It’s what spec groups do to remain relevant and better adapt to current and future needs.
So in the context of your premise HDMI 2.0 or DP 1.4 are both bad naming because the previous versions failed market traction? Your logic is a bit flawed.
Whether you agree or not, many people are going to assume that "freesync 2" is just AMD's screw-up on "freesync 1", It honestly sounds like a huge joke. Sorry. I'll note my own opinion if you don't mind.  Oh, for the record, this article should be under the computer industry news section. Just throwing that out there.
post edited by stalinx20 - 2018/04/14 11:11:37
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Re: AMD Radeon FreeSync 2 vs NVIDIA G-Sync
2018/04/15 20:14:29
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I don’t think it’s a screw up... I think it’s the 2nd iteration of a technology. Will the leap in Gsync mean that the current gsync is a screw up? No.
I used adaptive sync when I had AMD gpus, it was awesome and cost nothing. Now that I have a 1080Ti I may look at Gsync monitors to complement it.
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Re: AMD Radeon FreeSync 2 vs NVIDIA G-Sync
2018/04/18 17:24:44
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Guess I am stuck with Gsync, since Amd/Ati sucks :P
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