You don't like your 3440x1440 monitor?
They had positive feedback because it actually exists now. That variable refresh removes judder and tearing within the frequency range of the monitor was never in question. The questions that still need to be answered are on the quality of the implementation. This means testing input lag and fallback cases.
The 40~60hz monitors do not sound nearly as compelling as a 30~144hz monitor. If your max refresh rate is more than double your minimum, there are tricks you can do to make the minimum refresh rate irrelevant(I don't think anyone is using these tricks yet though.) Essentially, you can move the "display exactly when frame finishes" window to include the moment the frame is expected to finish. The bigger the gap between minimum and maximum refresh rate, the less precise you have to be about predicting the frame's render time. Even if you don't do those tricks, a 30~144hz monitor will bump any frame time above 33.3ms up to 41.3ms. A 40~60hz monitor will bump any frame time above 25ms up to 41.3ms.
So your best bet with a 40~60hz monitor is reducing settings so you never go below 40fps, and cap framerate in game to just under 60fps. I would really like to see these monitors bump their maximum refresh rate up to at least 62hz, so games with a hard coded 60hz framerate cap can run with less latency.
PC Perspective had an interview with Nvidia's Tom Petersen the other day. He did talk about G-Sync/Freesync a little bit.
A lot of people are asking if G-Sync is immaterial now that the open source/free of charge Freesync is out, especially as Adaptive Synd(the underlying tech behind both G/F-Sync) is standard in DP 1.3 and not just in DP 1.2a.
Tom Peterson basically said; no. We're not going to support Freesync. On the other hand, his no was not categorical. He also added "you should never say never". How you interpret this depends on your outlook and assumptions.
My assumption continues to be. Nvidia will continue to support G-Sync until it's no longer possible to do so. The fact that they keep the door ajar at all times indicates that they know that the risk is that Freesync will simply be a no-brainer and as such they may have to pivot.
What I wonder though, can you really disable support for Adaptive Sync in DP 1.3? Because if, say, Pascal GPUs have native DP 1.3 support and AS is built into DP 1.3, can Nvidia really change any of that? I'm guessing that they can, from his comments, but still, how does one go about it in more techical terms. Anyone knows?
Link to the exact section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHrSe0DtXHk#t=3247
anything that is open source will win in the end
FreeSync was already demonstrated with an off-the-shelf Toshiba laptop.Intel/AMD should work on getting this into laptops.
Whoever does this first gets my money. I need a new laptop anyway.
I'm not surprised at all, because variable refresh wasn't actually demonstrated until a year after that article. Check the framerates in the video. It's essentially a comparison of v-sync at 30hz to v-sync at 50hz.FreeSync was already demonstrated with an off-the-shelf Toshiba laptop.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7641/amd-demonstrates-freesync-free-gsync-alternative-at-ces-2014
So I'm a bit surprised that we haven't heard anything yet about official FreeSync capable laptops before now. Laptops would benefit from Adaptive-Sync even more than desktops given their low power/thermal GPUs/APUs.
You mean like HD-DVD? Sony and its proprietary Blu-Ray would beg to differ.
Announcing upcoming support would decimate current G-Sync sales, however many there are.
The door is carefully left open with that statement though. I'm sure as RS stated they are carefully watching developments and biding their time while trying to maintain the vendor lock in that g sync provides (due to the high cost).
anything that is open source will win in the end
For sure, as soon as NV have it on public record they will support FS, nobody sane is going to buy GSync for the extra premium $.
If FS takes off and many new good monitors adopt it, it becomes a no brainer for NV to jump onboard. It would nullify one of AMD's few advantages instantly.
I'm willing to bet NV already has hardware designed to take advantage of a-sync. For now they are doing the smart thing and selling their own G-Sync since it currently owns the market.
I bought a ROG because it's the only thing there is that gives me beautiful tear free gaming and has a 144hz refresh.
The 40~60hz monitors do not sound nearly as compelling as a 30~144hz monitor.
You mean like HD-DVD? Sony and its proprietary Blu-Ray would beg to differ.