Acer XG270HU 27-in 2560 x 1440 TN Gets FreeSync

Published 2015-02-17 17:55 by Hilbert Hagedoorn

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#5015797

Denial

2015-02-17 22:29

can't judge AMD user, cause they aren't very smart in the first place.

You're an idiot.

You mean I have to buy a freesync capable monitor to have freesync? I thought it was free! I might as well buy a g-sync monitor. I am only kidding, I just find it funny how AMD guys like to say its free when isnt. Some of them are going to get a reality check when they realise they need to spend money to have the feature.

Obviously there was going to be a markup on a gaming feature. But the bottom line is that the cost of the FPGA going into G-Sync capable monitors is far greater then the ASIC scalar that's already in every monitor; its simply gaining a feature. Nvidia will either drop the price of G-Sync by changing the FPGA to a ASIC, or they will give it better features, or they will retire it all together. I doubt many of these monitors are going to have non-freesync versions anyway, making price comparisons impossible.

#5015832

Agonist

2015-02-17 23:55

can't judge AMD user, cause they aren't very smart in the first place.

Sometimes I wish I could reach through this monitor and choke slam idiots like you. I like the idea of freesync. I rarely rely on vysnc for 95% of the games I play since I am using triple monitors.

#5015913

Denial

2015-02-18 04:02

Prove that nVidia G-Sync is better than AMD FreeSync :wanker:

Where in my post did I say that G-Sync is better then Freesync?

#5015939

Maddness

2015-02-18 07:06

I haven't had a chance to check out FreeSync as of yet. But if it is as good as G-Sync, then all you AMD people are in for a real treat.

#5015943

fantaskarsef

2015-02-18 07:15

Still waiting for the release of the XB270HU, it's G-Sync cousin...

#5015972

OnnA

2015-02-18 09:06

Great, but when arrive OLED Monitors? 27-32" ~500$

#5015995

Anarion

2015-02-18 09:46

You're an idiot. Obviously there was going to be a markup on a gaming feature. But the bottom line is that the cost of the FPGA going into G-Sync capable monitors is far greater then the ASIC scalar that's already in every monitor; its simply gaining a feature. Nvidia will either drop the price of G-Sync by changing the FPGA to a ASIC, or they will give it better features, or they will retire it all together. I doubt many of these monitors are going to have non-freesync versions anyway, making price comparisons impossible.

I'm pretty sure that they will eventually support adaptive sync too but they will keep the gsync marketing term (like AMD uses free sync term for their adaptive sync implementation).

#5016024

Ryu5uzaku

2015-02-18 11:31

In other news: AMD will not have a whitelist/blacklist policy for FreeSync displays and that as long as a monitor adheres to the standards of DP 1.2a+ then they will operate in the variable refresh rate window as defined by the display's EDID.” But yeah it is as free as display companies let it be, they just might pump the price up a bit with naming (who am I kidding of course they will).

#5016244

Prince Valiant

2015-02-18 17:51

These are starting to get really tempting but I don't like the idea of either sticking with a GPU brand or losing full functionality of a monitor.