AMD : FreeSync Monitors Shipping in December – Will Cost $100 Less Than Nvidia G-Sync

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Trentonater said:

Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

I honestly think that neither of these technologies will persuade most PC gamers to get one or the other cause I feel like that more people are waiting for better 4k ready monitors rather than 1080p monitors with hardware level V-sync enabled. I know that in-game V-sync as well as "adaptive" V-sync isn't always perfect but I really don't think that most people care enough to dish out a few hundred dollars just so they can have better V-sync where as they can spend a few hundred dollars and get a 4k ready monitor and just continue to use software V-sync

And I get that its also available for 4k monitors but 4k monitors are quite expensive as it is so spending more just for a better V-sync option still doesn't seem like it will take off just yet but hopefully in the future, it will

You would be wrong. Gamers in general don't care about 4K because they are just paying a whole lot for crappy monitors with brute-force AA. You are paying more for something so could get for free with AA and probobly don't have the graphical power required to run in the first place. You end up playing at a lower resolution with upscaling so everything actually looks worse. 4K is going to go the way of 3D not 1080p.

G-sync is marketed towards gamers and all gamers care about is higher refresh rates and faster response times. That is why most G-sync monitors are the the 144Hz ones. Gamers also stay away from V-sync in general. They would rather take screen-tearing.

Umm... I highly doubt 4k is going to be a gimmick like 3d was considering how virtually every company is pushing 4k... Sure, our GPU's aren't quite there yet but it will be soon enough just like how our GPU's werent there when 1080p was a brand new thing and 4k does eliminate almost any need for AA because the pixcel density is quite high and I am pretty sure more people would prefer that over AA anyday if given the choice.

I also highly doubt gamers would prefer screen-tearing over V-sync. I know V-Sync is far from perfect which is why technologies like this are being built to combat it in the future but for the people that don't have a G-Sync/FreeSync monitor, the amount of immersion breaking mess that screen-tearing can create, I am sure will be enough to turn on V-sync for most gamers. But of course, that is very game/specs dependent. If you played Mirrors Edge with a 970 with Vsync off, you are in for one terrible ride as an example