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Samsung Announces Five New 4K Monitors To Be Released 2015 - All Of Them Support FreeSync

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Today Samsung announced their 2015 lineup of 4K monitors, and all of them support FreeSync.

It's still unclear how much it will cost and how well FreeSync will stack up against Nvidia's G-Sync though. We don't know the price of these monitors but they will most likely not be that cheap, since they are 4K.

This seems like a major victory for FreeSync in the battle between standards, and with so many 4K displays being announced 2015 might also be the year 4K becomes common on desktop monitors.

Right now, gaming on 4K is not that pleasant unless you have a monster computer. FreeSync will hopefully help make the experience more smooth even at lower frame rates.

 

The new displays are:

UE850 (23.6", 27" and 31.5")

UE590 (23.6" and 28")

 

More info about the displays will be announced shortly.

 

 

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:sigh: When will we have monitors that both support G-Sync and FreeSync??

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:sigh: When will we have monitors that both support G-Sync and FreeSync??

It is possible to have both in 1 monitor. But that'll be more expensive than just one option. I hope we'll get a standard some day.

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:sigh: When will we have monitors that both support G-Sync and FreeSync??

 

Newer monitors that feature G-Sync will probably also support FreeSync.

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:sigh: When will we have monitors that both support G-Sync and FreeSync??

 

I dont think its possible, unless you get nVidia to write something into the G-Sync processing module in the monitor itself to handle FreeSync. Since the monitor scalor and other hardware has to support it, and in G-Sync monitors, that stuff all comes direct from nVidia.

 

Seeing as nVidia refuses to have anything to do with FreeSync whatsoever, dont hold your breath.

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Depends on the price but I will probably get one along with AMD 300 series card.

@snowComet I completely agree. I don't think we will see that any time soon. And I think that NVIDIA will be the problematic obstacle. Like they are not allowing PhysX if you have NVIDIA card with AMD card in your PC.

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wait is that a 32.6 inch UHD monitor? that's finally the pixel density I'm looking for.

 

although going back to 24in from 27 might be an issue...

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GCN 1.1 and up cards support it, for those that were wondering (I did).

 

That would be Radeon R9 290X, R9 290, and R7 260X. Basically all the ones that also have true audio. 285 should as well.

 

Looks like I will be waiting until 2015 for a new monitor. 4k IPS should be a hell of a lot more affordable by then.

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GCN 1.1 and up cards support it, for those that were wondering (I did).

 

That would be Radeon R9 290X, R9 290, and R7 260X. Basically all the ones that also have true audio. 285 should as well.

 

Looks like I will be waiting until 2015 for a new monitor. 4k IPS should be a hell of a lot more affordable by then.

Actually all GCN based cards including the HD 7000 series is compatible with FreeSync.

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Actually all GCN based cards including the HD 7000 series is compatible with FreeSync.

 

Article OP posted says 1.1. So is the article wrong (not saying it isn't)? 

 

"FreeSync will be supported in a range of AMD's graphics cards, athough not all of them: you'll need a GCN 1.1 GPU or higher, like the Radeon R9 290 or R9 290X." 

 

From what I see 1.1 means the True Audio cards. 285 I think is GCN 2.0? So that should have it as well. 

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RIP G-sync. Now we are seeing Adaptive Sync, not only being the standard it is, but also be implemented as a standard into most monitors. It makes no sense to have 2 different IC scalers for 4k monitors, for instance. This is awesome. Now let's have it standard on 21:9 34" monitors too (An LG curved one will have Adaptive Sync very soon). 

 

Actually all GCN based cards including the HD 7000 series is compatible with FreeSync.

 

Only for movie playback and power savings. Not synced framerate in gaming.

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Actually all GCN based cards including the HD 7000 series is compatible with FreeSync.

 

There are limitations on what the older cards will support:

"All AMD Radeon™ graphics cards in the AMD Radeon™ HD 7000, HD 8000, R7 or R9 Series will support Project FreeSync for video playback and power-saving purposes. The AMD Radeon™ R9 295X2, 290X, R9 290, R9 285, R7 260X and R7 260 GPUs additionally feature updated display controllers that will support dynamic refresh rates during gaming."

 

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Article OP posted says 1.1. So is the article wrong (not saying it isn't)? 

 

"FreeSync will be supported in a range of AMD's graphics cards, athough not all of them: you'll need a GCN 1.1 GPU or higher, like the Radeon R9 290 or R9 290X." 

 

From what I see 1.1 means the True Audio cards. 285 I think is GCN 2.0? So that should have it as well. 

 

Only for movie playback and power savings. Not synced framerate in gaming.

 

There are limitations on what the older cards will support:

"All AMD Radeon™ graphics cards in the AMD Radeon™ HD 7000, HD 8000, R7 or R9 Series will support Project FreeSync for video playback and power-saving purposes. The AMD Radeon™ R9 295X2, 290X, R9 290, R9 285, R7 260X and R7 260 GPUs additionally feature updated display controllers that will support dynamic refresh rates during gaming."

 

AMD Freesync FAQ

For video all GCN cards are supported. For gaming GCN 1.1 and up, see here.

 

All AMD Radeon™ graphics cards in the AMD Radeon™ HD 7000, HD 8000, R7 or R9 Series will support Project FreeSync for video playback and power-saving purposes. The AMD Radeon™ R9 295X2, 290X, R9 290, R9 285, R7 260X and R7 260 GPUs additionally feature updated display controllers that will support dynamic refresh rates during gaming.

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For video all GCN cards are supported. For gaming GCN 1.1 and up, see here.

 

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:/ waiting for a 1440p version

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are there any compromising choosing free sync over gsync? obviously freesync is free, so im guessing it wont be as "powerful" as g-sync? 

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Any word on the Panels? Are these IPS?

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Any word on the Panels? Are these IPS?

 

IPS is an LG tech, so only LG panels can be IPS. Samsungs will probably be some sort of VA tech, PVA and/or VA, or something similar, I would guess.

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cool and all, but i rather have a 1080p 21.5" 144hz freesync monitor.

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IPS is an LG tech, so only LG panels can be IPS. Samsungs will probably be some sort of VA tech, PVA and/or VA, or something similar, I would guess.

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This is what NVidia gets for patent trolling :lol:

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I wasn't wrong. It's extremely rare that I am. I provided sources as well. Different devs can disagree. Further, we now have confirmed discrepancy from Twitter about he use of the pre-release 1080 driver in AMD's demo despite the release 1080 driver having been out a week prior.

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You apparently haven't seen his responses to questions on YouTube. He is very condescending and aggressive in his comments with which there is little justification. He acts totally different in his videos. I don't necessarily care for this content style and there is nothing really unique about him or his channel. His endless dick jokes and toilet humor are annoying as well.

 

 

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