Crimson Dog

Why in the world would you:
a) gloss over the fact that it has FreeSync
b) not use FreeSync at all, using a 1080 instead
c) hope it has G-Sync (hint: if it had it, it'd be much more costly)
d) complain about tearing when it has an adaptive refresh-rate technology inbuilt which you are not bloody using

??

This is the kind of thing that makes people call you an nVidia shill for, mate.

Why in the world would you:
a) gloss over the fact that it has FreeSync
b) not use FreeSync at all, using a 1080 instead
c) hope it has G-Sync (hint: if it had it, it'd be much more costly)
d) complain about tearing when it has an adaptive refresh-rate technology inbuilt which you are not bloody using

??

This is the kind of thing that makes people call you an nVidia shill for, mate.

Why in the world would you:
a) gloss over the fact that it has FreeSync
b) not use FreeSync at all, using a 1080 instead
c) hope it has G-Sync (hint: if it had it, it'd be much more costly)
d) complain about tearing when it has an adaptive refresh-rate technology inbuilt which you are not bloody using

??

This is the kind of thing that makes people call you an nVidia shill for, mate.

Why in the world would you:
a) gloss over the fact that it has FreeSync
b) not use FreeSync at all, using a 1080 instead
c) hope it has G-Sync (hint: if it had it, it'd be much more costly)
d) complain about tearing when it has an adaptive refresh-rate technology inbuilt which you are not bloody using

??

This is the kind of thing that makes people call you an nVidia shill for, mate.

Why in the world would you:
a) gloss over the fact that it has FreeSync
b) not use FreeSync at all, using a 1080 instead
c) hope it has G-Sync (hint: if it had it, it'd be much more costly)
d) complain about tearing when it has an adaptive refresh-rate technology inbuilt which you are not bloody using

??

This is the kind of thing that makes people call you an nVidia shill for, mate.

Why in the world would you:
a) gloss over the fact that it has FreeSync
b) not use FreeSync at all, using a 1080 instead
c) hope it has G-Sync (hint: if it had it, it'd be much more costly)
d) complain about tearing when it has an adaptive refresh-rate technology inbuilt which you are not bloody using

??

This is the kind of thing that makes people call you an nVidia shill for, mate.

Why in the world would you:
a) gloss over the fact that it has FreeSync
b) not use FreeSync at all, using a 1080 instead
c) hope it has G-Sync (hint: if it had it, it'd be much more costly)
d) complain about tearing when it has an adaptive refresh-rate technology inbuilt which you are not bloody using

??

This is the kind of thing that makes people call you an nVidia shill for, mate.

Why in the world would you:
a) gloss over the fact that it has FreeSync
b) not use FreeSync at all, using a 1080 instead
c) hope it has G-Sync (hint: if it had it, it'd be much more costly)
d) complain about tearing when it has an adaptive refresh-rate technology inbuilt which you are not bloody using

??

This is the kind of thing that makes people call you an nVidia shill for, mate.

Why in the world would you:
a) gloss over the fact that it has FreeSync
b) not use FreeSync at all, using a 1080 instead
c) hope it has G-Sync (hint: if it had it, it'd be much more costly)
d) complain about tearing when it has an adaptive refresh-rate technology inbuilt which you are not bloody using

??

This is the kind of thing that makes people call you an nVidia shill for, mate.

Why in the world would you:
a) gloss over the fact that it has FreeSync
b) not use FreeSync at all, using a 1080 instead
c) hope it has G-Sync (hint: if it had it, it'd be much more costly)
d) complain about tearing when it has an adaptive refresh-rate technology inbuilt which you are not bloody using

??

This is the kind of thing that makes people call you an nVidia shill for, mate.

Why in the world would you:
a) gloss over the fact that it has FreeSync
b) not use FreeSync at all, using a 1080 instead
c) hope it has G-Sync (hint: if it had it, it'd be much more costly)
d) complain about tearing when it has an adaptive refresh-rate technology inbuilt which you are not bloody using

??

This is the kind of thing that makes people call you an nVidia shill for, mate.

Why in the world would you:
a) gloss over the fact that it has FreeSync
b) not use FreeSync at all, using a 1080 instead
c) hope it has G-Sync (hint: if it had it, it'd be much more costly)
d) complain about tearing when it has an adaptive refresh-rate technology inbuilt which you are not bloody using

??

This is the kind of thing that makes people call you an nVidia shill for, mate.

Oh fuck off Linus. This is starting to make me reconsider wanting to buy a subscription to the new site (waiting on a decent Vessel replacement). This is just completely false.
 
People who want high refresh rates generally want it for FPS' like CS:GO, Overwatch etc. Are you really trying to claim that two Fury X's couldn't run either of these games at that resolution? Not to mention that they're currently releasing more GPUs... In as few as a couple days they have a major event. It is a $700 monitor and not all of AMD's cards are $200. I have a 390X, does this apparently not exist?
 
You even complain about the tearing in the video. How is it not relevant to mention that there will not be tearing on AMD cards?
 
I'm beginning to take these complaints about Linus being biased seriously. The latest WAN show had the absolutely massive update to the drivers ignored until literally after the outro. 

I .... he ... errr, even if the Fury/FuryX or such card cannot keep ~100 Hz in CSGO or Overwatch on appropriate details at that resolution, isn't that what the frickin Freesync is for? To ... you know, synchronize refresh rate of monitor to output rate of GPU in order to stop tearing and make image smooth? This is review of monitor with Freesync feature, not GPU performance benchmark.
 
Edit: I am willing to pair this monitor with 290X/RX480 while waiting for what Vega brings in. Monitors last much longer than GPUs. If current card cannot keep up at full refresh rate - that's when Freesync kicks in. I just need to know frequency range at least, then I decide for myself, thank you.

Call me naïve, but that was much worse than I expected  
Is he reviewing the monitor or its potential users in the end?
 
And isn't the whole point of Freesync precisely dealing with scenarios where you dip below the refresh rate? If your system gives you 100FPS minimum then all you need is vsync at most. Giving Freesync as a reason to change his mind and do the review doesn't help to understand it either.

Why in the world would you:
a) gloss over the fact that it has FreeSync
b) not use FreeSync at all, using a 1080 instead
c) hope it has G-Sync (hint: if it had it, it'd be much more costly)
d) complain about tearing when it has an adaptive refresh-rate technology inbuilt which you are not bloody using

??

This is the kind of thing that makes people call you an nVidia shill for, mate.

Why in the world would you:
a) gloss over the fact that it has FreeSync
b) not use FreeSync at all, using a 1080 instead
c) hope it has G-Sync (hint: if it had it, it'd be much more costly)
d) complain about tearing when it has an adaptive refresh-rate technology inbuilt which you are not bloody using

??

This is the kind of thing that makes people call you an nVidia shill for, mate.

Why in the world would you:
a) gloss over the fact that it has FreeSync
b) not use FreeSync at all, using a 1080 instead
c) hope it has G-Sync (hint: if it had it, it'd be much more costly)
d) complain about tearing when it has an adaptive refresh-rate technology inbuilt which you are not bloody using

??

This is the kind of thing that makes people call you an nVidia shill for, mate.

Many years ago now I played Call of Duty (the first one) in a major competition and over 6 months took a team called the Divas to winning the European championships in COD hardcore. At the time I was using I think a Logitech G7 which was a wireless mouse with acceleration, and I had been using acceleration the entire time I was l playing pro. That mouse just suited me and I got insanely good with it and I could flick shot with the best of them and my accuracy was pixel perfect. I dominated in COD hardcore I was the best shot in the game by stats and my CS 1.6 game was world class as well.
 
Then the mouse failed, I couldn't get anything but a second hand replacement and I ended up doing that after trying a few other mice I didn't get on with, because their acceleration was different and this included other Logitech mice and its replacement from them. When Windows changed its acceleration algorithm I was doubly stuffed and it was like I was starting from scratch. I spent a small fortune on mice over the years trying to get back my feeling and skills but I never found that optimal acceleration and each mouse destroyed the muscle memory I had built up. I dropped out of the pro circuit and in the end drifted away from the sport. Using acceleration killed my career, and alas we were pre the current climate of pro gaming being sponsors and big money so I wasn't able to get Logitech to do a special run of my mouse or anything like that.
 
A few years ago I cut the acceleration and have been using ideal sensor mice (Avago sensors basically) only. Despite going through a few different mice and sensors all of them have been the same and I haven't had much in the way of adjustment period. So I can change the grip type and mouse size and shape and all that without impact on my flick shots, my muscle memory is returning and while I doubt I'll ever compete again my K/D in various games has been improving. I just chose 35cm for a 360 and I set every game to that before I do anything else and then my skills translate directly. If the ADS has a different speed that messes me up but I think with time developers will learn that needs to be configurable as well.
 
Can you be competitive with acceleration? Sure you can there are many pros out there today that use it and I did it myself in FPS games. However you are running the risk that your type of acceleration goes away and never comes back and that is kind of likely over a 20 years period.

Yup, by "everyone" in the quotes I meant that most people likely left it on by default.
 
In the gaming world, I guess I missed this as I'm the worlds worst at FPS so don't really pay attention to their communities. Somehow in the past I just decided I like it off even for general desktop stuff.
 
I guess what bugs me isn't that there is acceleration or not, but not being able to easily turn it off like in MacOS or various Linux. Even my current laptop, the touchpad has it on at a low level when the driver is installed, and I can't find a way to disable it other than uninstalling the driver, which breaks more things... just put the option in and everyone can be happy.

Depends on what you mean by "everyone".
 
In the office space or home use, most will have it on because it's on by default. They don't care about it.
 
In gaming circles, however, having it on is a faux pas at best. Every guide I've seen out there immediately instructs people to go into options and turn it off.
This might just be due to the fact that the most avid mouse enthusiasts are FPS players, where, admittedly, turning off mouse acceleration carries the most benefit, but it's bleeding into other gaming spaces.

It all comes down to the users preference, and I agree in games where "pixel" accuracy is not required acceleration is fine
 
at the end of the day what is most comfortable to you matters, if your brain and muscles find it easier one way, and you are most comfortable and accurate that way then fuck what others say

See, this kind of thing is not what you usually see.
 
Everywhere i looked, all i've seen was "hurr acceleration bad, if you use it, you're a scrublord, give into the hivemind"

I'm exaggerating, of course, but your response was one of the extremely only ones i've seen in years where accel. is actually called what it is - a preference. Most just call it bad and dismiss it out of hand.

I've used the Windows mouse acceleration ("Enhance pointer precision") for forever now. It just felt natural and I've gotten used to it. I like flicking the mouse a small distance and having it shoot to my other screen or to the edge of the current one.
 
It's only a few days back, when i got my g303, and with persuasion by a friend did i switch to having it off.
It was hell. I just couldn't wrap my head around it.
If i set it for micro precision that i had before, it would be sluggish on a macro scale.
If i set it for fast between-screen movement, my micro precision was nonexistent and it just kept shooting everywhere.
 
Things i could do effortlessly and without thought before, like kiting the monster camps with Vi in the jungle (League of Legends) now required my full focus and concentration. I kept missing the damn monster and walking next to it, nullifying the kite.
And if i set it so that the micro precision was close to before, i couldn't scroll well or fast, since i use edge scrolling.
 
I've gotten better at controlling it now but i still feel like i'm lagging behind from what i could do before, and my hand feels way more tired since i need to move the mouse much more than before.
It may improve, but i'm not sure.
 
So, i guess what i'm saying is that mouse acceleration, at least the Windows software one, not coming from the sensor (which i consider to be just an outright flaw with the sensor), isn't something that should be dismissed out of hand every time.
 
In games like FPSs where precision is paramount, sure, having it off enhances your precision and makes you more consistent, definitely.
However, in games where macro is more important than micro precision, like MOBAs, having it on and working with it can be beneficial, or at least equivalent to having it on, and for general computer use i find having it on to be much more productive.
 
Call me a scrublord all you like, but that's what i think.

Everything is a preference. I don't like super low sensitivity where you need to use your entire desk as a mousepad. I like playing most compatible games with an Xbox controller. I'm not a fan of mechanical keyboards.
 
My opinions are "wrong" according to elitists.
 
I don't like mouse acceleration though. But you do you, bro.