IS IT possible at all - Freesync and Geforce GTX 970 STRIX

[kil4]

I know nvidia support only Freesync Series 10 but i want to know.
It is some hardware limit or only drivers / firmware?

If its divers it possible i quess make some custom drivers to unlock Freesync for older GPU right?

 

I have:
- Geforce GTX 970 STRIX DC2OC-4GD5
- iiyama G-MASTER Red Eagle GB2488HSU
- DisplayPort 1.2 Cable with Latches - Certified, 6 ft

[Mira Yurizaki]

It's likely a mix of both drivers and firmware. The drivers need to tell the GPU "oh hey, go do adaptive sync" and the firmware on the GPU needs to know how to talk via the DisplayPort Adaptive Sync protocol.

[mxk]

It's a hardware issue because the 9 series cards don't have the newer port that 10 series cards do have. That's really the only reason that it can't do freesync. I wanted to try and do it when I still had a 960 but I couldn't for this reason.

[kil4]

3 hours ago, mxk said:

It's a hardware issue because the 9 series cards don't have the newer port that 10 series cards do have. That's really the only reason that it can't do freesync. I wanted to try and do it when I still had a 960 but I couldn't for this reason.

Thank you for explanation