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Which AMD GPUs will support Freesync?

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http://support.amd.com/en-us/search/faq/219

 

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 APUs codenamed "Kaveri," "Kabini," "Temash," "Beema" and "Mullins" also feature the necessary hardware capabilities to enable dynamic refresh rates for video playback, gaming and power-saving purposes. All products must be connected to a display that supports DisplayPort Adaptive-Sync.
 
It is our current understanding that the software architecture of select games may not be compatible with dynamic refresh rate technology like Project FreeSync. In these instances, users will be able to toggle the activation of FreeSync in the AMD Catalyst™​ driver.

I've recently sold an old Asus Radeon HD7790 OC graphics card, and that got me wonder whether or not it would support freesync, the graphics card uses the GCN architecture like the modern cards, and supports DisplayPort. Are these the only requirements for freesync, or will the functionality be limited by drivers to work on only specific cards? like the R9 270 for example. I'd be grateful for anyone to clarify the requirements of freesync for me.

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Only the 290 and 290X currently that I know of.*

 

*For gaming.

 

According to the FAQ, their APUs support FreeSync for everything.

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http://support.amd.com/en-us/search/faq/219

 

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 APUs codenamed "Kaveri," "Kabini," "Temash," "Beema" and "Mullins" also feature the necessary hardware capabilities to enable dynamic refresh rates for video playback, gaming and power-saving purposes. All products must be connected to a display that supports DisplayPort Adaptive-Sync.
 
It is our current understanding that the software architecture of select games may not be compatible with dynamic refresh rate technology like Project FreeSync. In these instances, users will be able to toggle the activation of FreeSync in the AMD Catalyst™​ driver.

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GCN 1.1 is required. The R9 290, 290X, and 285 are the only compatible ones right now.

The APUs support it as well. http://support.amd.com/en-us/search/faq/219

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