G-Sync Vs FreeSync Event - July 18

[jos]

On July 18 in City of Industry in Los Angeles, California, Tom's Hardware will be hosting Battle of the Brands: G-Sync vs FreeSync. gaming systems, built courtesy of sponsor, Digital Storm, half of them running G-Sync, half running FreeSync. Your job: Play some of the games we'll have set up, and answer a series of qualitative questions about the experience. It's that simple. Play games, eat food, and know that your fun-filled Saturday afternoon and will help to determine the champion between these two technologies from Nvidia and AMD.

The event will be hosted at one of the Newegg facilities -- they are also a sponsor, and they've agreed to throw the party, so to speak. When you're not doing some of the testing for us, we'll have music and giveaways and some other stations set up for continued entertainment.

Host for the day will be Chris Angelini. MSI and Zalman will also be there showing off their wares as sponsors.

 

 

Will be a good place to spend the weekend... Whom do you think will win the ultimate battle???????

Registeration at: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2192322/FreeSync-vs-G-Sync-July-18-2015-Registration

Source: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/g-sync-vs-freesync-event,29393.html

[Aytex]

Play games, eat food, 

I already do that but ya know :l

[BoredErica]

I read that earlier, but the drive is too far for me to bother. 

[alamox]

thats some cheap labor bro, food and few hours of gaming

no but seriously that's not a fair comparaison, G-syng rely on it's module, while Freesync rely on the Monitor quality and which scaler the manufacturer used, so basicaly the results depands on the guy who picks the freesync monitors

[Shakaza]

Battle of the fanboys, round 42^69...

[MegaDave91]

Nvidia verifies the capability of panels prior to partners fitting them with a G-Sync module.

 

Free-Sync is open standard and thus AMD has no control over what panels this is implemented into. This raises the potential issue of quality concern (Asus MG279Q recall, anyone?)

[tsk]

Nvidia verifies the capability of panels prior to partners fitting them with a G-Sync module.

 

Free-Sync is open standard and thus AMD has no control over what panels this is implemented into. This raises the potential issue of quality concern (Asus MG279Q recall, anyone?)

They do however control which panel gets freesync certified.

[Takata]

I don't suppose they'll do blind testing?

[jos]

I don't suppose they'll do blind testing?

I think it will be blind testing

[Fetzie]

I think it will be blind testing

 

If it isn't then the results are totally meaningless.

[mr moose]

So long as the best products for each tech is chosen, the tests are blind and the hardware revealed after to show no gimping or foul play.  Then the only hurdle that will be left to overcome will be the fanboys retort. 

 

EDIT: and maybe Richard Huddy blaming Nvidia for intentional sabotaging freesync if it loses.    Joke, don't flame me.

[TechFan@ic]

I'm going to make a big bold prediction and say G-Sync's going to win this one. Simply because most of the current 4K and IPS FreeSync monitors have very narrow variable ranges. 48-75, 40-60. The only exception is Asus's MG279Q.

[marldorthegreat]

I'm going to make a big bold prediction and say G-Sync's going to win this one. Simply because most of the current 4K and IPS FreeSync monitors have very narrow variable ranges. 48-75, 40-60. The only exception is Asus's MG279Q.

Yeah, that is not the fault of AMD. 

[TorqueS]

G-Sync is better because nVidia controls the way it works through their hardware modules.

Freesync is cheaper, thus more friendly to the consumer, but as someone pointed out above, quality is on the manufacturer's side, not AMD's

end of topic...

[Bouzoo]

Yeah, that is not the fault of AMD. 

Actually I'd say it somehow is. No one is gonna come to them and beg them to use Freesync on their monitors.

[Takata]

I'm going to make a big bold prediction and say G-Sync's going to win this one. Simply because most of the current 4K and IPS FreeSync monitors have very narrow variable ranges. 48-75, 40-60. The only exception is Asus's MG279Q.

It's not going to be a fair match if you don't include the BenQ XL2730Z, the 40-144Hz freesync monitor.

 

People are probably going to look for flaws in the blinding methodology, and differences between the screens other than G-sync / FreeSync that are out of the control of AMD and Nvidia. There's the issue of hiding the entire exterior design of both monitors. Also, if, say, the pixels are brighter, or more vibrantly coloured on one monitor, that's something for people to complain about. I kinda doubt any good is going to come out of this "vs" stunt.

 

That said... what's a good "opponent" to pit against the Freesync BenQ XL2730Z. We're looking for something of the same resolution, same physical size, and same pixel type (TN ?)... not sure if I've missed anything. ?

 

Also need a similar IPS display to pit against the Asus MG279Q.

[mr moose]

Yeah, that is not the fault of AMD. 

 

Fault or not, we can only compare what we can buy. if it turns out to be that way then so be it, however it is still legit and a reflection of the technology as a whole. 

[Embattled]

I live pretty darn close to City of Industry but unfortunately I'm taking summer classes at university

[That Norwegian Guy]

I'm going to make a big bold prediction and say G-Sync's going to win this one. Simply because most of the current 4K and IPS FreeSync monitors have very narrow variable ranges. 48-75, 40-60. The only exception is Asus's MG279Q.

 

Freesync currently has the two better 1440p monitors (Acer XG270HU for budget segment, BenQ XL2730Z overall best 1440p monitor, they both go down to 40hz and up to 144)

G-sync currently the better IPS and 4K monitors in general, but it might be about to change, if the Samsung U32E850R lives up to expectations.

[Doobeedoo]

This will be cool place! Though more monitors are needed, specially Freesync I know only one which is 30-144 supported range.

[zMeul]

They do however control which panel gets freesync certified.

manufactures don't actually have to certify with AMD, they just need to support VESA's Adaptive Sync

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

This should be interesting. 

[tsk]

manufactures don't actually have to certify with AMD, they just need to support VESA's Adaptive Sync

While it will work yes, they still need to be certified to get the "freesync" stamp.

[Master Disaster]

G-Sync is better because nVidia controls the way it works through their hardware modules.

Freesync is cheaper, thus more friendly to the consumer, but as someone pointed out above, quality is on the manufacturer's side, not AMD's

end of topic...

Who said anything about quality? This test will be looking exclusively at user experience. The testers don't have to live with the product so evaluating quality is not feasible.

[Guest Kloaked]

Who said anything about quality? This test will be looking exclusively at user experience. The testers don't have to live with the product so evaluating quality is not feasible.

 

..that's what quality is..