Adaptive refresh rate tech

[namarino]

So I was thinking about these adaptive refresh rate technologies and what they're meant to do. If you have a 1440p monitor at 144Hz refresh rate, doesn't that negate the need for adaptive refresh rate? I don't think there are many gpus that can play any game at 1440p at 144 hz. Isn't it kind of a waste of money at that point? Another question, will freesync soon be available on all monitors since it operates on the hdmi standard (that might be wrong)? Thanks guys.

[ThatOneRussian]

of course not G-Sync still exists

[Virtual01]

Older games can still benefit from 144hz. In general adaptive refresh is always superior to non-adaptive. It eliminates the worry of having to either maintain stable 60fps or deal with Vsync stutter.

[namarino]

Older games can still benefit from 144hz. In general adaptive refresh is always superior to non-adaptive. It eliminates the worry of having to either maintain stable 60fps or deal with Vsync stutter.

But if my GPU can't even output 144 fps, then just turn off v sync and there's no problem....right?

[Virtual01]

But if my GPU can't even output 144 fps, then just turn off v sync and there's no problem....right?

 

If your objective is to eliminate screen tearing, vsync needs to be on whether you have adaptive sync or not. Unless your framerate is exactly matched to your refresh rate, or an exact fraction of it (1/2, 1/3, etc) you will still get screen tearing. Even with adaptive sync you still need vsync to make sure your framerate doesn't exceed your refresh rate.