should nvidia make freesync the standard?

[katiekitsune]

I was thinking, with the groundwork in place from freesync and gsync (and the price premiums that come with it) it seems that freesync would become the perfect system if nvidia abandoned the idea of gsync moduals and just used the displayport 1.2a standard. they could probably pull more people from amd if they did. because people wouldnt be tied down to one company because they bought a monitor there would be more choice in the market. what do you guys think? cheap and easy freesync or expensive and only slightly better gsync?

[AlwaysFSX]

God no. Go with the VESA standard like you numbskull companies are supposed to.

[AresKrieger]

Gsync is better, not easier to produce but better (more $), so they aren't going to.

[QueenDemetria]

They should switch to freesync, there is no reason not to use it other than to be "proprietary"(which we all know nVidia loves this). Even though they basically use freesync in laptops, I doubt it will make its way to desktops officially.

[Sam Z Man]

Companies have to pay nvidia for every G-sync monitor that's made why would they stop that.

[Virtual01]

As long as Nvidia has such a commanding lead in the market Gsync is here to stay.

[ForsakenLive]

We need an open dynamic refresh standard.

[Boink]

Should they use an open standard? Yes. Will they? Maybe in 5 years or so, Nvidia loves their proprietary tech.

[Lethal Seraph]

It would be ideal to have some kind of sync tech as a standard for all... but in reality, the gpu market is dominated by nvidia which is stubborn to cooperate when it threatens it's proprietary tech. I don't see it happening at all.

Maybe things will change if Intel decides to take up nvidia on the dGPU market.

[BrightCandle]

The gsync module does far more than just adaptive sync. Its really the 3rd generation monitor controller that they have produced and it includes all the functionality from lightboost and lightboost 2. Few people complained about lightboost 2 and all they added was adaptive sync and renamed it gsync. Personally I would love for both of them to support both, that way we can have either monitor and either GPU and then we end up with proper competition rather than this attempt to kill off one manufacturers solution without the consumer actually deciding.