Freesync on nvidia hack?

[Overkilled]

So im getting the freesync version of the rog swift, the rog dominator (because its like 100 pound cheaper) and I heard somewhere you can actually trick the monitor into thinking a card from amd?

[Enderman]

source?

sounds like bs to me...

[kameshss]

Where is that "somewhere"?

 

Don't risk yourself, If you have Nvidia card, get the Gsync monitor.

[xAcid9]

You need to trick the driver not the monitor.

[Prysin]

you got two options

 

sell Nvidia card and buy AMD

or

buy G-sync monitor

[Lord_Karango17]

The nvidia drivers are not built to control the monitors refresh rate, since with gsync the monitor does everything on its own.

 

With freesync, since the monitor does not have any dedicated processing internally, the driver has to do the heavy lifting.

[iamdarkyoshi]

The nvidia drivers are not built to control the monitors refresh rate, since with gsync the monitor does everything on its own.

 

With freesync, since the monitor does not have any dedicated processing internally, the driver has to do the heavy lifting.

Drivers=free

Gsync module=not free

OP, sell your GPU and buy an AMD card

[Lord_Karango17]

Drivers=free

Gsync module=not free

Wait what?

 

I'm saying that the nvidia drivers are not built to drive a freesync panel.

 

When did I say that gsync was a better/ cheaper option?

[Najuno]

So im getting the freesync version of the rog swift, the rog dominator (because its like 100 pound cheaper) and I heard somewhere you can actually trick the monitor into thinking a card from amd?

Either you buy a G-Sync display or you sell your nVidia GPU. Nothing else will work.

[iamdarkyoshi]

Wait what?

I'm saying that the nvidia drivers are not built to drive a freesync panel.

When did I say that gsync was a better/ cheaper option?

I am saying that freesync is a cheaper/better option because it is implemented using mostly software (which costs nothing) rather than using extra circuitry in the monitor, which adds to the price. Hi linus.

[Overkilled]

looked it up apparently some guy hacked the amd driver

 

@LinusTech please review the MG278Q and MG279Q

[Overkilled]

http://www.overclock.net/t/1538208/nvidia-g-sync-free-on-mobile-edp-monitors-with-980m

proof?

[MMKing]

No way, the driver handles that stuff. Without source code from Nvidia and AMD, it's damn near impossible to get it working with any driver version, let alone keeping such a function updates.

[Lord_Karango17]

I am saying that freesync is a cheaper/better option because it is implemented using mostly software (which costs nothing) rather than using extra circuitry in the monitor, which adds to the price.

Thats true, but its not like you are paying the extra money for nothing, because in most cases the usable variable refresh rate range is larger with gsync implementations.

Having things done through software is always ideal, but it can't do everything.

[iamdarkyoshi]

Thats true, but its not like you are paying the extra money for nothing, because in most cases the usable variable refresh rate range is larger with gsync implementations.

Having things done through software is always ideal, but it can't do everything.

I agree. I personally think that a slightly smaller framerate window (which AMD has discovered a workaround) is worth it for like 100 bucks less

[KemoKa]

This was spoken about on Tek Syndicate a couple of times. Nvidia-based laptops which support GSync were found to not have GSync modules found in standalone Gsync monitors. Instead they use the adaptive V-sync standard that is used in Embedded DisplayPort. Based on that, it looks like the hardware in Nvidia cards does support Freesync, but the drivers are gimped on desktop cards to bar support for it. If you could somehow hack the drivers to make them think that the connection they're running is eDP, then I'm pretty sure that they'd support Freesync.

 

This is why I have a hard time sticking up for Nvidia when they do proprietary, anti-competitive stuff like this...
 

[Overkilled]

This was spoken about on Tek Syndicate a couple of times. Nvidia-based laptops which support GSync were found to not have GSync modules found in standalone Gsync monitors. Instead they use the adaptive V-sync standard that is used in Embedded DisplayPort. Based on that, it looks like the hardware in Nvidia cards does support Freesync, but the drivers are gimped on desktop cards to bar support for it. If you could somehow hack the drivers to make them think that the connection they're running is eDP, then I'm pretty sure that they'd support Freesync.

 

This is why I have a hard time sticking up for Nvidia when they do proprietary, anti-competitive stuff like this...

 

so what your saying is freesync is supported on nvidia cards with hacks?

[KemoKa]

so what your saying is freesync is supported on nvidia cards with hacks?

Hacks to the drivers. The hardware supports it natively. If Nvidia suddenly had a change of heart, they could rewrite the drivers and make it Freesync compatible basically overnight (not really, but... it'd be a quick fix). But because Nvidia is Nvidia, they just point-blank refuse to do it.