Quick freesync question

[thatguyyouknow75]

Im aware that freesync is currently not compatible with my nvidia gpus, but if i buy and use a freesync monitor, will it just run at the 144hz all the time?

[Najuno]

Well if you have the GPU raw horse power to support it sure.

[manikyath]

it'll just turn off freesync and be whatever monitor it'd be without syncing freely. (hurrdurr)

 

that said, something you could look into if you end up doing that is figuring out whatever wendell was on about a while back with fudging nvidia drivers to think its an embedded displayport monitor, turning on "mobile G-sync" (freesync.)

[thatguyyouknow75]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

it'll just turn off freesync and be whatever monitor it'd be without syncing freely. (hurrdurr)

 

that said, something you could look into if you end up doing that is figuring out whatever wendell was on about a while back with fudging nvidia drivers to think its an embedded displayport monitor, turning on "mobile G-sync" (freesync.)

Im no monitor expert, so with freesync off it will run as a simple 1440p 144hz monitor? i dont care much for gsync as the ridiculous price premium isnt worth the payoff

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009769

[manikyath]

2 minutes ago, thatguyyouknow75 said:

Im no monitor expert, so with freesync off it will run as a simple 1440p 144hz monitor? i dont care much for gsync as the ridiculous price premium isnt worth the payoff

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009769

well, if you're not doing it for the case filling, theres always the option of tossing out the nvidia cards and going with a single more powerfull gpu in the future -- perhaps amd? (i still hate SLI & CF passionately )

[Najuno]

You can run Freesync monitors with nVidia cards and G-Sync monitors with AMD cards, just without their individual technology. But the monitor will still run with the max Hz rate if your GPU is able to produce the amount of FPS. That being said if you´re looking into 144Hz 1440p it´s going to be much harder than 60Hz 1440p i.e.

[thatguyyouknow75]

Just now, manikyath said:

well, if you're not doing it for the case filling, theres always the option of tossing out the nvidia cards and going with a single more powerfull gpu in the future -- perhaps amd? (i still hate SLI & CF passionately )

I hated it until i tried it, ive been considering upgrading next gen but dual 970's are very underrated, people got stuck on the .5gb of slower ram and kinda forgot the benchmarks. Most new games support sli and i geat incredible framerates at 5760x1080.

[thatguyyouknow75]

Just now, Najuno said:

You can run Freesync monitors with nVidia cards and G-Sync monitors with AMD cards, just without their individual technology. But the monitor will still run with the max Hz rate if your GPU is able to produce the amount of FPS. That being said if you´re looking into 144Hz 1440p it´s going to be much harder than 60Hz 1440p i.e.

the refresh rate doesnt strain the gpu, it just makes it look better if your gpu is capable of more

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, thatguyyouknow75 said:

I hated it until i tried it, ive been considering upgrading next gen but dual 970's are very underrated, people got stuck on the .5gb of slower ram and kinda forgot the benchmarks. Most new games support sli and i geat incredible framerates at 5760x1080.

i have a single 970 doing stuff like this for me:

i suggest you zoom in on vram usage. (opening in new tab will do that best )

[Najuno]

Just now, thatguyyouknow75 said:

the refresh rate doesnt strain the gpu, it just makes it look better if your gpu is capable of more

Yeah I´m well aware of that but I was just stating that you will need the raw rendering horse power if you have a display with more Hz or higher resolution. But I would prefer a display (other than my 4K where 60Hz is obviously max right now) with more than 60Hz for gaming. I just hate tearing to death, just as much as micro stuttering from multi GPUs. So either FreeSync or G-Sync or 144Hz if it´s not 2160p.

[thatguyyouknow75]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

i have a single 970 doing stuff like this for me:

i suggest you zoom in on vram usage. (opening in new tab will do that best )

i had the three monitors before the second gpu, i just wanted a second one. Im happy with it