Adaptive Vsync still available?

[Kenvie]

It seems that G-Sync and FreeSync are very hot at this moment. I'm planning to buy a GTX 1060 and do not intent to buy a G-Sync monitor(although there will be some keyboard warriors who are gonna say that I should, thank you guys). Since Nvidia seems to go with G-sync and intents to make some profit on it and has every incentive to disable adaptive vsync, my question is whether adaptive vsync is still available as an option on the current gen GTX 1000 family and properly works? The internet seems to have no clear answer on this as of yet.

 

Thanks in advance

[samocamo123]

Just get the RX 480, its better or same performance for cheaper. Unless you want to get a r9 fury nitro off like amazon for 260 which is also a great deal as it has more power than a 1060 or 480.

[ShepBook]

Currently they do not support the adaptive vsync standard (which is what FreeSync basically is). They have said that someday they may, "if their customers want it", but right now their answer is "Use Gsync". Technically there's no reason their cards couldn't support it, as they support the displayport standard that calls for it, but they do not allow it in their drivers. It's possible that they may add it later in a driver update, but I wouldn't hold your breath on that.

[Kenvie]

I forgot that also people would recommend me the RX 480. Alas, for some reason the RX 480 is more expensive in my country and local shops than the GTX 1060. Furthermore I do not own a Freesync monitor(and will not be buying one)

[zMeul]

4 minutes ago, ShepBook said:

Currently they do not support the adaptive vsync standard (which is what FreeSync basically is)

you are confusing Adaptive V-Sync with VESA's Adaptive-Sync

[Kenvie]

6 minutes ago, ShepBook said:

Currently they do not support the adaptive vsync standard (which is what FreeSync basically is). They have said that someday they may, "if their customers want it", but right now their answer is "Use Gsync". Technically there's no reason their cards couldn't support it, as they support the displayport standard that calls for it, but they do not allow it in their drivers. It's possible that they may add it later in a driver update, but I wouldn't hold your breath on that.

I am talking about Nvidia's Adaptive Vsync as shown in this Linus clip. The question is whether the same option in your driver is still present under the pascal GPU's

 

[ShepBook]

1 minute ago, zMeul said:

you are confusing Adaptive V-Sync with VESA's Adaptive-Sync

Oops, my bad. Thanks for catching me on that.

 

Apparently the adaptive vsync is only if your frames exceed the monitor's refresh rate, as a way to help eliminate the lag that can be caused by the GPU having to slow down how fast it renders. It is apparently a thing you can turn on in settings, but it's completely different than Gsync/FreeSync.

 

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/adaptive-vsync

[Kenvie]

18 minutes ago, ShepBook said:

Oops, my bad. Thanks for catching me on that.

 

Apparently the adaptive vsync is only if your frames exceed the monitor's refresh rate, as a way to help eliminate the lag that can be caused by the GPU having to slow down how fast it renders. It is apparently a thing you can turn on in settings, but it's completely different than Gsync/FreeSync.

 

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/adaptive-vsync

Ok thanks. I only asked because Nvidia has every incentive not to include this feature anymore to boost G-Sync sales, which would be typical for Nvidia. Did not see that support page of Nvidia, thanks.

 

EDIT. And while I am reading the support page it seems I was right. They disabled it for the GTX 1060. Go figure

[ShepBook]

My understanding is that Adaptive V-Sync is for when you're exceeding the refresh rate of the monitor (and want lower lag) and Gsync is for when you're under the refresh rate of the monitor. I remember seeing an interview with some nvidia bigwig that explained it on pcper's videos.