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[Tiff]

Hello, my son wants a gaming PC. So to get the best one for my money, since I don't have a lot, I've been searching the web up and down about all the different parts! I found a nice curved monitor -MSI free sync - but i found out free sync monitors aren't compatible with Nvdia gpu or graphics cards and they seem to be the best PC. What graphics card and mother board are the best to make use of everything a free sync monitor has to offer? Also,  is a display port necessary in the monitor? Any additional details would be helpful? TIA

[Noyu]

First off you probably need to give us your total budget and if it includes peripherals (e.g. mouse keyboard monitor)
 

2 minutes ago, Tiff said:

What graphics card and mother board are the best to make use of everything a free sync monitor has to offer? Also,  is a display port necessary in the monitor? Any additional details would be helpful? TIA

For FreeSync to work, you just need an AMD Graphics Card, and a FreeSync monitor, nothing else.

FreeSync only works over either DisplayPort and HDMI. Most monitors do it over DisplayPort but there are a few (e.g. LG monitors) that only do it through HDMI.

If you can give us the specific model number of the MSI monitor you found, we can check for you. But just off the top of my head, it'll be FreeSync over DisplayPort.

 

The motherboard doesn't matter for FreeSync functionality.

[TechMan2175]

we can help with the built also if you need help.

[Captain Ninja Kid]

free sync will only work with a amd gpu's but this doesn;t mean it wont work with an nvidea monitor. That monitor will still work but the adaptive refresh rate will not work. If you can afford it a rx 580 would be good but don;t buy above msrp. this will give you free sync but I use a 1060 6gb