Posted April 23, 2018 Hey guys So I am in a financial situation that I can upgrade my aging GTX 770 with something stronger, but nothing too new and shiny, I am not willing to pay these inflated prices So I was looking at auctions and I am happy to see that the market has started recovering! Main requirements are: play Forza 7 well (1080p medium to high settings) and be a reasonable upgrade until the market completely settles, and support freesync, as I play CS GO a lot and I have a freesync 144hz monitor Range goes R9 290X<gtx 970<390x<Gtx 980 (Rx 480/580 if they pop up is the goal tho) Would a 290x be sufficient, as they are very cheap? Does freesync makes a difference in cs go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 23, 2018 Your fps in csgo should be far above 144 so freesync will be useless. NEW PC build: Blank Heaven minimalist white and black PC Old S340 build log "White Heaven" The "LIGHTCANON" flashlight build log Project AntiRoll (prototype) Custom speaker project Spoiler Ryzen 3950X | AMD Vega Frontier Edition | ASUS X570 Pro WS | Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB | NZXT H500 | Seasonic Prime Fanless TX-700 | Custom loop | Coolermaster SK630 White | Logitech MX Master 2S | Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Pro 512GB | Samsung 58" 4k TV | Scarlett 2i4 | 2x AT2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 23, 2018 The idea of Freesync, G-Sync and such is to prevent screen tearing without having the drawbacks of Vsync (input lag). You will only get screen tearing at above 144 FPS. Anything below is fine and won't cause tearing on your display. Freesync has a range of 30-144 FPS. So Freesync is useless above 144 FPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 23, 2018 Yes Freesync is worth it. | Intel i7-3770@4.2Ghz | Asus Z77-V | Zotac 980 Ti Amp! Omega | DDR3 1800mhz 4GB x4 | 300GB Intel DC S3500 SSD | 512GB Plextor M5 Pro | 2x 1TB WD Blue HDD | | Enermax NAXN82+ 650W 80Plus Bronze | Fiio E07K | Grado SR80i | Cooler Master XB HAF EVO | Logitech G27 | Logitech G600 | CM Storm Quickfire TK | DualShock 4 | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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