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Freesync works on Nvidia Cards

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There seems to be a workaround that allows you to use an Nvidia card with freesync. All you need is an amd APU.

 

https://wccftech.com/freesync-working-with-geforce-gtx-cards-but-there-is-a-catch/

 

Don't expect everything to work fine though:

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The catch here is that to get it working you’ll need to be using an APU, we went with a Ryzen 5 2400G as it was similar to the posters 2200G.  Based on the way it works it should work with any APU that has the necessary output to a Freesync capable monitor.  We stepped things up a notch to use the GTX 1070 with our 2400G to try and capture some performance metrics and see if there was any perceivable latency issues.  We did find a couple abnormalities, the biggest being Unigine Valley was simply acting strange and never performed right, but it’s only being used as a demonstration in the below video.

Here's the original Reddit post by a user making his 1060 run freesync:

 

Would be pretty cool to see this work, though probably not intended by Nvidia. Do you think they are going to nerf this workaround or not care?

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This is big news, I hope people are able to replicate it.

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Who wants to run an APU with a decent GPU though?

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2 minutes ago, Sylvie05 said:

Who wants to run an APU with a decent GPU though?

People who want Gsync, but don't want to buy a Gsync monitor.

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I don't think there's really a relevant market of people who bought an APU instead of the 1600/2600 and also a highish end graphics card. I would love to be able to use Freesync on my Ngreedia card but this still doesn't really make it a viable option

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22 minutes ago, Sylvie05 said:

Who wants to run an APU with a decent GPU though?

It'd be cheaper than to pay up for a Gsync monitor

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Honestly, when you buy a 1060 class GPU and want freesync, just get a RX580. It's the better card anyway.

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More proof you dont need dedicated hardware inside monitor to run it any form of sync, just nvidia shenanigans.

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30 minutes ago, leadeater said:

Hell just froze over?

No wonder RTX costs so much! Gotta absorb that G-Sync module costs :P

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Now I wonder if this could work with a dedicated amd gpu as well and not just with the igpu.

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It sounds like the display output is routed through the amd iGPU perhaps which is why freesync would become supported? Not entirely sure how that part works though.

 

Now I'm just curious, could this work with an Intel cpu if intel enabled freesync support for its iGPUs?

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15 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

It sounds like the display output is routed through the amd iGPU perhaps which is why freesync would become supported? Not entirely sure how that part works though.

 

Now I'm just curious, could this work with an Intel cpu if intel enabled freesync support for its iGPUs?

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If you're going through all that trouble with specific ass hardware to run Freesync on an Nvidia card, why not get an AMD card at that point? Or, better yet, why not get a G-Sync monitor?

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1 minute ago, huilun02 said:

>Can use AMD feature without having to buy AMD card

>Have to buy AMD processor instead

 

LMFAO

I don't think anyone is gonna go out and buy an apu for this lol. It's much more a nice solution for people who already have an apu rig and now have the choice whether they want to upgrade to an amd or nvidia dedicated gpu

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1 hour ago, Supportsneedlove said:

It'd be cheaper than to pay up for a Gsync monitor

You would still have a crappy CPU tho.

Doubt anyone would consider an APU +dGPU over a real CPU + dGPU.

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10 minutes ago, Rattenmann said:

You would still have a crappy CPU tho.

Doubt anyone would consider an APU +dGPU over a real CPU + dGPU.

You havent payed attention to the price of the 2200G have you?

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1 hour ago, yian88 said:

More proof you dont need dedicated hardware inside monitor to run it any form of sync, just nvidia shenanigans.

Ehm, this doesn't prove that at all.

 

The way this works is by having a FreeSync monitor connected to an AMD GPU.

Then you have an Nvidia GPU which you force to do the rendering and calculations.

Then when a frame is done on the Nvidia GPU, it is copied over to the framebuffer of the AMD GPU, which then sends that to the monitor.

 

Also, this does not prove that you don't need dedicated hardware for "any form of sync". G-Sync and FreeSync works differently. Just because FreeSync doesn't need "dedicated hardware" (which it does, it's just that anyone can make it unlike the G-Sync module) doesn't mean G-Sync doesn't. G-Sync has quite a few features such as lightboost control built into it.

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i'd rather have screen tearing than a bad CPU bottleneck tho...so thanks anyways :)

 

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1 hour ago, leadeater said:

Hell just froze over?

Nah just like with the physx on AMD exploit Nvidia will patch it out

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2 hours ago, exetras said:

This is big news, I hope people are able to replicate it.

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Because it doesn't work on nVidia, it works with AMD Card as a slave and NVIDIA Master Card.

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1 hour ago, jagdtigger said:

Not yet, prep for incoming fix from nvidia just like what they did with physx.....

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