Could Nvidia/AMD potentially lockdown their "sync" techs?

[jk441]

Watching the recent LTT vid made me think of that question in the subject line...

 

Do you think it's possible both manufacturers may one day just lock down their adaptive sync technologies, including the work-around methods we currently can use, receptively to force users to use their own tech?

 

The train of thought I had was:
- Me planning to Upgrade my PC into a Ryzen+Nvidia build

- Should check if I can do the work-around use freesync method with my build (prob wont work but still to save a few extra buxs)

- What if Nvidia locks down the method above...? Is it "worth" it.

 

I think there is a high possibility, specially with nvidia, they might do this with in the near future...

Would every one generally agree with the thought gpu manufacturers might do this?

[Crunchy Dragon]

3 minutes ago, jk441 said:

- Me planning to Upgrade my PC into a Ryzen+Nvidia build

- Should check if I can do the work-around use freesync method with my build (prob wont work but still to save a few extra buxs)

What GPU and what refresh rate?

 

I have a FreeSync display paired with my GTX 780 and Ryzen 5 1600. It's a lower end FreeSync panel, so I only get up to 75Hz. But my GTX 780 will consistently push that in all my games, negating the need for any kind of frame sync beyond Vsync.

[bleedblue]

"lock"? gsync is already proprietary. Freesync is open source.

[Jurrunio]

AMD: Unlikely. They follow an open-standard and take benefits (mostly reputation) from this. In terms of the APU + Geforce thing, they benefit as well.

 

Nvidia: Likely. It's hurting their profits.

 

4 minutes ago, jk441 said:

- Me planning to Upgrade my PC into a Ryzen+Nvidia build

- Should check if I can do the work-around use freesync method with my build (prob wont work but still to save a few extra buxs)

that a bad idea. Ryzen APUs only go up to 4 cores and 8 threads, while the best value gaming CPU, the 2600, doesnt have integrated graphics which means it cant use this trick.

[jk441]

9 minutes ago, bleedblue said:

"lock"? gsync is already proprietary. Freesync is open source.

aahhh I actually thought both of them were proprietary did not know this  

[jk441]

10 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

What GPU and what refresh rate?

 

I already have a 980 so likely to just stick with that for now and potentially early next year upgrade to 1080 ti/2070 (depending on how the 2070 price-per-dorra stacks up)

Ideally for refresh rate I would like to stick with 100+ just because my current monitor is a 144Hz.

If you're wandering y I'm changing a 144Hz monitor, it's because I want a 1440p monitor now  

[jk441]

14 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

while the best value gaming CPU, the 2600, doesnt have integrated graphics which means it cant use this trick.

Yea I thought those series/builds of the AMD CPUs won't be eligible for the integrated graphics method and which just confirms my thought on the second point, since I already got a 1700x as it was on a good deal a week back

[Crunchy Dragon]

2 minutes ago, jk441 said:

I already have a 980 so likely to just stick with that for now and potentially early next year upgrade to 1080 ti/2070 (depending on how the 2070 price-per-dorra stacks up)

Ideally for refresh rate I would like to stick with 100+ just because my current monitor is a 144Hz.

If you're wandering y I'm changing a 144Hz monitor, it's because I want a 1440p monitor now  

Anything higher than a 1060 should be able to push 144Hz. As far as 1440p, you'll want at least a 1080 for 1440p144.

 

G-Sync would be a worthwhile investment at that refresh rate, just to help keep things stable. FreeSync won't work unless you have a Ryzen APU.