Freesync as Fast As Possible
Techquickie
·Techquickie
·2015-05-07
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1,049 words · ~5 min read
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even with some of the over-the-top graphic Solutions out there today that
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promise Max sword performance with a price tag to match there's an old
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classic problem that has been around for years that still plags Gamers even those
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who own top-end equipment screen tearing tearing is what occurs when your screen
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gets fed more than one frame during the
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time it's refreshing the on-screen image usually torn images only stick around on
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your screen for a fraction of a second but it's still enough to notice in a
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large number of popular gaming titles the reason tearing occurs is because PC
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video cards especially high performance ones can often Render games at much
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higher frame rates than the ones that monitors run at most LCD monitors today
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have refresh rates of 60 HZ which would translate to 60 frames per second so if
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your graphics card is pumping out 80 or 90 frames per second you're very likely
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to see screen tearing since the monitor is getting more than one image per
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second in the case of games with very high frame rates is actually even
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possible to have more than two partial frames drawn at a time now the most
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common solution to the tearing problem is vertical sync commonly shortened to
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vsync it's an option you can find in your graphics control panel or even in
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the graphical settings of many games vsync forces your graphics card to slow
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itself down and deliver frames at a maximum rate equal to your monitor's
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refresh rate again usually 60 FPS but sometimes higher but as we all know game
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games have become much more graphically demanding over the years and
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consistently getting 60 FPS out of your GPU can be a challenge this is where
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vsync falls short if you turn vsync on
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and are playing through part of a game where your GPU can't pump out 60 frames
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per second your monitor will have to wait for your graphics card before
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displaying a new frame which causes stuttering and lag problems that can be
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even more frustrating than screen tearing because of their inherent
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tendency to happen during the most intense game moments with lots of
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objects and effects flying around on the screen enter freesync freesync is a
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standard from AMD that promises to eliminate screen tearing without the
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stuttering associated with vsync freesync Works through a feature
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included in a recent update to the DisplayPort standard called adaptive
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sync adaptive sync takes variable refresh rate technology something that's
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already existed mostly as a power saving measure and allows a monitor and
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Graphics adapter to communicate with each other to synchronize how many
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frames per second the graphics card is spitting out and the monitor's refresh
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rate so there's always one and exactly one complete frame on screen at a time
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adaptive sync Works between 30 and 144 Hertz so while you're stuck with a
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DisplayPort connection if you want to use variable refresh rate although the
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other connections will work in the case of free sync you should see a noticeable
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Improvement in both graphically intense and less graphically intense portions of
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your games with no tearing visible so how do you get it you might ask well to
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use free sync you need a compatible Monitor and graphics card compatible
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monitors have a DisplayPort revision 1.2a input with optional adaptive sync
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support in the firmware then on the GPU side you can consult the FAQ on AMD's
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website for the latest information but Linus you might be saying what about
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NVIDIA's g-sync hadn't they beaten AMD to the punch isn't free sync just kind
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of the same thing although g-sync and freesync do accomplish the same
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objective there are some important differences free sync while a
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proprietary AMD implementation uses the open adaptive sync standard that can be
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found on third-party scalers A necessary component of any monitor while gsync
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Works only through an NVIDIA built scaler module that they sell to monitor
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manufacturers so AMD's theory is that thanks to its lower cost freesync will
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see much more widespread adoption but inidia seems pretty confident about
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gyn's chances in spite of the higher cost personally I wish we'd just get
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along because the main thing for gamers who are shopping to know is that for now
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if you want to run variable refresh rate Tech which you should because it's
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awesome a freesync monitor will not do it with an NVIDIA graphics card and a
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g-sync monitor will not do it with an AMD graphics card even though they'll
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both work normally with tearing with each other speaking of things Gamers
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