FreeSync support is coming to Nvidia; at its CES event today, Nvidia announced the GSync-Compatible program, wherein it says it will test monitors that support the VESA DisplayPort Adaptive-Sync protocol to ascertain whether they deliver a “baseline experience” comparable to a GSync monitor.
Coincidentally, AMD’s FreeSync utilizes the same VESA-developed implementation, meaning that several FreeSync-certified monitors will now be compatible with Nvidia’s 10- and 20-series GPUs.
This is great news, since GSync support requires additional hardware and this increases prices; you’ll find that the GSync version of a display is always significantly more expensive than the FreeSync version.
For all monitors, actually (though you’ll have to enable it manually but it’s gonna be straightforward):
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13797/nvidia-to-support-vesa-adaptive-sync-with-gsync-compatible-branding
Now we will see if people that bought a G-Sync monitor for their Pascal cards suffer from stockholm syndrome or not…
Being so snarky and caustic, right? Are you straight from WCCFtech?
Nope, they won’t be sorry for their purchase as they had more than enough money for it in the first place.
That’s kind of nice, especially since G-Sync monitors are scarce or exceedingly expensive when compared to the free sync ones (the latter probably causing the former).
That being said, G-Sync is really nice though, too bad it’s so expensive and proprietary.
About time they came to their senses. I actually chose a RX 580 card over a 1080 card* because i felt the price was too high when factoring in the price premium of a G-sync monitor compared to Freesync 2. This probably means G-Sync monitors will die out within the next couple of years, as it should as something this simple really should not have competing standards.
* Yes, i know they are not in the same class, but the Vega cards makes NO sense at their price point and uses way too much energy