Aside from fps, is there any difference in quality of raytracing in Nvidia and AMD or is it the same(like they say that DLSS is better than FSR)?

  • Justin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 months ago

    GSync only works on Nvidia cards and GSync monitors

    I have a Freesync monitor (MSI) with an Nvidia RTX 3060, and Nvidia control panel gives me the option to “enable support for unverified displays” or something. Works just fine for me?

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      8 months ago

      That just means your Nvidia card can make use of a Freesync monitor, there’s no „real“ Gsync happening there.

      Actual Gsync comes with a dedicated hardware module in the monitor, and it used to be only compatible with Nvidia cards, but that’s also not the case anymore.

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        8 months ago

        So how does it work? Is it a fake software level that mimics G-Sync behavior? Something like V-Sync?

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          8 months ago

          It’s pretty much just leveraging the open VESA Adaptive Sync standard, which AMD Freesync is practically speaking a rebrand of. It’s indeed purely software to make it vendor-agnostic.

          Well, unless the vendor locks it down/blocks it on purpose, which is what Nvidia has done up until… whenever Gsync Compatible became a thing.
          (Misleading name imo, because as said before, there’s no actual Gsync running)

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      8 months ago

      That’s FreeSync, although Nvidia, confusingly, calls it G-Sync, just like their other frame sync tech.

      G-Sync required an expensive module in the display, FreeSync doesn’t.

      Nvidia lost the G-Sync vs FreeSync battle, but because of their marketing chops, they managed to get away with just slapping their name on it and going with the open solution.