Using FreeSync with Nvidia GPUs Examined - TechSpot
NVIDIA to certify Adaptive-Sync monitors to support G-Sync 7 Jan 2019 NVIDIA to certify Adaptive-Sync monitors to support G-Sync and certify every single monitor supporting VESA DisplayPort protocol, which is a Nvidia G-Sync Support Comes To Select FreeSync And VESA 7 Jan 2019 CES 2019 is underway and Nvidia made a number of announcements one of which is the G-Sync support for FreeSync and Adaptive-Sync Nvidia G-Sync now compatible with FreeSync displays 25 Jan 2019 G-Sync, developed by Nvidia, and VESA's adaptive sync A few 2018 TVs support FreeSync and several 2019 TVs will support HDMI VRR. MSI boasts many of its FreeSync monitors are G-Sync - Hexus
I.e. to clarify why it can be different. In the first case it means that Linux graphics stack implementing support for adaptive sync will work with Nvidia blob and freesync monitor. In the second case, Nvidia will still require graphics stack to support gsync to work, it just will use adaptive sync between driver and monitor to implement it. FreeSync/VESA Adaptive-Sync under Linux/NVIDIA drivers: Q&A thread Well, I tried out the direct displayport connection and discovered that the monitor itself only supports adaptive sync on the displayport. There's an option that is not available for the usb-c port, so I guess this won't help us learn if the driver supports it :-) Support VESA Adaptive-Sync! - GeForce Forums -doesnt care about gsync/freesync/adaptive sync anyway. "Currently Nvidia does not support Adpative-Sync but Tom Peterson said that if enough people wanted it, Nvidia is willing to reconsider. It is rumored that Nvidia's mobile G-Sync solution is a derivative of Adpaptive-Sync since they do not use an FPGA in their laptops that are G-Sync
NVIDIA finally got around to realizing that the number of monitors with VESA adaptive-sync overwhelmingly outnumber those supporting NVIDIA G-Sync, and is going ahead with adding support for adaptive-sync monitors. This however, comes with a big rider. NVIDIA is not immediately going to unlock adapt Adaptive VSync | Supported GPUs | GeForce GeForce GTX 850M packs the best of PC gaming with advanced NVIDIA technologies like PhysX™, TXAA™, and GeForce Experience™ to deliver a high-performance gameplay experience. With amazing power efficiency and innovative NVIDIA BatteryBoost technology, you can now game unplugged for up to twice as long as previous generations. Intel reiterates plans to support VESA Adaptive Sync in its GPUs Three years ago at the late Intel Developer Forum, we broke the story that Intel planned to support the VESA Adaptive Sync variable-refresh-rate display standard, better known as AMD FreeSync, NVIDIA To support VESA Adaptive-Sync Technology, GSYNC Compatible
This function of Adaptive-Sync on Nvidia cards is not yet supported via HDMI.. that Nvidia just started supporting are FreeSync monitors, not VESA VRR.
NVIDIA G-SYNC now Supports FreeSync/VESA Adaptive-Sync Technology NVIDIA finally got around to realizing that the number of monitors with VESA adaptive-sync overwhelmingly outnumber those supporting NVIDIA G-Sync, and is going ahead with adding support for adaptive-sync monitors. This however, comes with a big rider. NVIDIA is not immediately going to unlock adapt NVIDIA to support VESA Adaptive Sync with 'G-SYNC Compatible' branding I.e. to clarify why it can be different. In the first case it means that Linux graphics stack implementing support for adaptive sync will work with Nvidia blob and freesync monitor. In the second case, Nvidia will still require graphics stack to support gsync to work, it just will use adaptive sync between driver and monitor to implement it. FreeSync/VESA Adaptive-Sync under Linux/NVIDIA drivers: Q&A thread Well, I tried out the direct displayport connection and discovered that the monitor itself only supports adaptive sync on the displayport. There's an option that is not available for the usb-c port, so I guess this won't help us learn if the driver supports it :-) Support VESA Adaptive-Sync! - GeForce Forums