FreeSync becomes Adaptive-sync, ratified by VESA

[HalloweenJack]

http://www.vesa.org/featured-article...ideo-standard/

NEWARK, CA (12 May 2014) – The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) today announced the addition of ‘Adaptive-Sync’ to its popular DisplayPort™ 1.2a video interface standard. This technology delivers several important capabilities to computer users: Adaptive-Sync provides smoother, tear-free images for gaming and judder-free video playback. It also significantly reduces power consumption for static desktop content and low frame rate video.

under the radar this one - AMD`s freesync is now VESA standard in DP 1.2a!

[HalloweenJack]

Q: How are DisplayPort™ Adaptive-Sync and Project FreeSync different?
A: DisplayPort™ Adaptive-Sync is an ingredient DisplayPort™ feature that enables real-time adjustment of monitor refresh rates required by technologies like Project FreeSync. Project FreeSync is a unique AMD hardware/software solution that utilizes DisplayPort™ Adaptive-Sync protocols to enable user-facing benefits: smooth, tearing-free and low-latency gameplay and video.

Q: When can I buy a monitor compatible with Project FreeSync?
A: AMD has undertaken every necessary effort to enable Project FreeSync in the display ecosystem. Monitor vendors are now integrating the DisplayPort™ Adaptive-Sync specification and productizing compatible displays. AMD is working closely with these vendors to bring products to market, and we expect compatible monitors within 6-12 months.

Q: What is the supported range of refresh rates with FreeSync and DisplayPort™ Adaptive-Sync?
A: AMD Radeon™ graphics cards will support a wide variety of dynamic refresh ranges with Project FreeSync. Using DisplayPort™ Adaptive-Sync, the graphics card can detect and set an appropriate maximum and minimum refresh rate based on the capabilities reported by the display. Potential ranges include 36-240Hz, 21-144Hz, 17-120Hz and 9-60Hz.

Q: What AMD Radeon™ GPUs are compatible with Project FreeSync?
A: The first discrete GPUs compatible with Project FreeSync are the AMD Radeon™ R9 290X, R9 290, R7 260X and R7 260 graphics cards. Project FreeSync is also compatible with AMD APUs codenamed “Kabini,” “Temash,” “Beema,” and “Mullins.” All compatible products must be connected via DisplayPort™ to a display that supports DisplayPort™ Adaptive-Sync.

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under the radar this one - AMD`s freesync is now VESA standard in DP 1.2a!

Unless you read it yesterday.

http://hexus.net/tech/news/displays/...-12a-standard/

[scaryjim]

Also, FreeSync has not become adaptive sync. FreeSync is AMD's name for a combination of hardware and drivers that implement adaptive sync. Adaptive sync itself has been part of the eDP standard for a while, so this isn't VESA suddenly adopting something new either - they've simply decided to extend it from eDP to full DP. So adaptive sync actually came first - FreeSync is just a name for a particular use of adaptive sync.

AMD's previous demos of FreeSync were done on laptops exactly because adaptive sync was part of the eDP standard, not the full DP standard. The fact that it has now made its way to the main DP standard is good, but unsurprising, news. My biggest surprise is that AMD don't like Kaveri APUs as being compatible, tbh. I thought Kaveri was GCN 1.1 based with trueaudio etc., so I don't understand why it wouldn't be compatible with FreeSync. Perhaps just an oversight in AMD's literature?