AMD FreeSync to be enabled in driver update on 19th March

[kalniel]

I'm pretty sure additional scaler hardware has to be built in to the monitor?

Not sure what a scalar has to do with it. AMD's method works by simply giving a variable v_blank command so next frame refresh is delayed a variable amount. No extra hardware should be required if variable display rate is already supported (as per displayport whatever version).

[spl]

Not sure what a scalar has to do with it. AMD's method works by simply giving a variable v_blank command so next frame refresh is delayed a variable amount. No extra hardware should be required if variable display rate is already supported (as per displayport whatever version).

Wrong.

http://support.amd.com/en-us/search/faq/227

[kalniel]

Wrong.

http://support.amd.com/en-us/search/faq/227

That link supports what I said. If the monitor supports displayport version whatever then no additional hardware is needed for Freesync.

[spl]

That link supports what I said. If the monitor supports displayport version whatever then no additional hardware is needed for Freesync.

Not sure if you're just being pedantic about the word 'additional' here? If you prefer, we can call it 'alternative hardware'. In which case, G-sync requires no additional hardware either. It requires a different scaler just like Freesync does.