AMD FreeSync For Tear-Free Linux Gaming - Current State In 2017

[pal666]

What other FS2 monitors have they made before the chg70 range ?

don't know sequence of making, but they announced chg90 at the same time

[gbil]

I wonder if there is a application like CRU under Linux, which lets you change the freesync range. My monitors default is 48-60 which is useless but can be set to 35-60 with CRU (custom res utility)

Last time I checked amdgpu driver ignores custom refresh rate entries in xorg.org etc.

[coder111]

I just wish there were any 16:10 FreeSync monitors on the market. Which will probably never happen. So I'm keeping my Dell u2415.

Oh well, I mostly stick to strategy games anyway, they don't require mad smooth FPS...

[chithanh]

I wonder if there is a application like CRU under Linux, which lets you change the freesync range. My monitors default is 48-60 which is useless but can be set to 35-60 with CRU (custom res utility)

Last time I checked amdgpu driver ignores custom refresh rate entries in xorg.org etc.

FreeSync range is reported by the monitor via EDID. The correct way to override EDID in Linux is to pass drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware=... kernel parameter to point to your custom EDID file.

[pete910]

don't know sequence of making, but they announced chg90 at the same time

Part of the same range , the 90 is that 49" ultra wide curved . So still not understanding the "history" part of your earlier statement.

[ssokolow]

You can have all that without waiting for Freesync 2. You just have to do your research and know what you are buying. There are a lot of shitty Freesync monitors out there, but there are some good ones as well. The best Freesync monitors are pretty much on par with what Freesync 2 is going to be, except Freesync 2 also adds HDR as an requirement even though that has nothing to do with synchronisation or refresh rate.

I could... but I'm happy enough with my three-head spread of gifted/thrifted DVI monitors that it's not worth the effort to do the research before FreeSync 2 compliance narrows the field. (Plus, it'd be nice if I could mate it with multi-monitor FreeSync and a mature enough KWin Wayland implementation to meet my needs.)

[Brisse]

ssokolow That's a perfectly good excuse considering the current state of Freesync on GNU/Linux.

[Desti]

In the meantime, AMD GPU market share dropped from 25% to below 9% in a single year, so freesync is more and more irrelevant.

It's a useless number, because AMD had no actual integrated graphics product on the market for whole 2017.

[gbil]

FreeSync range is reported by the monitor via EDID. The correct way to override EDID in Linux is to pass drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware=... kernel parameter to point to your custom EDID file.

by correct I guess you mean what works, because I really doubt having to reboot in order to change refresh rate is correct but... long live kms

[Brisse]

by correct I guess you mean what works, because I really doubt having to reboot in order to change refresh rate is correct but... long live kms

On Windows you have to either reboot or restart the graphics driver for EDID modifications to apply. Not sure how it works on Linux.