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Because G-sync has some sort of quality check, you have to specifically tune the chip to make it work on a monitor.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonev...-is-superior-to-amds-freesync/2/#19e8cda7f2b3
Now we could argue all day long why these reasons might be biased (coming from a nvidia employee)
But Nvidia wanted to have the best quality possible, and it just isn't possible without a dedicated chip on the monitor or fine tuning for every display anyway.
Tom's hardware even performed a blind test
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-freesync-versus-nvidia-g-sync-reader-event,4246.html
It is more expensive, but as the market has already shown us these g-sync monitors do sell a lot and the reason behind that is that most reviews pointed out the flaws in freesync and g-sync and the consumers decided to go with the better most expensive solution after all.
Now slightly off topic.
I think the petition is pointless, at this stage NVidia will never change it's course of action.
And I am getting tired of all these petitions like nvidia should adopt MANTLE, nvidia should adopt adaptive-sync, nvidia should stop being a **** to amd with gameworks.
AMD is not the good guy, nor is nvidia the bad guy here.
I mean if you don't have a Gsync monitor you don't have Gsync! Again, that is how it works... the only drawback is that it is more expensive. I don't think you brought to the table anything negative except cost...Part of the reason they have such bad ghosting is because their driver has to specifically be tuned for each kind of panel. They won’t be able to keep up with the panel variations. We tune our G-Sync module for each monitor, based on its specs and voltage, which is exactly why you won’t see ghosting from us.
Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one that doesn't give a rat's butt about these super whamadyne "syncs" lol.
I would gladly sign a petition to get rid of sli signatures though ....
For now it's simply business. Nvidia has no reason to support free sync at this point in time. You're asking them to literally give up a cash revenue for some idolistic psuedo-"morality" issue that frankly doesn't exist. If the market sways majority to free sync , it's pretty common sense. Want a real protest action ??? Don't buy a g sync monitor .
i doubt it [gsync] is generating very much money if any at all. if anything theyd sell more gpu's with people being like oh i can use freesync or gsync if i buy a nvidia card vs only freesync with amd.
lastly freesync is just another name for adaptive sync which is a vesa standard not anything done by amd or nvidia.
now i could go gsync and spend an extra few hundred bucks on a monitor, or buy an amd card and save the money and get a better card giving more money to amd and use freesync. "its a business standpoint" is a null argument since when is giving more features losing them money?
i havent seen it labeled as a morality issue at all?
and im pretty positive if they are trying to get freesync to be used with nvidia i dont think they have purchased a gsync monitor?!!?!
You're sincerely barking up the wrong tree. I don't really care, and petitions are generally used to provoke morality issues , not business concerns. "Its not "fair" that Nvidia doesn't support free sync " blah blah.
The market will decide what nvidia does. You think they aren't getting kick backs from "g sync monitors"??? That's a selling point for monitors. Same as sli signatures. Its all licensing initiatives. You buying amd and going free sync doesn't make my point magically "null" either. That's a rather myopic statement to be blunt.
fwiw to directly answer your question : Nvidia licenses g sync for monitor companies. Those companies pay nvidia licensing fees to use the 'g sync' name as it becomes a feature; a selling point that entices people to buy that monitor over a different one. Why would nvidia arbitrarily STOP licensing g sync monitors because a few people sign an online petition? Its a silly request at best, but youre completely entitled to have your own opinions about it. I really dont care.
nvidia can't support freesync if they want to keep g-sync. Say they have a way to offer support to both. Basically everyone else will just go freesync as it'll work with red and green without extra effort. Any advantages g-sync may or may not have will become secondary to the mass market.
If my memory isn't too far off, AMD developed free sync in response to g-sync, but offered it free in the hopes of driving adoption. So I don't believe they used an existing standard, but they created it and made it the open one.