FreeSync vs G-Sync - Can You See The Difference? 

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*compares 2 different monitors* Oh that's different

Bro ghosting comes from the monitor not the Graphic cards, so you should change the monitors

This comparison is so flawed...

What? Freesync also have feature for eliminating tearing below the freesync window called the Low Framerate Compensation.

Man one thing about these tests is even same model monitors can vary lol

You forgot about LFC on FreeSync with AMD. The monitor can go below the freesync range, because then it just doubles frames up. Say you drop to 40fps, it will change the monitor to 80hz and show each frame twice. Also, did you cap the frame rate as to make sure you're not going over the max refresh?

you forgot enhanced sync, it does also help against screen tearing

3:07 No it is *NOT* "better". Freesync and G-sync each have different advantages and disadvantages *other* then just cost, I'm talking features here. What you can say is that certain *implementations* of G-sync is better then certain *implementations* of freesync. But G-sync is really just ahead when Nvidia has released a new G-sync module lately. They don't always do so though. And when it's been a while since last time the other scaler manufacturers catch up in freesync features and even passes the G-sync module in a lot of ways. Advantages are often things like slightly lower latency (except when Nvidia has recently played catch up), more connectivity (except when Nvidia has recently played catch up) and so one and so forth. As for the monitors that objectively give you a worse experience then G-sync those are so cheap that they're not *competing* with G-sync at all but with the monitors with *no* adaptive sync at all. And a *bad* freesync implementation is still superior to no adaptive sync even if it might not be on par with a good freesync or g-sync implementation. Anyway, remember that there are multiple scaler manufacturers that provides freesync support in their modules, and some of them are on par with G-sync already and others haven't quite figured out this whole adaptive sync thing yet and are miles behind G-sync, and some are occasionally ahead of G-sync (although Nvidia has done a good job of never allowing them to stay ahead for long). 3:46 That has *nothing* to do with what is "better" or not. What you're describing is the qualification standard. That is what Freesync 2 offers if you care about that kind of stuff. As well as LFC support for Freesync 1 monitors. It's as simple as going to AMDs website and looking up "LFC" in the list of compatible monitors. Monitors *without* LFC are not competing with G-sync monitors at all, they're all either competing with no-adaptive sync monitors (and are therefore way, way cheaper and *intentionally* using a worse and therefore cheaper implementation of freesync) or they're resolutions and aspect ratios that G-sync don't offer. Either way the scaler manufacturers are trying to find ways to differentiate themselves and to be competitive with Nvidias scaler. This isn't some kind of one sided this is *always* better then the alternatives issue. Realtek scalers have *some* advantages and some *disadvantages* vs Nvidias G-sync depending on the particular products you're comparing. MStar scalers has certain *other* advantages then either of the other two and also disadvantages. Same with Novatek scalers. This is engineering we're talking about here. And engineering *always* involves trade offs. And here each of them (Nvidia, Realtek, Novatek and MStar) brings different things to the table for the monitor manufacturers to take into consideration and in many cases you'll get a *better* experience with the Freesync alternatives as a end user. Yet you claim that Freesync is somehow inferior because AMD *deliberately* gave people the choice to buy cheaper implementations that does not fulfill any standards like LFC support or Freesync 2? Like seriously? We're computer enthusiast here. Anyone who don't know what LFC support is or Freesync 2 is probably don't know what adaptive sync is to start with making this point moth or are just bad at researching computer parts and buy prebuilt. Or they're Nvidia shills who don't *care* about researching AMD stuff. As for recommendations to newbies building computers just tell them to buy Freesync 2 or Freesync 1 with LFC support and *not* without if they're sensitive to tearing. Or tell them to buy freesync and save them some money without having to argue with them about why this "freesync" thing is actually worth spending money on vs a monitor without any kind of adaptive sync at all since they quite frankly probably don't even know what tearing *is* at that point...

Gsync is better than Freesync for PvP, it's not so much a visual feedback difference necessarily, rather one of input delay reduction, but this comparison uses different monitors so it's not the best way to test this out. It would be better to do this type of testing on a monitor that supports both Freesync and Gsync.

You guys should have gotten the free sync version of dell for the comparison. It’s called the S2716DGF.

I don't understand this video. You are using 2 different monitors wich have different panels. The freesync monitor looks way cheaper...

Ryzen FTW, Noti squad btw!!

Same tech with a different badge and naming scheme, so do you like the colour red or green?

LFC can be enabled on many Freesync monitors using CRU.

newer nvidia cards also prevent tearing above the monitor refresh rate it's called Fast sync edit: G sync and free sync prevents stuttering on the range of the monitor, tearing is only when the fps is higher than monitor hz

i would suggest to change title to G-sync vs FreeSync.. to sync with your actual video left and right sides. appreciate it. nice video. !!

I own that exact dell monitor which is known to have ghosting problems, turning overdrive to medium helps or turning the nvidia settings to ULTRA LOW MOTION! but that means turning sync off!

G sync vs g sync compatible?

Are there these two wallpapers maybe in 4k ?

if you set up your nvidia setting rigjt up, then you dont need a g sync Monitor 16x fxaa on gamma on tripple off mfaa on shadercache on lod clamp trilineare off v sync for 3d games no problems with that on a 60 hz ips stable 60 fps without fragments

so g-sync works on free-sync but quality of the panel matters as well. You wont get tearing vysnc off or dropped frames with vsync on but you might get annoyed about the blurry ghosting because of the an inferior panel.

well if the panel ghosts there is a problem with that and you cant test!

Terrible comparison. Re-do it with identical panels with Freesync and G-sync. Maybe get a couple of Acer monitors.

You should have adjusted the monitors overdrive feature to reduce the ghosting. Did you actually make the monitors have similar settings?

But is there a Ryzen and Nvidia wallpapaer tho

Name of the desk?

i want wallpaper plz

Test both with nvidia cards

G sync is better but much expensive.

Ufd tech i have a question i see this 164 99 amazingly priced 165hz free sync monitor? But there's also a 200 dollar 144hz with g sync which onebshould i get. The 165 one did say it was free sync with g sync compatibility what does that mean

Good Video to gather information - thanks!

You guys should test these in lower and more unstable fps, not only in 143 fps rate. That's where you would notice difference.

How do i know I have the gsync monitor with the model in the back? In my monitor settings i have the opinion to enable adaptive/freesync and in my nvidia control panel I can enable g-sync but i don't know if I should have both running or just one or the other? ASUS VG278Q

Wallpaper engine link???

but what if i have the ASUS VG248QG monitor (supports Freesync Premium and G-Sync and has ELMB/Extreme Low Motion Blur) and i have the hp pavilion gaming laptop 15-ec2007np (with NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU and the AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon graphics and two Hynix 8gb 3200Mhz RAM's) whats better G-Sync (or G-Sync compatible i dont know you see what type of G-Sync it is) or Freesync Premium relying on my setup

Can i put a freesync , 144hz ,1ms with a rtx 2070 super graphic card , cause normally i think it's better to put freesync with AMD graphic card but are we really able to see the difference? (Sorry for my bad english lol)

Is that Matt Patt from GameTheory? 😂

i am not mad that the 650€ (germany) card lost to a 1000€ (also germany) card, and yes i know its about the pannel, but price difference in the monitor is still 100 €. so budget high performance is AMD and BALLz 2 the WALLz is Nvida + INTEL. i like both because i love gaming , 1440p gsyc HP Omen with a 6600k and a 1070 GTX and 32gig of ram. but it was more bang at the time (2 years) ago, right now i would wait 4 navi and Ryzen 3000 .

How do you get animated wallpapers?

Your conclusion was gsync can be worth it because you spend the $100 more and get a better panel. What if I spent that extra $100 on a freesync panel? Am I getting a better panel than the Gsync monitor then? I think it would be a cool follow up.

my 144hz monitor have an option in monitor menu free sync but when i activate it in my NVCP it shows g sync?when deactivate free sync both disapear?im kind confused

So they perform exactly the same and G-sync is just a rip off that Nvidia came up with. Not surprisingly either since the bang for buck for their cards is also not as good as AMD cards. Nvidia only wins with their high end cards like the 2080 ti and the Titan, however those are horrible in terms of price performance but you'll find that the price to performance ratio basically always goes down the higher up in performance you get with ANYTHING. Look at cars for example. You can get a hatch back for $15k but to get a car that goes twice as fast you're going to have to pay at least 3x as much. If you want a car that goes 3x as fast you're going to have to pay 10x as much (at least).

Cant find how to download the wallpaper tho.. just a steam link.. logged in and subscribed.. still cant download :/

is the ghosting coming from gsync or freesync or dell and acer?? just saying that panels are different such as are the combinations of panels and lightning and sync techniques

Was it freesync premium pro?

Rickus is a gorgeous human being...

i dont know how g-sync work but freesync is going all the way from, let's say 144fps (if u have 144hz monitor) to the minimums of 30 or 40 fps. when I play and I get no matter how low fps I can't see any tearing

Monitor Plays a Great Role plz Mention

Where can i get those live Wallpapers?

nice redragon budget keyboard u got over there

6:54 3rd guy must have been like -_-

TL;DR - both Gsync and FreeSync are kinda same.. just mind the quality of the monitor.. some FreeSync monitor sucks.. specially at ghosting.. PS: i hate when monitor starts ghosting.. it annoys my eyes.. (my eyes can detect fast movements.. so ghosting really annoys me..)

Use the same monitors branding not different if u have AMD cpu u should get freesync and ect

What are their pixel response times?

This video needs a re-do!

does that freesync monitor support g-sync?if yes why not comparing the result

2 guys in a room and a camera man..

Provided the monitors are decent. There's NO discernable difference between gsync and free sync when configured correctly. Decent free sync monitors have LFC. And blur is caused by pixel response time not as some artifact of sync technology so entirely panel dependent.

You guys should have gotten the free sync version of dell for the comparison. It’s called the S2716DGF.

Freesync now refreshes the panel twice when the frames drops under 50 (in this case) so if the graphics card delivers 40 the panel will run at 80 so no screen tearing even at low fps

Dude no offense, I love your videos and all. But if you don’t have the budget for a proper comparison video, don’t make one. This video was so scuffed and should’ve never been uploaded..

Cheap Korean budget Freesync monitor vs Dell G-sync monitor and your surprised there is ghosting? Come on your better than this.

This comparison makes absolutely no sense... you should have bought two of the same monitors but one specifically made for g-sync and the other for FreeSync. MSI, for example, has many sets of those... very flawed comparison. By the way, ghosting doesn't have to do with sync technology, but with the screens' ability to refresh its pixels lmao

You wouldn't have screen tearing below 50 fps on free-sync, because you have LFC. Also, capping FPS at 142 is probably not low enough for free-sync as frames will spike above 144. Not sure if you are using in-game frame-cap or riva-tuner, but either way neither is accurate

I think it would have been better if you used 2 exact same quality monitor. Half of the comments during the video was around ghosting more apparent on the freesync monitor. This is why we need to check response time, hz and input lag when looking to buy a new monitor.... Sorry for my bad english!!

5:00 for when they start playing

2 different panels... ofc he will say the brightness is higher or something else bc of the different monitors

"Friends"

Pixels slide into other pixels wink wink

I've actually found freesync to work better than the g-sync one i bought, both on the same system with nvidia gpu. That's comparing explicitly tearing and sync properties, not quality of panels. 34gk950f , freaking amazing monitor: 3440x1440, 144hz, "HDR", freesync. Make sure it's the freesync version, up to 144hz vs 120hz on the gsync model. Also, freesync works amazing with nvidia gpus. The freesync blew the water out of the PG348q g-sync

You should have used two of the same brand and model monitors (not literally obviously). One with G-sync and one with Free sync (proper compatible one). That way quality of panel as you said would then offer a more comparable experience yeah?

It's a panel refresh rate difference and not adaptive sync implementation. But yes, if the price difference is small in this case you can for for g-sync one because it has better panel.

My freesync monitor is gsync compatible.

Who is the better

I use the Free-sync version of the 21:9 Predator X34 (bought it a few years back thinking AMD would put out a card to compete with Nvidia in the upper range; not knowing Nvidia would open up G-sync before that happened.......) to save about $340 over the G-sync version at the time. Even though this panel isn't "certified" it has made a world of difference and the range is really good (40-75fps at 3440x1440).

dude , if you get ghosting , then the monitor actually can not process 144hz because of grey to grey (thingy ). you should try locking your frames a little bit lower . in most cases , monitors advertised as 144hz can only display something like 120hz . so if you lock your fps even lower , like 110 or maybe 100 or 90 , you might not get ghosting . Besides , does the ghosting appear only when you turn on freesync at 133 fps or not ? you need to test more . this video does not provide enough info

I'm not sure this is true, but I heard that nvidia made it where even if the monitor is a free sync monitor, g sync will still be enabled for it. Could someone please verify this?

Wouldn't Freesync 2 be more relevant these days?😅

im about to get internet soon and im excited because it will be the fastest internet that ive had buuuuut theres a catch 100 dollars a month

But you forgot to include your control... a 250hz 1080p without using either :-)

Dell makes really nice monitors, not using Dell for both tests is kinda unfair. I never heard of the brand on the right. Nice attempt though, but you can't go wrong with either Freesync or G-sync. Just get what matches your card.

I'm confused (nothing new btw), but are we comparing freesync vs gysnc or are we comparing those 2 monitors?? You blur the line between these two extremes to the point of invalidating your conclusions.

Haven’t watched, (my guess) Might make a small difference if you are on a true g sync monitor with the module vs just a g sync capable monitor (adaptive/freesync monitor). But I doubt you can tell the difference, I just switched from an 570 to a 1070 and my monitor doesn’t “officially” support adaptive sync but it works fine. Both freesync and adaptive sync worked well for me. I only had issues when I used a different resolution second monitor and it would bug out occasionally.

yeah my 144 hz freesync monitor don't ghost like that.

Should’ve done a blind test so they don’t know which ones which.

I thought with g sync you don’t have to cap the FPS

You should do a side by side like this comparing free sync monitor with a AMD card and a free sync monitor with a nvidia card.(offcourse using the adaptive sync feature in the nvidia control panel)

So basically not really a problem which one you get

Came here for the comparison... ended up buying Wallpaper Engine.

First dislike Brett, a crying shame. Testing wasn't apples to apples. Methodology flawed.

NO this is BS hands down not a dig at these guys as many do not understand how this works over what they do know so: The real issue is the windows DX10/11/12 setup that always favors Intel & Nvidia over AMD this is why Nvidia do not want Vulkan to be a standard and for those that wanna fight me about it being the hardware that is another outright Nvidia lie otherwise how could they fix current "Free-sync" when upgraded to "G-Sync compatible" with a software update? Answer it was never the hardware same with games that are used in current benchmarks 70% are Nvidia supported game companies lets see how the next 12 months go... By far i am not an AMD fanboy as they have shit the bed many times themselves BUT facts are facts and i dont like scheming shady underhanded tactics over making a good product!

can soome one tell me how to get these wall paper i clicked the link but im unsure what i do next.. do i need to pay

So a cheap mercer screen versus a Dell is fair? xD

So you could have made a proper test with the same panels but you couldn't affort it. Well I'm glad you made the comparison anyways.... or not... Sorry but this is a waste of time :/

Should've had a 3rd party setting up the pc without telling which is which so that there is no bias/placebo effect

terrible comparision, you compared the monitors and not the adaptive sync technology

Flawed review and comparison. Anyhow, the obvious better choice is FreeSync.

oO MAN

Thumbs up right after I saw Goku in the background