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If you have an AMD graphics card made in the last couple years and you don’t have a FreeSync monitor, it’s time to upgrade. Once you experience the smoothness and responsiveness of a variable refresh rate monitor, there’s just no going back.
FreeSync is AMD’s branding for its variable refresh rate (VRR) monitor technology. It’s built on top of the open VESA Adaptive Sync protocol as part of the DisplayPort 1.2a spec. If you have a FreeSync monitor, you’ll get variable refresh rates with just about any modern AMD graphics card. If you’re running an Nvidia graphics card, or using another video source (like a game console via an HDMI input), a FreeSync monitor will act just as a normal monitor.
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If you have an AMD graphics card made in the last couple years and you don’t have a FreeSync monitor, it’s time to upgrade. Once you experience the smoothness and responsiveness of a variable refresh rate monitor, there’s just no going back.
FreeSync is AMD’s branding for its variable refresh rate (VRR) monitor technology. It’s built on top of the open VESA Adaptive Sync protocol as part of the DisplayPort 1.2a spec. If you have a FreeSync monitor, you’ll get variable refresh rates with just about any modern AMD graphics card. If you’re running an Nvidia graphics card, or using another video source (like a game console via an HDMI input), a FreeSync monitor will act just as a normal monitor.
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