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AMD officially announces new FreeSync 2 tech

..with over 20 partners and 121 monitors available with FreeSync support, AMD .. FreeSync is .. more widely adopted compared to Nvidia G-Sync technology..

..The HDR or "high dynamic range" is the next big thing and can be used on both SDR (standard dynamic range) and HDR-capable monitors, but suffers from high input lag, something that AMD will change with the FreeSync 2 technology..

..Currently, the HDR rendering is a two stage process .. FreeSync 2 is a single stage process .. thus lowering the input lag..

..all FreeSync-compatible Radeon GPUs will also support the new FreeSync 2 technology, which means all GCN 1.1 and newer GPUs..

..Currently, Samsung is the only known big partner that has jumped on the FreeSync 2 train...


I personally am interested in HDR (high dynamic range color and contrast) -- that's something one can "see" (not just measure). Newer AMD GPUs can do it -- so, many do not need a new GPU. However, as noted above, one needs a Freesync monitor to get maximum performance -- and Freesync 2 monitors are coming later this year.

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