{"id":12018,"date":"2014-09-18T14:42:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T12:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=12018"},"modified":"2014-09-18T14:42:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T12:42:00","slug":"industrys-biggest-scaler-vendors-pledge-support-for-amds-project-freesync","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/12018-industrys-biggest-scaler-vendors-pledge-support-for-amds-project-freesync\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry\u2019s Biggest Scaler Vendors Pledge Support for AMD<\/span>\u2019s Project FreeSync"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2013 New tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons pave way for pro\u00adduc\u00adtion moni\u00adtors fea\u00adturing AMD<\/span>\u2019s licen\u00adsing-free solu\u00adti\u00adon to stut\u00adte\u00adring and tearing in PC<\/span> games <\/em>\u2013<\/p>\n

SUNNYVALE<\/span>, Calif. \u2014 Sept. 18, 2014<\/strong>\u2014 Today, AMD<\/span><\/a> (NYSE<\/span>: AMD<\/span>) announ\u00adced col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons with sca\u00adler ven\u00addors MStar, Nova\u00adtek and Real\u00adtek to build sca\u00adler units rea\u00addy with Dis\u00adplay\u00adPo\u00adrt\u2122 Adap\u00adti\u00adve-Sync<\/a> and AMD<\/span>\u2019s Pro\u00adject Free\u00adSync<\/a> by year end.[i]<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Sin\u00adce the dawn of hard\u00adware-acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted gra\u00adphics, gamers drea\u00admed of liquid smooth game\u00adplay free of stut\u00adte\u00adring and tearing,\u201d said Matt Skyn\u00adner, cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger, Gra\u00adphics Busi\u00adness Unit, AMD<\/span>. \u201cAMD<\/span>\u2019s Pro\u00adject Free\u00adSync is aimed at rea\u00adli\u00adzing that visi\u00adon with an open, stan\u00addar\u00addi\u00adzed and licen\u00adse-free approach that will encou\u00adra\u00adge lower pri\u00adces and wider adoption.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under the tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy part\u00adner\u00adships, MStar, Nova\u00adtek and Real\u00adtek each will deve\u00adlop a ran\u00adge of Dis\u00adplay\u00adPo\u00adrt\u2122 Adap\u00adti\u00adve-Sync-rea\u00addy sca\u00adlers to com\u00adple\u00adment the new moni\u00adtor pro\u00adduct cycle in 1Q15<\/span>. Moni\u00adtors equip\u00adped with such Dis\u00adplay\u00adPo\u00adrt\u2122 Adap\u00adti\u00adve-Sync-awa\u00adre sca\u00adlers will allow con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adry AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 gra\u00adphics cards<\/a> to syn\u00adchro\u00adni\u00adze dis\u00adplay refresh rates and GPU<\/span> frame\u00adra\u00adtes via Pro\u00adject Free\u00adSync to enable tearing and stut\u00adter-free gam\u00ading along with low input latency.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Our cus\u00adto\u00admers are real\u00adly exci\u00adted about AMD<\/span>\u2019s Free\u00adSync tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy,\u201d said Yee-Wei Huang, vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent, Real\u00adtek. \u201cThe bene\u00adfits of Free\u00adSync for gam\u00ading are clear and we belie\u00adve adop\u00adting the Dis\u00adplay\u00adPo\u00adrt Adap\u00adti\u00adve-Sync indus\u00adtry stan\u00addard by VESA<\/span> is the best approach to make this dis\u00adplay tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy wide\u00adly available for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new sca\u00adlers from MStar, Nova\u00adtek and Real\u00adtek also will give moni\u00adtor ven\u00addors access to a com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00adve set of fea\u00adtures not available with other dyna\u00admic refresh tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies. Exam\u00adp\u00adle fea\u00adtures include: pic\u00adtu\u00adre sca\u00adling, on-screen dis\u00adplay (OSD<\/span>), HDMI<\/span>\u00ae\/DVI<\/span> inputs for lega\u00adcy users and Dis\u00adplay\u00adPo\u00adrt\u2122 High Bit Rate Audio.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Pro\u00adject Free\u00adSync is the industry\u2019s defi\u00adning effort to bring smooth game\u00adplay to PC<\/span> enthu\u00adsi\u00adasts,\u201d said Richard Hung, direc\u00adtor, iHome SBU<\/span> \u2013 SC<\/span>, Nova\u00adtek. \u201cIn put\u00adting for\u00adward the open Dis\u00adplay\u00adPo\u00adrt\u2122 Adap\u00adti\u00adve-Sync pro\u00adpo\u00adsal for rati\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon, AMD<\/span> has smart\u00adly led the way for Nova\u00adtek sca\u00adlers to power a new wave of moni\u00adtors that afford\u00ada\u00adb\u00adly offer dyna\u00admic refresh rates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Final\u00adly, the initi\u00adal Pro\u00adject Free\u00adSync-com\u00adpa\u00adti\u00adble sca\u00adlers from MStar, Nova\u00adtek and Real\u00adtek will empower moni\u00adtor ven\u00addors with robust Dis\u00adplay\u00adPo\u00adrt\u2122 recei\u00advers accom\u00admo\u00adda\u00adting of FHD<\/span> and QHD<\/span> panels up to 144Hz, or UHD<\/span> panels up to 60Hz.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>With an open, indus\u00adtry-stan\u00addard spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon, Pro\u00adject Free\u00adSync and Dis\u00adplay\u00adPo\u00adrt\u2122 Adap\u00adti\u00adve-Sync ser\u00adve as models for con\u00adsu\u00admer-fri\u00adend\u00adly tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies,\u201d said Hen\u00adry Lan, mar\u00adke\u00adting depu\u00adty direc\u00adtor, Dis\u00adplay Group, MStar. \u201cMStar is plea\u00adsed to join AMD<\/span>\u2019sProject Free\u00adSync eco\u00adsys\u00adtem with sca\u00adlers that will bring smooth game\u00adplay to a new gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of displays.\u201d<\/p>\n

AMD<\/span> and its dis\u00adplay part\u00adners intend to reve\u00adal Pro\u00adject Free\u00adSync-rea\u00addy moni\u00adtors based on any one of the MStar, Nova\u00adtek and Real\u00adtek sca\u00adlers through a media review pro\u00adgram in 1Q15<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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