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Massdrop Vast 35-Inch Curved Gaming Monitor

Meorock

Sep 29, 2017

Will this work with a Gtx 970 ?

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jloopy212

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Sep 29, 2017

MeorockYes, but you will not be able to take advantage of the adaptive refresh (G Sync) feature as N Vidia cards are incompatible with that particular feature of the monitor.

Billywang

Oct 1, 2017

jloopy212I thought this monitor says free-sync not G sync? Wouldn't that mean n visual cards are compatible

theslothmonarch

Oct 1, 2017

Billywangno, gsync is nvidia and freesync is amd. your video card will be able to drive the monitor no issue, just you cant use freesync as that is an amd feature.

67Eleanor

Oct 2, 2017

theslothmonarchlol why AMD? just curious. Isnt Nvidia just a bigger thing than AMD in terms of cards? you know, used more in most products?

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theslothmonarch

Oct 2, 2017

67Eleanoramd's freesync is open source and does not cost anything to add to a monitor while gsync has an actual module that is installed which drives up the cost. freesync is free, gsync is a paid feature

67Eleanor

Oct 2, 2017

theslothmonarchAh okay makes sense. Im suprised that people just dont all switch it AMD quickly and cancel out Invidias gysnc for good.

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jloopy212

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Oct 2, 2017

67EleanorWell a couple things, GPUs are expensive so most people aren't replacing a $500+ part every other year. NVidia has dominated at least the upper end of the market for several years now; AMD essentially didn't offer a competitive flagship product in the last generation and while Vega is looking very strong and AMD's boards have historically improved over time (NVidia's don't really), but it's still ever so slightly behind NVidia on an all-in basis (today).
Bottom line: there are definitely some fundamental reasons NVidia has ~75-80% market share today and that isn't likely to change in the next 6-12 months at least until next generation and/or the alleviation of GPU shortages from mining.
There's also a good amount of misinformation out there a lot of it is perpetuated by NVidia. They have such a dominant market share that they can get away with anti-consumer behavior. A monopoly is a monopoly so you can't really fault them for gouging their customers such as they can as it's just what any business with no competition would do. The only really bizarre thing is that NVidia has done such a good job with marketing that their customers are perfectly happy with this situation and will, sometimes, vocally advocate that everyone should be charged $200-$300 for an identical product.
I do think it is changing though - people that are paying attention are tired of NVidia's behavior. AMD is catching up with Vega and the future of Navi is looking bright. Eventually, NVidia will be forced to support the industry standard instead of their own proprietary product (keep in mind NVidia GPUs are capable of FreeSync, NVidia has just opted their customers out of it so they can charge an extra ~$200+ for monitors) and we'll have rationality back in the market.