What graphics card do I need for AMD FreeSync 2?ĪMD's FreeSync 2 tech is a little harder to untangle than Nvidia's G-Sync HDR, as every graphics card that currently supports regular FreeSync also supports FreeSync 2. Nvidia also recommends using your graphics card's DisplayPort 1.4 connection. You'll also need to make sure it has the correct driver - R396 GA2 or higher - and that your PC is running Windows 10.
What graphics card do I need for Nvidia G-Sync HDR?Īlas, even though Nvidia's 900-series of GTX graphics cards are capable of producing an HDR image, you'll need one of the 1000, 1600 or RTX 2000 series to make use of Nvidia's G-Sync HDR standard - specifically, the GTX 1050 or higher. However, if you happen to have one of AMD's older R9 300 series cards, you may well be in luck, as these also support HDR over their HDMI 1.4b and DisplayPort 1.2 outputs, albeit with a few limitations - namely, they can only reach a maximum of 30fps at 4K and a colour depth of 8-bits rather than 10-bits when connected over HDMI due to bandwidth limitations. You can also expect the new Big Navi graphics cards to support HDR when they eventually come out, too.
Nvidia's GTX 16-series and RTX 20-series, meanwhile, come with DisplayPort 1.4a ready and HDMI 2.0b outputs.įor those on the AMD side of the fence, you're looking mainly at their Polaris family of GPUs - that is, the RX 400 and RX 500 series - as well as their high-end Vega graphics cards and the Radeon 7. As you can see from the table below, all of these can do HDR over HDMI and DisplayPort, because all of GTX 10-series cards come with DisplayPort 1.4 connectors. Nvidia's GTX 900-series, on the other hand, are stuck with DisplayPort 1.2 outputs.įortunately, Nvidia rectified this for their 10-series of GTX graphics cards. This is because HDR support for DisplayPort was only introduced in DisplayPort 1.4. Hooray! The bad news is that the 900-series can only do it over their HDMI 2.0 connectors, because their DVI and DisplayPort outputs don't support it. The good news is that all of Nvidia's GeForce GTX 900, 10-series and new 16-series and RTX 20-series desktop graphics cards are primed and ready for HDR straight out of the box.
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