Intel plans to support FreeSync

Intel plans to support FreeSync

| Source: Tech Report Author: Mark Campbell

Intel plans to support FreeSync

In a Q&A session after IDF (Intel Developer Forum) Intel's Chief Graphics Software Architect, David Blythe, was asked what Intel's position was on supporting VESA's optional Adaptive-Sync Standard, which is otherwise known as FreeSync.

In response Blythe said that the company was positive about VESA's adaptive sync standard and said that Intel does indeed plan on supporting it in the future. Sadly Blythe did not comment any further on how or when Intel planned on adding support for Adaptive Sync (FreeSync) or if it will happen on current generation products.

Intel's Timeframe for supporting FreeSync will heavily depend on whether or not Intel will need to make any changes to their GPUs on the hardware side before they can support the standard, as this will mean that Intel would need to wait for a newer generation product, after Skylake, before they could implement FreeSync support.

Right now Intel ships a large number of graphics chips inside their own CPUs, which makes supporting an adaptive refresh standard an obvious move going into the future, especially since Intel is starting to produce some powerful integrated graphics solutions like the one used with Intel's Broadwell CPUs.

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It looks like Intel Plans on supporting VESA's adaptive Sync standard. FreeSync on Intel? http://t.co/FsDEWfgJ7a pic.twitter.com/61SA5K3nAu — OC3D (@OC3D) August 20, 2015

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