It's running security checks to ensure only Nvidia cards are connected, that requires a VM, which needs RAM, and a fast processor.......
I see it the other way around ... the number of Freesync monitors offering any type of MBR technology are shrinking fast. Freesync and G-Syns will drop to insignificance fir the enthusiast gamer as 144 + Hz will be the order of the day
Just check how many Freesync and how many G-Sync monitors are on the market. Even the second biggest TV manufacturer allowed Freesync support on some of their 2018 models. People can taunt AMD but getting a much cheaper monitor with the same specifications is good for everyone.
1. Too bad no such thing exists. When you can compare "apples and apples" and the price is the same. Freesync monitors with monitor manufacturer supplied Motion Blur Reduction (MBR) were roughly the same price as G-sync when both broke on the scene. Over time, said manufacturers are including this feature less and less. The quality of these solutions is variable as each manufacturer's implementation is different
2. One of the reasons for the above is the market place. nVidia sold greater than 2 times more GTX 970s then all 20+ AMD 200 and 300 series cards combined. Back then, AMD had no answer to the 970 on up.... today, AMD has no answer to the 1060 on up.
3. Lets look at the list of "best gaming monitors:
https://www.blurbusters.com/faq/120hz-monitors/
Of the 29 monitors ....
.... all 29 have some form of MBR technology
.... 9 are Freesync
.... 20 are G-Sync
Depending on budget (incl peripherals) and resolution, we recommend
2160p w/ $3k+ Budget ... wait for 11xx series and 144 hz IPS HDR G-Sync Monitors w/ ULMB
1440p w/ $2k+ Budget ... GTX 1070 series and 144 hz IPS HG-Sync Monitors w/ ULMB
1080p w/ ~1.5k budget ... GTX 1060 w/ G-Sync or at least MBR capable (Classic LightBoost Blur Reduction technology) Monitor
1080p w/ <1.5k budget ... RX 580 w/Free-Sync and / or MBR capable (Classic LightBoost Blur Reduction technology) Monitor
since physix era this way start nvidia dominance,, AMD making best Graphic card HD 5870 and better than GTX 480,, people still buy nvidia because MIND SET not performance,,, this happen when Nvidia logo always flying around on every game
This reads like Faux News ... doesn't agree with any published test numbers. I don't see any support of that position in TPU reviews, at least in the upper tiers.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_1060/31.html
"It seems the GTX 1060 is everything AMD wanted the RX 480 to be"
While that comment was for the reference model, its the AIB cards that really matter to gaming enthusiasts. Lets give AMD an advantage by comparing the 1060 with the later generation 580.
We see that the AIB 580 is 1.064 times as fast as the reference 1060 and that when overclocked, it's 7.1% faster
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Gigabyte/AORUS_RX_580_XTR/33.html
So the card is 1.14 (1.064 x 1.071) times as fast as the reference 1060.
The AIB 1060 is 1.041 times as fast as the reference 1060 but it overclocks 12.1% making it 1.17 times faster than the reference 1060.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Gigabyte/GTX_1060_Xtreme_Gaming/26.html
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Gigabyte/GTX_1060_Xtreme_Gaming/29.html
GTX 1060 power consumption / noise and / OC temps are 138 watts / 28 dbA / 63C
The RX 580 power consumption / noise and / OC temps are 243 watts / 34 dbA /74C
Desired AIB 1060s (6GB) are going from $289 to $329 on newegg ... while desired RX 580s are running about $10 cheaper. Performance wise I'd call it almost a wash and worthy of a $10 premium. But the 580 uses 76 % more power, requiring the expense of a PSU that is 100 watts larger so that easily erases the cost advantage. It's 50% louder and adds 10C in GPU temps. And lets not forget that the 580 is a generation later than the 1060 which originally competed against the 480.
I'd love it if AMD could muster some competition but nVidia's but despite loads of "[insert AMD's new tech here] is going to change everything" ... it just hasn't happened. Pre-launch excitement fizzled post launch as the 200, 300, 400, 500, Fury and Vega failed to live up to the hype. We last saw competition at the high end (when both cards were overclocked) with the 780 vs 290x and the 780 Ti rendered that battle irrelevant. But much more so than the top tier battle, Im more worried that nVidia has taken the crown to a another tier with each generation. With 9xx series ... the domination dropped down another 2 tiers to the x70... with 10xx it dropped to xx60. Personally, as our most of the users we have built for, are what I call "hardware whores" ... total lack of loyalty, jumping on whatever has the best numbers ... overclocked.
So no... we, PC enthusistas, are not buying anything because of a "mindset" at least at the high end. I will agree however that at the low end, "mindset" has value. The best example I can give you here is IBM laptops. IBM made the A20 series which every year, back in the days when print media dominated, the A20 was awarded best laptop every year. It was very expensive and could easily run upwards of $3K. And while if you wanted 'the best", youd have to pay that and get an A20 because no one was offering anything comparable. At some point, some bean counter decided that IBM didn't sell enough of the A20 and discontinued the line. Soon after IBM lost laptop dominance and eventual spun the division off to Lenovo. With laptops, w/o making thodse magazine covers, the shine was off IBM... just like every junior high school kids needed 'Air Jordans' to make sure he "made the team", every business exec wants that IBM logo visible when he / she entered that business meeting. But for those buying individual components, its going to be all about the numbers. So when a teenage goes shopping wth mom for that new PC as little Johnny transitions to Jr High School, that nVidia logo will draw attention because lil Johnny read on the internet that "nVidia 1080 Ti is the best", he wanbts totell his friends that ha has an nVidia card... he'll also want water cooling. lots of RGB all so he can impress his friends, regardless of whether any of those choices give you less than AMD components, air coolers. But again, while the uninformed consumer may be fooled by this mindset, I think anyone who is spending time reading TPU forums, and who has read TPU reviews, is making the choice 'by the numbers".