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Kostas1507

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Registered: 2020-01-03

Posts: 7

Freesync just won't work...

Hi, I've been trying to get freesync to work for the past few of days and I can't seem to find a way! I've followed the wiki, I made a conf file on /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-amdgpu.conf and added this:

Section "Device"
	Identifier "AMD"
	Driver "amdgpu"
	Option "VariableRefresh" "true"
EndSection

...and rebooted
yet whenever I run

xrandr --props | grep vvr

it always gives me 0.

P.S. I'm not sure what other information to post so let me know!

Last edited by Kostas1507 (2020-04-21 23:41:49)

Ropid

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Registered: 2015-03-09

Posts: 1,069

Re: Freesync just won't work...

Here's the config file I use:

Section "OutputClass"
    Identifier "my amdgpu settings"
    MatchDriver "amdgpu"
    Option "TearFree" "no"
    Option "VariableRefresh" "yes"
EndSection

I use the same "20-amdgpu.conf" name as you are using.

My guess would be you that overlooked something about the limitations of variable-refresh on Linux. I could try to do a better guess if you share some details about your setup.

Kostas1507

Member

Registered: 2020-01-03

Posts: 7

Re: Freesync just won't work...

Hey, can you give me a hind a s to what you are looking for?

Ropid

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Registered: 2015-03-09

Posts: 1,069

Re: Freesync just won't work...

I don't know what's actually important.

If I were asked for my own details, I would come up with this here:

* RX480 graphics card
* single monitor, the model is Acer XF270HU, connected through DisplayPort
* monitor can do 144Hz, and the manufacturer advertises FreeSync for this monitor
* monitor does not have a FreeSync option anywhere in its menus
* FreeSync works in Windows