No, since the gsync boards have very fine control of overdrive as the refresh rate changes, they will likely have better response times than freesync or gsync compatible monitors, since those tend to have coarse control of overdrive. The amount of overdrive needed changes depending on the...
The screen tearing is fixed with freesync, people aren't disputing that. What nvidia is claiming is that many freesync displays have dealbreaking image artifacts over their variable refresh range. Obviously, they have an incentive to upsell people to gsync monitors, but I think they might be...
The scary thing is that I don't think anyone would notice if many freesync monitors were performing poorly. Enthusiasts are relying heavily on anecdotal information, and reviewers only sporadically cover monitor releases, and often only check performance with a fixed refresh rate only.
I have an rx 480 in my main rig, and jensen might be right about freesync. It was so poorly regulated that it was hard figuring out which monitors actually performed well in their variable refresh range. Most reviewers only check image quality with fixed refresh rates.
you can do this with afterburner. In options, there is "without powerplay support" in the amd compatibility section in a drop down menu. Then you have to have an overclock with afterburner as well to get it to work. I just do a 1mhz overclock on memory.
But yea, I would like to have powerplay...