Tag Archives: G-Sync

It has been a while since we last had any major G-SYNC news but that changes today. At Gamescom, Nvidia has officially announced its new collaboration with MediaTek to usher in a new age of G-Sync Pulsar monitors. G-SYNC Pulsar is the next evolution of Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) technology. …

Nvidia's big announcement at CES this year is the RTX 40 Super series, with new RTX 4080 Super, RTX 4070 Ti Super and RTX 4070 Super graphics cards set to launch over the next couple of weeks. In our latest coverage, Leo swings by Nvidia's CES booth to get a …

Star Wars Jedi Survivor and Dead Island 2 are both launching on PC very soon. Nvidia is getting GeForce GPU users prepared for both titles with the release of a new Game Ready graphics driver today, which also enables DLSS 2 in new games and adds additional G-Sync Compatible displays …

Late last year, LG announced its most promising gaming monitor to date – the UltraGear 27GR95QE-B, packing a 27-inch OLED panel with 1440p resolution and 240Hz refresh rate. Now just a few months later, this monitor is available in the UK.  It has taken longer than many of us wanted …

During Computex 2022, ASUS ROG launched the world's first 500Hz G-Sync gaming monitor, promising blazing fast frame rates and quicker response times...

The driver team at Nvidia is constantly working on Game Ready drivers for upcoming releases. The latest update arrives today, adding day-one support for Dune: Spice Wars and several other titles, in addition to enabling new G-Sync Compatible displays.  The GeForce driver version 512.59 is now rolling out, bringing day-one …

Xiaomi has started teasing its new generation of OLED TVs, and as it seems, they will feature Nvidia G-Sync modules. Scheduled to release on August 10th, Xiaomi's new-gen OLED TVs will allow gamers to enjoy a tear-free gaming experience when connected to a system using an Nvidia GPU. The announcement …

Update (19/01/21): Nvidia has been in touch since the publication of this story with a full statement. Please find our updated coverage HERE.  For the last couple of years, Nvidia has had some stringent requirements for monitors in order for them to be classified as ‘G-Sync Ultimate'. Previously, gaining this …

Back in January 2019, Nvidia announced that it would be updating its GPU drivers to support FreeSync displays under the new ‘G-Sync Compatible’ initiative. This means that Nvidia GPU users can switch G-Sync on using any adaptive sync display, although there is a verification program in place to highlight the …

Back in January 2019, Nvidia announced that it would be updating its GPU drivers to support FreeSync displays under the new ‘G-Sync Compatible' initiative. This means that Nvidia GPU users can switch G-Sync on using any adaptive sync display, although there is a verification program in place to highlight the …

A couple of weeks ago, Nvidia launched the latest GeForce Game Ready driver, adding in support for more G-Sync Compatible monitors, enabling new features in the control panel and bringing RTX ray-tracing support to Wolfenstein Youngblood. Unfortunately, the driver also caused some issues for some users, so a hotfix has …

Acer has had a busy couple of days at CES 2020 so far, earlier today we covered a range of new laptops including Intel Project Athena devices and an industry-leading 300 Hz 1ms response panel in the Predator Triton 500. Acer has added more monitors to its Predator series too …

Since the introduction of 240Hz gaming displays, most of them have been based on TN panels. Back in September, the Acer Nitro range received an upgrade with the world's first IPS 240Hz monitor and now, that technology is also transitioning over to the Acer Predator range.  The Acer Predator XB273 …

There has been a flurry of activity from Nvidia over the last 24 hours, with the official launch of the new Shield devices and then the GTX 1660 Super was unveiled. Along with those new releases, Nvidia has prepared a new update to the GeForce drivers, ready for GTX 1660 …

Microsoft has been making much more of an effort to get on the good side of PC gamers in recent years. There were some hurdles along the way, with issues surrounding the Universal Windows App system and the Windows 10 Store but things have been changing for the better in …

Nvidia's G-Sync Compatible certification push continues with more monitors joining the list.

It's a very sleek laptop from ASUS ROG, packing RTX 2080 Max-Q graphics. Is it worth £3200?!

It's a monster of a laptop from PC Specialist, with desktop grade hardware inside.

RTX 2060, DLSS in Battlefield V and G-Sync compatibility on FreeSync displays are all new features headlining Nvidia's latest driver update.

Today at CES, Leo and Briony stopped by at the Nvidia suite to check out all of the latest hardware. That includes the new super-sized BFGD gaming displays due in February, the recently launched RTX 2060 and finally, RTX for laptops. We have already extensively covered all of the big …

Nvidia is finally opening up its drivers to allow GTX/RTX graphics cards to make use of Adaptive Sync on FreeSync displays.

Despite FreeSync being an open standard, over the years Nvidia GPUs have been locked down to only support G-Sync. It has taken some time, but this week two separate workarounds for this have come to light, allowing Nvidia GPUs and FreeSync to work together for the first time.

Aside from the new Mixed Reality headset launch, Acer had more to show off at IFA today. The company has also announced two new gaming monitors sporting 4K resolution, HDR and a 144Hz refresh rate. Better yet, there is a version for G-Sync and another for FreeSync. First up is …

Adaptive-Sync technologies like G-Sync and Freesync have really taken the gaming monitor industry by storm. While FreeSync is cheap for monitor makers to implement due to its open-source nature, G-Sync is a little more complicated. In the early days of G-Sync, Nvidia's proprietary module would add extra cost to manufacturing, …

At CES last year, Asus and Acer made a big splash by showing off the first 4K/144Hz gaming monitors with plans to launch them both later on in 2017. Unfortunately, delays got in the way, as they occasionally do. During March at GDC, we got a brief update on that …

After some lengthy delays, we may finally see the first 4K/144Hz, HDR and G-Sync monitors hit the market.

Shortly after announcing availability for three new G90 series gaming monitors, AOC today has begone showcasing its new special edition AGON curved monitor. This is an impressive 35-inch 3440×1440 ultrawide display with a silky smooth 120Hz refresh rate, which will be showcased at the Intel Extreme Masters tournament this weekend. …

Following on from Nvidia's BFGD announcement earlier this morning, Asus has officially announced its ROG Swift PG65 Big Format Gaming Display. When Nvidia announced BFGD, we knew that Asus, Acer and HP would be among the first companies to bring out displays supporting this and now, we know what Asus's …

PC gaming is great but more often than not, if you want low latency, high refresh rates and G-Sync, then you are going to have to settle for a 27-inch monitor over something like a large living room TV. Nvidia is looking to change that this year with the announcement …

It looks to tick all the boxes, but there are some issues - read on to find out what's what!