MSI monitors are G-SYNC compatible

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/28/2019 09:32 AM | source: | 15 comment(s)

Following NVIDIA's announcement of their newest drivers, MSI monitors are effectively G-Sync Compatible. This technology allows G-Sync to be used on Adaptive Sync monitors.

G-Sync, an anti-tearing, anti-flickering and anti-stuttering monitor technology designed by NVIDIA, was once only exclusive to monitors that had passed the NVIDIA certification. With the newest release of NVIDIA GPU driver, NVIDIA now allows G-Sync to be used on monitors that support Adaptive Sync technology when they are connected to an NVIDIA graphics card.

At the moment, not all Adaptive Sync monitors on the market are perfectly G-Sync Compatible. MSI, on the other hand, has been constantly testing Adaptive Sync monitors to determine if they are G-Sync Compatible. Below are the test results.

*Models not listed are still under internal testing.

Graphics cards used for the test:
MSI RTX 2070 Ventus 8G
MSI RTX 2080 Ventus 8G
MSI GTX 1080 Gaming 8G

System Requirements for G-Sync Compatible:
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA 10 series (pascal) or newer
• VGA driver version should be later than 417.71
• Display Port 1.2 (or above) cable
• Windows 10

Limitations at the moment:
• Only a single display is currently supported; Multiple monitors can be connected but no more than one display should have G-SYNC Compatible enabled

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999Anticlock9wiSe
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#5632374 Posted on: 01/28/2019 01:42 PM

This is good news.
I dont think the gsync displays run any hotter than the free sync screens
More likely their lumins were higher in general and lumins require wattage to generate.

mannix
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#5632462 Posted on: 01/28/2019 04:35 PM

This is good news.
I dont think the gsync displays run any hotter than the free sync screens
More likely their lumins were higher in general and lumins require wattage to generate.

You can see the first G-Sync module here:

https://techreport.com/news/25775/modded-g-sync-monitors-available-in-limited-quantities

It's actually an SoC with a bunch of RAM modules.
It doesn't run particularly hot but well enough to kill batteries and reduce TDP limits in notebooks.
I guess the mobility market it's n.1 reason why nVidia went the Freesync way.
Indeed there are very few notebooks with G-Sync displays around.

Disturbed5959
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#5632489 Posted on: 01/28/2019 06:09 PM

I have the Optix AG32CQ and I can say that I have had no success getting it to work. I get strobing and screen flickering. I did use the DDU tool to clean out old drivers prior to install.

waltc3
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#5632638 Posted on: 01/28/2019 11:11 PM

I think what you meant to say here is that these Freesync monitors are now compatible with nVidia GPUs, or at least the nVidia GPUs now supporting Freesync via the nVidia drivers. Extra monitor circuitry is required for G-sync, and if these monitors don't have that circuitry then they cannot be "G-sync compatible" at all, but are Freesync compatible. nVidia is now supporting the open standard AMD made available to everyone instead of the expensive, proprietary hardware lock-in nVidia was selling as "G-sync."

GSDragoon
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#5632715 Posted on: 01/29/2019 02:08 AM

Sorry. If both FS and GS screens come at same price...
Scenario 1) Priced at regular FS price => no ripping off.
Scenario 2) Priced at regular GS price => both are ripping you off.

This. It's only time until they start producing "gsync compatible" monitors that are really just free sync monitors but at real gsync monitor prices.

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