MSI monitors are G-SYNC compatible

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/28/2019 08:32 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

sverek

Posts: 4718
Joined: 2011-01-02

#5632283 Posted on: 01/28/2019 08:37 AM

Is there price difference between Freesync and G-Sync compatible monitor?

fantaskarsef
Senior Member

Posts: 9924
Joined: 2014-07-21

#5632287 Posted on: 01/28/2019 08:47 AM

I wonder if the monitor's pricing is according to the table in the article, from cheapest on top to most expansive on bottom

LesserHellspawn
Senior Member

Posts: 619
Joined: 2010-03-27

#5632331 Posted on: 01/28/2019 11:18 AM

Is there price difference between Freesync and G-Sync compatible monitor?

Yep, a big one, because the G-Sync module is an actual piece of additional hardware, which also makes the monitor run quite hot. If the same monitor model is priced identical in both G-Sync and Freesync variants, you're being ripped off on the Freesync one.

rl66
Senior Member

Posts: 1923
Joined: 2007-05-31

#5632335 Posted on: 01/28/2019 11:21 AM

Is there price difference between Freesync and G-Sync compatible monitor?

not talking about MSI but generaly: 60 euro < extra cost < 100 euro
but those GSync is hardware and "should" be better... (and can't be see at 1st look)

For me it is useless anyway: go to the cheapest for the same result

Fox2232
Senior Member

Posts: 8503
Joined: 2012-07-20

#5632344 Posted on: 01/28/2019 11:32 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.

999Anticlock9wiSe
Member

Posts: 21
Joined: 2019-01-04

#5632374 Posted on: 01/28/2019 12:42 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
Junior Member

Posts: 10
Joined: 2010-12-07

#5632462 Posted on: 01/28/2019 03:35 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
Junior Member

Posts: 1
Joined: 2019-01-28

#5632489 Posted on: 01/28/2019 05:09 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
Senior Member

Posts: 804
Joined: 2014-07-22

#5632638 Posted on: 01/28/2019 10:11 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
Senior Member

Posts: 150
Joined: 2006-11-29

#5632715 Posted on: 01/29/2019 01:08 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.

Bansaku
Senior Member

Posts: 151
Joined: 2009-08-20

#5632739 Posted on: 01/29/2019 03:54 AM

Too bad their monitors are crap. I went through 3 in 1 week; Dead pixels, horrific backlight ghosting, and poor substructure adhesion. In fact, in the course of 1 month the retail outlet where I had purchased it had RMA'd 2 dozen of the MSI Optix monitors. I went with Samsung and couldn't be happier.

NewTRUMP Order
Senior Member

Posts: 354
Joined: 2017-02-04

#5633087 Posted on: 01/29/2019 07:28 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.

Have you tried disabling overdrive? And of course enable freesync on the monitor, cant tell you how long it took me to figure that out duh. Also it will only work with display port on gpu.

rippleyalien
Junior Member

Posts: 1
Joined: 2019-01-29

#5633168 Posted on: 01/29/2019 09:42 PM

G-Sync= PRICE premium, with a Hardware solution.
Free-sync=Cheaper price=Software solution.

Up Until TODAY, G-sync=Nvidia only video card+G-sync monitor. Free-syne=AMD only video card+ freesync..
NOW, Nvidia can work on them all, with AMD only working on Free-sync.
HOW Significant is this??
1- Instead of a person buying a 65' BFG G-sync for $5000... They can instead purchase a Samsung, with their higher end models supporting Free-sync. At a cheaper price, with simular results. (Considering 2x RTX 2080Ti's are needed to get beyond 100fps.
2- Nvidia card holders, are no longer blackmailed into just getting G-Sync monitors. There is an alternative now.
3- Prices will fall on G-Sync hardware, OR G-Sync hardware is about to get upgraded.. I for-see 8K Gsync becoming the latest\greatest must have solutions.

sykozis
Junior Member

Posts: 20812
Joined: 2008-07-14

#5633406 Posted on: 01/30/2019 03:55 PM

Is there price difference between Freesync and G-Sync compatible monitor?
No. They're the same monitors so the prices will be the same.

G-Sync= PRICE premium, with a Hardware solution.
Free-sync=Cheaper price=Software solution.
They are both hardware/software based. G-Sync, however, requires additional hardware that "FreeSync" does not.

MonstroMart
Senior Member

Posts: 285
Joined: 2006-07-06

#5633638 Posted on: 01/31/2019 06:04 AM

Strange i can only get a black screen on mine with gsync enabled.

Post New Comment

Click here to post a comment for this news story on the message forum.