NVIDIA Introduces G-SYNC to Revolutionize Displays

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NVIDIA's G-SYNC

"It turns out that our entire industry has been syncing the GPU’s frame-rendering rate to the monitor’s refresh rate – usually 60Hz – and it’s this syncing that’s causing a lot of the problems.

Sadly, monitors, for historic reasons, have fixed refresh rates at 60Hz. That’s because PC monitors initially used a lot of technology from TVs, and in the U.S. we standardized on a 60Hz refresh way back in the 1940s, around the time Ed Sullivan was still a fresh face. That occurred because the U.S. power grid is based on 60Hz AC power, and setting TV refresh rates to match that made early electronics easier to build for TVs. The PC industry just sort of inherited this behavior because TVs were the low-cost way to get a display.

So back at NVIDIA, we began to question whether we shouldn’t do it the other way. Instead of trying to get a GPU’s output to synchronize with a monitor refresh, what if we synchronized the monitor refresh to the GPU render rate?"

Source: NVIDIA

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Nav Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Digital Storm Employee Joined: 15 Jan 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1581	Quote Reply Topic: NVIDIA Introduces G-SYNC to Revolutionize Displays Posted: 20 Oct 2013 at 1:19pm
	Revolutionizing Displays to Improve Game Play NVIDIA's G-SYNC "It turns out that our entire industry has been syncing the GPU’s frame-rendering rate to the monitor’s refresh rate – usually 60Hz – and it’s this syncing that’s causing a lot of the problems. Sadly, monitors, for historic reasons, have fixed refresh rates at 60Hz. That’s because PC monitors initially used a lot of technology from TVs, and in the U.S. we standardized on a 60Hz refresh way back in the 1940s, around the time Ed Sullivan was still a fresh face. That occurred because the U.S. power grid is based on 60Hz AC power, and setting TV refresh rates to match that made early electronics easier to build for TVs. The PC industry just sort of inherited this behavior because TVs were the low-cost way to get a display. So back at NVIDIA, we began to question whether we shouldn’t do it the other way. Instead of trying to get a GPU’s output to synchronize with a monitor refresh, what if we synchronized the monitor refresh to the GPU render rate?" Source: NVIDIA

bprat22 Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS ELITE DigitalStorm East -- (Unofficially!) Joined: 08 Jun 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 20391	Quote Reply Posted: 20 Oct 2013 at 2:17pm
	Very timely post. A post under Hardware just brought the subject up, earlier today. Good info. Thanks.

fstcvc Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS Veteran Joined: 06 Jul 2013 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2551	Quote Reply Posted: 20 Oct 2013 at 2:51pm

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Alex Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Digital Storm Supervisor Joined: 04 Jun 2012 Online Status: Online Posts: 16314	Quote Reply Posted: 21 Oct 2013 at 2:38pm
	It's promising stuff, some of the team here has already experienced it.


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	Interesting, thanks for the share!
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dorotea Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 20 Nov 2013 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36	Quote Reply Posted: 20 Nov 2013 at 12:23pm
	A bit late to say this was very interesting, though it was. Not at all late to ask if anyone has information on when the first monitors with the G-SYNC will be coming out from ASUS. I haven't heard much on this topic since the original NVidia release.

ScottishBattleAx Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 09 Jun 2013 Online Status: Offline Posts: 342	Quote Reply Posted: 20 Nov 2013 at 1:14pm
	I think I heard it was early 2014. Kits to mod your monitor yourself will be available too. I think the ASUS VG248QE will be the first monitor available with it (and maybe be the first they release a mod kit for). I forget the exact detail... it's something like that.

criTalon Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 27 Oct 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 234	Quote Reply Posted: 20 Nov 2013 at 1:43pm
	What ScottishBattleAx said - G-Sync Edited by criTalon - 20 Nov 2013 at 1:44pm


dorotea Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 20 Nov 2013 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36	Quote Reply Posted: 20 Nov 2013 at 8:00pm
	So maybe 2 months give or take ....or longer. Thanks.

MICHAEL2A Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 24 Oct 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 241	Quote Reply Posted: 29 Nov 2013 at 7:53pm
	This sounds awesome and I can't wait for the mod-kits to come out. I'm currently using the Asus PB278Q WHQL Monitor and it would be a great performance booster.
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NVIDIA Introduces G-SYNC to Revolutionize Displays

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