Nvidia will bring G-Sync support to some FreeSync monitors

smart move... hopefully my monitor gets approved, that'd be pretty neat.

I think when they talk about a small number of monitors being up to standard, simply means 'these handful of monitors are the only ones we could figure out how to easily get working with our cards...'

Considering GSync is more or less FreeSync with a company logo on it, this was hardly a big effort. (Although that 12 out of 400 mark means their branding implementation works as splendid as GameWorks…) Also, the price markup they ask from manufacturers for Gsync monitors is ridiculous, so they are not really common. They probably want to get some actual detectable percentage of this gimmick (which is a pretty damn good gimmick, by the way, as long as you never dip below 60 Hertz, but preferably 100).

Hopefully some older models will get support too.
I own a 2015 Freesync BenQ XL2730Z which I havent been able to fully enjoy because of my NVidia graphics card.

I am disappointed that there is not a single 21:9 monitor in that list.

Some context for you guys who need it "FreeSync was developed by AMD and first announced in 2014 to compete against Nvidia's proprietary G-Sync"

For gamers who have monitors that we have not yet tested, or that have failed validation, we’ll give you an option to manually enable VRR, too.

https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2019/01/06/g-sync-displays-ces/

The big kicker that hasn't been reported: The certified 12 monitors don't matter. You can enable adaptive sync manually in the driver for any compatible monitor, so this is great news.

Oh, well. Just nvidia getting desperate. Freesync is much cheaper, and for the end user, the results are about the same. And while gsync only works for nvidia graphic card owners, freesync works with everybody (or would, if you get past the nvidia drivers locking it out, as some users tinkering with the nvidia drivers managed to do already). So, with the 11 series burning, they are trying to lock the market.

And I say this as a happy nvidia graphic card owner, with a gsync monitor

so close yet so far.

XZ321 is getting supported. I have XZ271 :'(

Great news!
Currently I have two monitors, one with gsync (dells2716dg) and the other with freesync (samsung nu8000) ..

Huh. Interesting.
Thanks for sharing!

It's more accurate to say that nVidia is rolling out support for A-Sync, or "VESA Adaptive Sync" when unabbreviated, and a public, royalty free hardware standard. Meaning, they'll make their drivers work with the hardware protocol instead of requiring their own proprietary hardware modules.

Freesync is what AMD calls their software components, which rely on the same hardware standards.

It's probably cheaper for nVidia to phase out their proprietary tech in favor of the open standards. And having a single standard makes things simpler for users/consumers too, so that's a win for us :)

got an AOC AGON, hopefully they look at more than acer

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This is really cool of nVidia, hopefully this supports consumers in a way that more companies will follow with similar actions.

Happy cake day, KillingArts!

Just here for the cake.
Happy cakeday, bro.

Just in time, I saved up enough to build pc XD
I don't have monitor too.

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