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Monitors with dedicated G-SYNC modules are no longer being manufactured. They have been replaced by new G-SYNC Pulsar monitors with simultaneous VRR and MBR performance support.
Back in the day, there were G-SYNC and FreeSync monitors that supported variable refresh rate (VRR), but it was effectively locked to NVIDIA GPUs on G-SYNC displays and AMD GPUs on FreeSync displays.
The First G-SYNC Monitors
Later, NVIDIA enabled VRR on Adaptive-Sync (FreeSync) monitors over DisplayPort starting with GTX 10-series GPUs, allowing ‘G-SYNC Compatible’ support on those displays. After that, VRR support was also extended to HDMI-based displays through HDMI 2.1 VRR.
FreeSync is based on the open Adaptive-Sync standard and doesn’t add extra cost to the monitor, while G-SYNC uses a dedicated NVIDIA module that ensures a wider VRR range, lower latency and variable overdrive, but at a higher cost.
Whether a G-SYNC model was worth the extra cost over a FreeSync one usually came down to the price difference and how well the FreeSync monitor handled overdrive tuning.
Since VRR support and reasonably good overdrive tuning are now widely available, there’s generally no longer a strong need for monitors with dedicated G-SYNC modules.
In fact, there were only a few G-SYNC models released in the last few years, including the ASUS PG248QP in 2024, the Dell AW2524H in 2023, and the Dell AW3423DW in 2022. These can now all be replaced by much better yet cheaper displays without G-SYNC modules.
The last notable monitors with dedicated G-SYNC modules were the ASUS PG27AQN, the AOC AG276QSG and the Acer XB273UF, but they were more widely recognized for their ULMB2 backlight strobing implementation, which delivered a blur-free gaming experience up to 360FPS with low brightness penalty and no strobe crosstalk artifacts.
G-SYNC Pulsar
Now, these are replaced by the upgraded G-SYNC Pulsar models.
G-SYNC Pulsar is a dedicated scaler installed in the monitor, but it’s now jointly developed by NVIDIA and MediaTek.
It allows for simultaneous VRR and MBR performance, providing you with CRT-like motion clarity at no brightness penalty, strobe crosstalk artifacts or screen tearing across a wide refresh rate range (75-360Hz), as well as fixed 60Hz strobing.
If you’re a competitive FPS player or enjoy playing retro games at 60FPS, these G-SYNC Pulsar displays are definitely worth considering.
We have an in-depth review of the MSI MPG 272QRF X36 G-SYNC Pulsar monitor, which you can check out for more details.
