NVIDIA announced Tuesday that future MediaTek monitor scalers will support G-Sync technologies. NVIDIA is working with MediaTek to integrate the full range of G-Sync technologies into future monitors without the need for a standalone G-Sync module, making advanced gaming features more accessible on a wider range of displays.

Traditionally, G-Sync technology relied on a dedicated G-Sync module – based on an Altera FPGA – to handle synchronizing refresh rates with the GPU, reducing screen tearing, stuttering, and input lag. As a simpler solution, NVIDIA introduced the G-Sync Compatible certification and brand in 2019, which used industry-standard VESA AdaptiveSync technology to handle variable refresh rates. Instead of a dedicated module, using AdaptiveSync enabled cheaper monitors, with the NVIDIA program serving as a seal of approval that the monitor worked with NVIDIA GPUs and met NVIDIA’s performance requirements. However, G-Sync Compatible monitors still lack some features that to this day require the dedicated G-Sync module.

Through this new partnership with MediaTek, MediaTek will integrate all of NVIDIA’s G-Sync technologies, including the latest G-Sync Pulsar, directly into its scalers. G-Sync Pulsar improves motion sharpness and reduces ghosting, providing a smoother gaming experience. In addition to variable refresh rates and Pulsar, MediaTek-based G-Sync displays will support features such as variable overdrive, 12-bit color, Ultra Low Motion Blur, low-latency HDR, and Reflex Analyzer. This integration will allow more monitors to support a full range of G-Sync features without having to build in an expensive FPGA.

The first monitors with full G-Sync support without an NVIDIA module include the AOC Agon Pro AG276QSG2, the Acer Predator XB273U F5 and the ASUS ROG Swift 360Hz PG27AQNR. These monitors offer a 360 Hz refresh rate, 1440p resolution and HDR support.

It remains to be seen which specific MediaTek scalers will support NVIDIA’s G-Sync technology – or whether the company will implement support in all of its scalers going forward. It also remains to be seen whether monitors with dedicated NVIDIA G-Sync modules will retain advantages over displays with MediaTek scalers.