Displays with Nvidia’s G-Sync expertise, which syncs full frames between the graphics card and show panel to forestall tearing, are costlier than their AMD FreeSync counterparts. That’s as a result of full G-Sync capabilities require an additional electronics board contained in the show.

However based on a current press launch, new G-Sync gaming screens from Acer, AOC, and Asus gained’t want that further board.

The brand new “G-Sync Pulsar” commonplace is made in cooperation with chip designer MediaTek and permits the motion-smoothing tech to be built-in right into a monitor’s current major electronics board as a substitute of breaking it out right into a separate module.

Meaning less complicated manufacturing at a decrease value, and the top consequence might be cheaper G-Sync screens… or, at the very least cheaper than they could in any other case be. All three of the brand new fashions introduced at Gamescom are 27-inch 1440p designs with 360Hz refresh charges, which most likely gained’t be bargains after they launch later this yr.

These new G-Sync screens shouldn’t be confused with “G-Sync appropriate” screens, that are screens that may do some fundamental motion-smoothing, frame-matching work with out being “G-Sync Licensed.”

The “appropriate” label is a means for Nvidia to supply some anti-tearing performance with its graphics playing cards on cheaper shows, competing extra successfully with the wide-open FreeSync. (AMD not too long ago tightened up a few of its personal requirements, too.)

However the full suite of G-Sync options — typically labeled “G-Sync Final” — nonetheless has particular {hardware} necessities for screens, together with these separate elements. So, even with this G-Sync Pulsar partnership condensing these capabilities into fewer chips, these options will nonetheless be restricted to very particular screens. We’re simply hoping these screens may not value fairly as a lot.