After being in the news due to the video RAM issues currently being experienced by owners of the GeForce GTX 970, NVIDIA has once again caught the interest of tech enthusiasts and media outlets. This time, it's because of a driver leak that suggests that NVIDIA's G-Sync technology can be assimilated into any display module.
The driver leak came from an ASUS Nordic Support representative who revealed the information erroneously. According to PCPerspective, the leaked driver, which carries version number 346.87, features a hidden G-Sync support. The driver adds G-Sync support to machines, or in this case, to the Asus G751 gaming laptop.
NVIDIA later confirmed to PCPerspective that the technology is currently still in its testing phase. But even while it's not ready for public consumption, the G-Sync shows enough promise of being able to run on machines even without a G-Sync module.
Prior to the technology, games would display sporadic horizontal tearing in games that degrade the overall visual experience of that game. In order to minimize the tearing issues, an option called V-Sync or vertical synchronization needs to be enabled. The only drawback is that after applying the setting, a game's frame rate is capped to the monitor's default refresh rate, which in majority of cases is 60 Hz, resulting in 60 FPS. With these settings, gamers also experienced spontaneous stuttering issues due to the GPU not being able to get utilized properly.
However, with the G-Sync technology, gamers will be able to experience fluid gameplay without experiencing any of the aforementioned issues.
To combat NVIDIA's technology, AMD went forward and released its Free Sync tech that will be incorporated into several monitors. In comparison to NVIDIA's G-Sync monitors, AMD's Free Sync monitors are priced much lower.
