btarunrPicture this: NVIDIA and MediaTek are working together to make the industry's best gaming display technologies more accessible to gamers globally.

OnasiNow THIS is actually rather interesting. The article is vague on this and I haven’t found any definitive info, but… it doesn’t seem like this collab actually entails MediaTek scalers having any hardware proper from NV in them, ala the OG G-Sync FPGA. So this seems like a final tacit admission by NV that hardware G-Sync is dead for good and all of the non-VRR additional features they gate-kept behind the modules actually can just easily be added to, I assume, any scaler just via firmware.

cvaldesIt's important to remember that there are other tech media sites on the Internet and no one does everything the best (and I'm not just talking about presenting technology news). It is in everyone's best interest to consider a selection of news sites rather than stick with just one. And even one day, someone over at TikTok might actually get something right, so be open minded. ;)

john_It's in someone's best interest to have a life instead of searching 12 independent sources for every new technology that comes out.
TPU is fine and having 1-2 more sites for something that looks interesting is also fine. But having to go hunting for articles for everything that comes out, it's not fine.
That's what's good about forums. If someone finds a better source they can post it in the thread for others to also check.

cvaldesIt's pretty quick and easy to find this information without much effort if you are interested in a particular topic. This was the case 10-20 years ago, long before people started asking AI chatbots to help them out with this sort of basic due diligence.

After all, spending a minute scanning reputable sites isn't so difficult. It's people who dive deeply into Reddit or start watching 10 minute TikToks which fritters away your life.

PCGamer happens to be a pretty credible source about PC gaming hardware. Not sure if I'd look at them first for office productivity solutions. You still have to use your brain when you choose where to look for what information. Something of a dying art in 2024... Sadly.

In any case, the actual third-party reviews will be more insightful than a press release. We all have to wait for those.

Anyhow unlike you, I actually provided some extra information that might help people here, information that was clearly missing from the TPU article. As the general Internet declines in overall content quality, it's important to remind people not to be too lazy and that they need to work harder to get content the same level of quality than they did 10-20 years ago.

It's not easier to be on the Internet in 2024 versus 2014 or 2004. It's much more work these days because of all of the laziness and misinformation. Just try doing a Google search. So much trash online.

OnasiNow THIS is actually rather interesting. The article is vague on this and I haven’t found any definitive info, but… it doesn’t seem like this collab actually entails MediaTek scalers having any hardware proper from NV in them, ala the OG G-Sync FPGA. So this seems like a final tacit admission by NV that hardware G-Sync is dead for good and all of the non-VRR additional features they gate-kept behind the modules actually can just easily be added to, I assume, any scaler just via firmware.

SOAREVERSORI's a hardware chip....

Event HorizonLet's see the price difference before we celebrate.

chrcolukYeah it looks like its going to be somewhere in between, Mediatek, add the functionality in, Nvidia likely get a cut from it. I suppose once gsync compatible became a thing, full gsync sales took a nose dive.

cvaldesthey need to work harder to get content the same level of quality than they did 10-20 years ago.

It's not easier to be on the Internet in 2024 versus 2014 or 2004. It's much more work these days because of all of the laziness and misinformation. Just try doing a Google search. So much trash online.

john_If my conspiracy theory is correct, of offering only GSync to Nvidia owners and being incompatible with ARC and Radeon (meaning no VRR support on those cards), then Nvidia doesn't really need to make a single sent from this. Because their target could be just a big number of monitors that their VRR function is only compatible with Nvidia cards, locking the owners of those monitors to Nvidia hardware. The reason why GSync was created in the first place.

john_Looking at Nvidia's page and considering it's not talking about GSync Premium, or GSync Compatible, but just GSync, I would say that this is just a scaler with some extra hardware functions just to justify being different than other scalers. Nvidia knows that the expensive module is dead, for a long time now and can't come back to life, so it tries with the help of Mediatek to create a cheap version of GSync monitors that will be (I am guessing) INCOMPATIBLE with everything else. Mediatek is known for it's low pricing, so if Mediatek's scaler is competitive in pricing with other scaler chips while also offering GSync, we can expect a number of monitors in the market using this chip, presenting incompatibilities with Intel and AMD chips, making Nvidia GPUs having again an unfair advantage over the competition. With more than 80% of gamers using Nvidia GPUs, a scaler chip that ONLY offers Nvidia's GSync and not VRR, is not really that much of a bad idea when it doesn't increase the price of the final product.
Then again there is a slim possibility this scaler to offer typical VRR on Intel and AMD and just some extra features on Nvidia owners.

The companies’ collaboration, announced today at the Gamescom gaming gathering in Cologne, Germany, integrates the full suite of NVIDIA G-SYNC technologies into the world’s most popular scalers.

john_If my conspiracy theory is correct, of offering only GSync to Nvidia owners and being incompatible with ARC and Radeon (meaning no VRR support on those cards)

NoyandI think this Mediatek collab might bring all the advantages of G-sync premium to the regular G-sync, including VRR up to 1Hz, guaranteed HDR + VRR, and ULMB, effectively "cheapening out" the tech.

A monitor can be labeled G-sync ultimate, and still have VRR on AMD GPUs. But indeed, you won't get all the G-sync perks

Vayra86I think that ship has sailed years ago. Much rather I think Nvidia is just positioning itself better as a 'partner' in the industry by giving away something that already exists but now can have their branding, too. Mobile desperately looks for unique selling points to keep selling phones we don't need.

john_It's Nvidia. Maybe they are offering everything that GSync Premium offers and they don't call it Premium to not upset those paying for that Premium brand. Because in their own page HDR is not a feature for the NON Premium GSync versions, but it is for this one. Now, because we are talking about Nvidia, the VRR implementation will either not function with AMD and Intel cards, or will be a FreeSync equivalent version, meaning no FreeSync PREMIUM features. That's my speculation. I am not sure Mediatek has much leverage here. If Nvidia says "not compatible or underperforming with non Nvidia cards", I expect Mediatek to reply with a "Yes master".


Nvidia is putting it's brand on VRR monitors with the "GSync compatible" logo for a few years now. This is something else.

NVIDIA confirmed for us that future G-sync module screens can be capable of supporting both HDMI-VRR and adaptive-sync for HDMI and DisplayPort, as the XB273 X’s specs had suggested. A firmware update is being made to the v1 and v2 G-sync hardware modules for future use which allows these new features.

That means that in the future a display featuring an NVIDIA G-sync module could work with compatible games consoles for HDMI-VRR. It could also work with any graphics card based on the adaptive-sync standard over HDMI and DisplayPort. This means that you would be able to use a Native G-sync screen (with module) from an AMD graphics card for VRR! So if you have an AMD graphics card, you could still enjoy the VRR experience and other additional benefits that the G-sync module brings even from a Native G-sync screen, which was previously out of reach to those users.

NoyandAfter a quick research it seems that nvidia has started to chill :

NVIDIA Open Up Support for Adaptive-sync/FreeSync for Future Native G-sync Module Screens - TFTCentral


It seems that the only websites that reported on this were those specialized in monitors over general tech ones. So it's information that was easy to miss.

It natively supports NVIDIA's G-SYNC variable refresh rate technology, and it also works with AMD's FreeSync technology, but FreeSync doesn't work over HDMI on this model.

Event HorizonWhile they're at it Nvidia could open up DLSS and make it the industry standard before competitors catch up and do it first. One can dream.

Event HorizonLet's see the price difference before we celebrate.

john_The only way DLSS gets opened, is if FSR or XeSS becomes much better in quality without extra hardware, making it the standard. This isn't going to happen, so DLSS will remain a proprietary tech that makes Nvidia cards look superior. At least the latest generation that also supports Frame Generation. Let's not forget that NO ONE pressures Nvidia to change tactics. I mean, we have a simple application, that costs a single digit price, with the name Lossless Scalling offering 4X FG, AMD offering FG to everyone for free and Nvidia owners don't even dare to think about criticizing Nvidia for keeping Frame Generation a 4000 series exclusive feature. In fact they prefer techs like DLSS and FG to remain proprietary because they don't want the owners of AMD or Intel hardware to have access to those techs.

NoyandI think this Mediatek collab might bring all the advantages of G-sync premium to the regular G-sync, including VRR up to 1Hz, guaranteed HDR + VRR, and ULMB, effectively "cheapening out" the tech.

A monitor can be labeled G-sync ultimate, and still have VRR on AMD GPUs. But indeed, you won't get all the G-sync perks