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Great topic. The biggest point of confusion I keep seeing is that “G-Sync Compatible” isn’t Nvidia’s own tech—it’s just a FreeSync monitor that passed the VESA certification and got whitelisted by Nvidia’s driver team. The difference matters because a native G-Sync module monitor has its own scaler and memory on the panel, so it can hit tighter refresh ranges and lower latencies without relying on the source. With a G-Sync Compatible unit, you’re entirely at the mercy of the panel’s FreeSync implementation, which is why you’ll see wildly different VRR ranges across seemingly similar panels—some will only stabilize adaptive sync between 48 and 144Hz, and if your frame rate dips below the floor or spikes above the ceiling, you’ll instantly bounce back to tearing or a fixed refresh. Always check

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