Free Sync on "Not Supported" Monitor by Nvidia

[Enochian]

Guys, just wanted to share that if you have a monitor belonging to the family of monitors listed here but not exactly the same model
Acer XFA240 Acer XG270HU Acer XV273K Acer XZ321Q Agon AG241QG4 AOC G2590FX Asus MG278Q Asus VG258Q Asus VG278Q Asus XG248 Asus XG258 BenQ XL2740 - then you should be able to run G-sync compatibility mode

Try it out and put info here, maybe there's lot more monitors to use

[Techicolors]

you can run gsync compatibility on any freesync monitor, it's just that it might not work 

[mxk]

Just FYI, it's been information that if you have a freesync monitor and meet all the other requirements for "g-sync", it'll work. You just have to enable it manually.

 

I'm using free/g-sync on my asus mg248 with my gtx 1070ti. There's a little flickering but only at certain times, it doesn't seem to happen when I play csgo.

[Beowulff83]

 

[Jurrunio]

as far as I can tell, Freesync monitors that guarantee incompatibility with Nvidia GPUs are those relying on HDMI for Freesync. This is an AMD only feature.

[JoostinOnline]

1 minute ago, mxk. said:

it doesn't seem to happen when I play csgo. 

Probably because you're frame rate is high enough to use V-Sync. Adaptive sync only happens when your frame rate is below the top refresh rate.

[mxk]

Just now, JoostinOnline said:

Probably because you're frame rate is high enough to use V-Sync. Adaptive sync only happens when your frame rate is below the top refresh rate.

It does drop below 144 fps a lot. My CPU is pretty poopy.

[Beowulff83]

Just now, mxk. said:

1 minute ago, JoostinOnline said:

Probably because you're frame rate is high enough to use V-Sync. Adaptive sync only happens when your frame rate is below the top refresh rate.

It does drop below 144 fps a lot. My CPU is pretty poopy.

you will probably wan't to cap your frame rate at 142 with something like riva tuner.  this way it keeps g sync up and running as long as your monitor works well and you stay with in your monitors freesync range.

[mxk]

Just now, Beowulff83 said:

you will probably wan't to cap your frame rate at 142 with something like riva tuner.  this way it keeps g sync up and running as long as your monitor works well and you stay with in your monitors freesync range.

My config file has a bind I made that caps my fps at 150 in console when I press f8 (which is my viewmodel bind so I always press it before playing). I only play csgo, so I don't see a benefit to my case until I build my new pc to play games, or attempt to play something else than csgo on my current pc.

 

I've heard about riva tuner and have kept it in mind for when I want to use it.

[Enochian]

10 hours ago, mxk. said:

Just FYI, it's been information that if you have a freesync monitor and meet all the other requirements for "g-sync", it'll work. You just have to enable it manually.

 

I'm using free/g-sync on my asus mg248 with my gtx 1070ti. There's a little flickering but only at certain times, it doesn't seem to happen when I play csgo.

So how can I easily distinguish if enabling Free Sync both on my monitor and in nvidia control panel has made effect?

[mxk]

11 hours ago, Enochian said:

So how can I easily distinguish if enabling Free Sync both on my monitor and in nvidia control panel has made effect?

yeah. My adaptive sync setting on my monitor automatically turned on when the driver was installed, all I had to do was enable it in the nvidia control panel. It might not be the same for everyone so they should always check their monitors settings, too.

[Enochian]

13 hours ago, mxk. said:

yeah. My adaptive sync setting on my monitor automatically turned on when the driver was installed, all I had to do was enable it in the nvidia control panel. It might not be the same for everyone so they should always check their monitors settings, too.

Same for me, after installing the driver the monitor switched automatically. So... maybe it does work. i'll try today with the demo they suggest to use to check that.