G-sync vs G-sync compatible

[name66]

hello i am about to buy a new 144hz 1440p ips screen. My gpu is nvidia is there a difference between G-sync a G-sync compatible screens ? Are g sync screens better ? thx

[Princess Luna]

Being perfectly honest; no.

 

A high end monitor with good Freesync implementation will be just as good as real G-Sync, if you're looking to save $ just go with it.

 

I have tested it in quite a couple monitors including lower end ones like the LG 29UM68-P and it always worked flawlessly.

[Spakes]

But to be fair, Luna is right. For less money you can buy better display.

[tarsius]

Minimum refresh rate is better for G-Sync (usually, 30 Hz against 48 Hz for FreeSync and G-Sync Compatible). Both of them stick to multiples of the frame rate with its refresh rate for content below the minimum of VRR range. But the key advantage of G-Sync compared to FreeSync (and ‘G-Sync Compatible' mode) is the variable overdrive, which retunes the pixel overdrive to a broad range of refresh rates to avoid issues such as increasingly more noticeable overshoot as refresh rate reduces.

[jones177]

I have G-sync and Freesync monitors and G-sync wins.

 

Both of my Freesync monitors are pre Nvidia using Freesync so that may be the problem.

 

I would not buy a Freesync monitor without it being tests by a few trusted sources.

 

Fortunately LG sent out some of their latest monitors for independent testing and I would buy one of those.