Asus to start shipping G-Sync-enabled gaming monitors in 2014

Asus has announced that it will be one of the first companies to adopt Nvidia’s recently-unveiled G-Sync technology. The next set of the company’s monitors slated for a 2014 release will be integrating the chip into its hardware. The company has been working on the project with Nvidia for the last year. The monitor using the technology will be the VG248QE gaming monitor, and will be priced at $399 (Rs 24,555 approx).

The Asus VG248QE will use G-Sync

G-Sync is a module that can either be built into monitors by OEMs or installed separately by a user on an existing display. Developed by Nvidia, the chip works well with all Kepler-based GPUs, starting with the GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost.

G-Sync aims to improve monitors by synchronising the frame rates of GPUs with the monitor's refresh rate, both of which are usually set at around 60 Hz. Sometimes, games with variable frame rates suffer because of this, which leads to screen tearing.

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Usually, players are forced to keep V-Sync on through in-game settings, which in turn can cause problems with input delay and increase stress on the GPU. Nvidia hopes to fix all of this with the G-Sync, which can not only solve frame rate issues by syncing it with the monitor's refresh rate, but also take away the need to use V-Sync, removing the extra stress on the GPU that comes with it.