LG will provide its OLED televisions from the C9 and E9 series with the G-Sync Compatible certificate. LG will add support via a firmware update. The update will be rolled out gradually “in select countries” in the coming weeks.
With G-Sync compatibility, OLED TVs now officially support variable refresh rates with Nvidia’s video cards. LG’s 2019 models of OLED TVs already support VESA’s Adaptive Sync via HDMI 2.1. Adaptive Sync is similar to AMD’s FreeSync technology. This technology already worked with Nvidia GPUs, but users had to manually turn on Adaptive Sync.
Nvidia’s current video cards only support HDMI 2.0b. Users will therefore be able to display a maximum of 4k images with a refresh rate of 60Hz. 1440p and full-HD content can be displayed with a refresh rate of 120Hz.
The 65″ LG C9
G-Sync compatibility is added to the LG E9 and C9 OLED screens. The E9 televisions will have 65″ and 55″ screens. The C9 series is available with 55, 65 and 77 inch screens. These televisions offer 120Hz refresh rates. LG promises an input lag of 6ms when displaying 1440p content at 120Hz. In 4k mode with 60Hz, the televisions have a lag of 13ms, according to the manufacturer.
LG is not the first manufacturer with a large G-Sync screen. At CES, Nvidia introduced the Big Format Gaming Display series. This concerns screens with a screen diagonal of 65 “and high refresh rates. In June, HP introduced its Omen X Emperium screen. That model has a 65” screen with a refresh rate of 144 Hz and costs 4299 euros. Later this year, Asus and Acer will follow with their own ‘BFGD’ screens.