G-Sync laptops work with G-sync monitors???

1uke · 4 Feb 2017 at 11:31

Might be a silly question but will the laptops G-Sync work with a G-Sync monitor?

I have a Asus Strix GL502VS and I'm finding the 15" screen a little small for home use.

Also are the 24" Acer Predator monitors good???

RidingTheFlow · 4 Feb 2017 at 17:40

Any laptop with NVidia GPU *direct* connection (no optimus) will work with G-sync monitor.

Laptop panel G-sync support is completely different (its actually NVidia implementation of Adaptive Sync) and its neither used nor needed for standalone G-sync monitor.

Rroff · 4 Feb 2017 at 17:44

Make sure the GPU/graphics in your laptop can use (external) G-Sync (if its the GTX1070 it should) and like above has a direct connection/mode so it can talk to the G-Sync module.

Spike_UK · 4 Feb 2017 at 17:48

My Alienware 15 R3 (GTX 1070) with 120hz G-Sync works with my Dell 144hz G-Sync.

1uke · 4 Feb 2017 at 21:14

Thanks for reply's. It is a 1070 in the laptop and from further reading it might only work if I use the mini display port and not the hdmi port. But nothing confirmed

CapitalOne · 4 Feb 2017 at 21:18

Not sure if relevant, but desktop cards must use DP for gsync, so would imagine the same is true of a laptop...