Is G-Sync hardware in a Monitor a thing of the past now?

I wish my LG C1 had the G-Sync module. When a new OLED TV comes with the G-Sync pulsar module I'll most likely upgrade just to eliminate VRR flicker.

I also noticed VRR flicker on my old TN and VA freesync/gsync compatible monitors, on the TN it was very subtle though. I ended up downgrading to an old Dell s2417dg TN 1440p G-Sync module monitor, the colours and banding are terrible but there is zero flicker.
 
If you are getting flicker on a Freesync Premium Pro monitor then you need to check your 3D settings.

FPS caps, or getting to the fringes of LFC can cause flickering. For the most part there is very little difference between top end G-Sync and top end Freesync Premium Pro monitor. Other than the price being cheaper in the Freesync models.

The main reason for flickering was getting a cheap Freesync monitor and expecting miracles.
 
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fringes of LFC can cause flickering.
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This is my main problem and cannot be avoided in a lot of modern games since they have bad frame times, especially UE5 games such as Silent Hill 2. Or even when traversal stutter occurs in games like RE4 Remake there is flicker for a moment as LFC is activating and deactivating, it does my head in :D I wonder if there is some way to just disable LFC as that would just eliminate VRR flicker.
 
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It depends as well in the monitor (mine doesn’t do it). My advice would be to adjust the graphics in game to keep your VRR above LFC if your monitor suffers from flickering.

You could also try custom refresh utility to see if you can lower the VRR floor.
 
Owning both the aw34dw and aw32, there is a huge difference with vrr flicker, the gsync module handles it far better than any freesync "premium" display (rtings have also reflected these findings in their vrr test), ensuring your fps is high does reduce the vrr flicker but it doesn't eliminate it completely.

My own testing and it's not even a torture test like silent hill 2.

aw34dw


aw32 with fps in 50 range


aw32 in 70+fps range


This is why my next display must have true gsync, that and gsync just handles lower fps range far more gracefully, it is a much smoother/more playable experience as opposed to adaptive/free/g sync compatible solution, of course you don't want to be dropping fps below 70/80 but demanding titles will make this happen, even on the likes of a 4090 and even then games like silent hill 2 will show it even if your fps is around 90+
 
Yes that is the problem. Not framerate but frametimes. It doesn't matter if you have the absolute best, put graphics to minimum etc if the game has bad frametimes it's going to flicker regardless like the prime example Silent Hill 2. I usually lock framerate where it is stable, say 80 or 90 fps but those frametimes hitches will cause LFC to activate and hence the display will flicker.

The only monitor I have seen no flicker on has a gsync module. I've been through 6 freesync/gsync compatible panels over the years and they all have the VRR flicker. It is way more visible on OLED/VA compared to TN/IPS but if I squint I can see i on those too and it's one of those things once you see it you can't unsee it.
 
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