Nvidia’s New G-Sync Pulsar Monitors Target Motion Blur at the Human Retina Level
NVIDIA's new G-Sync Pulsar technology quadruples motion clarity for esports gamers and introduces Ambient Adaptive display adjustments to enhance viewing comfort, with prices starting at $599.
- NVIDIA unveiled G-Sync Pulsar at CES 2026 and will release the first four displays with Ambient Adaptive Technology starting January 7.
- Pairing variable refresh rate and synchronized backlight strobing, NVIDIA pulses the backlight for 25% of each frame and uses Rolling Scan, Compensation Pulse, and G-Sync Variable Overdrive techniques.
- A 27-inch 360Hz display can appear to run at 1,000Hz with Pulsar, and at 250 fps, users can see effective motion clarity above 1,000 Hz, with NVIDIA claiming a 4x improvement in motion clarity.
- A trio of models are priced at $649 while AOC's entry is $599, designed for esports players with easier tracking and shooting, and reviewers say Pulsar could become the esports standard.
- Review tests used an RTX 5090 and a Ryzen 9 9950X to evaluate Pulsar, measuring latency with Nvidia Latency and Display Analysis Tool and recording 7.7ms in Counter-Strike 2.
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