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[Toobone]

Hi, guys, need help with choice monitor for
correct working with Win 7-64.
Unexpectedly I met some complaints of users on the Internet about problems with setting high refresh rate in Windows 7-64. They say that with this OS version it is possible to set only 60 Hz. I've already ordered myself a new monitor with a high refresh rate, now I'm stumped by of these user complaints. I can barely find one
a monitor manufacturer still supports Windows 7-64.
But I don't know too much about hardwares, so I'm asking for help to figure it out, cause I don't wanna waste my time.

[SAS~Storebror]

It's a monitor profile thing.
If you happen to grab a very old monitor that doesn't sport any such profile, or sends odd values to windows, then this might happen.
But it's really just the odd exception to the rule.
Usually you can adjust the refresh rate like anywhere else, no worries.


Mike

[Toobone]

It's a monitor profile thing.
If you happen to grab a very old monitor that doesn't sport any such profile, or sends odd values to windows, then this might happen.
But it's really just the odd exception to the rule.
Usually you can adjust the refresh rate like anywhere else, no worries.


Mike

Thanks for your help Mike, I hope that's what happens.
 

[Toobone]

Thanks for your help Mike, I hope that's what happens.
 

New shit: in an advertisement on the product page staying "G-Sync compatible", in Manual for display setting photos are present with "Adaptive sync" only. Then there is a list of AMD graphics cards and processors, no one Geforce.  And its impossible to contact them by phone in my country, a number  is not in service. Great.

[arquillos]

Hi Toobone,
My two cents, most monitors are now "Free-sync", not "G-Sync compatible". Why?, because the NVIDIA technology is not for free, so the manufacturers go for the free "Free-sync" tech.
I have a very nice Moebiuz monitor, Free-Sync, and it works like a charm with my GTX 1660.

[Toobone]

I have a very nice Moebiuz monitor, Free-Sync, and it works like a charm with my GTX 1660.

Finally, I was able to run the monitor with G-sync enabled thanks to its own settings, but the Nvidia panel did not show any lines that the monitor was running in G-sync compatibility mode. After all one fan from Aviaskins showed me a page on Nvidia's website that says: you need Windows 10 to enable G-sync. I was deceived by the manual for my chosen monitor model: it says that it works with Windows 7 - 64.

[SAS~Storebror]

one fan from Aviaskins showed me a page on Nvidia's website that says: you need Windows 10 to enable G-sync.

Whatever he showed there, the basic requirement is to have Windows 7 and both a GPU and a monitor with hardware based G-Sync support.
Alternatively, starting with Windows 10 "G-Sync compatible" monitors work as well, which is software-based variable refresh rate like FreeSync.
See here: https://www.nvidia.com/content/Control-Panel-Help/vLatest/en-us/mergedProjects/nvdsp/Variable_Refresh_Rate.htm


Mike

[Toobone]

Great! Thank you, Mike, now am totally educated in this aspect.

[SAS~Storebror]

now am totally educated in this aspect

You're welcome.
If you want to be totally educated though, you should know about all the flavours of G-Sync, such as...

- G-SYNC/native G-SYNC/ true G-SYNC monitors: Have a g-sync module, variable overdrive, and they operate from 1Hz to the display’s maximum refresh rate. Older G-Sync monitors required an Nvidia GPU (GTX 600 series or later) for G-Sync to work, but recent ones have a recent G-SYNC module that makes them compatible with AMD GPUs too.

- G-SYNC Ultimate is just true G-SYNC but with HDR 1000 certification.

- G-SYNC Compatible: 99.9% of all FreeSync monitors are G-SYNC compatible as long as they support LFC and have a DisplayPort port. (G-Sync on FreeSync monitors requires A GTX 10-series card or later.)

- Certified G-Sync Compatible: FreeSync monitors that have been tested and certified by Nvidia.

- What's LFC (Low Framerate Compansation): When the framerate drops below the monitor's FreeSync range, frames are duplicated and displayed multiple times so that they can sync to a refresh rate that's within the FreeSync range. For example, a display with a 60 – 144Hz FreeSync range, would be able to sync the frames of a game running at 40 FPS, by doubling them so that the display could sync and run at 80 Hz. A display with LFC effectively results in the removal of that minimum refresh rate boundary.


Mike

[Toobone]

  just finally hit me