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Dave Meikleham

How to turn on G-Sync on a gaming laptop

Resident Evil 4 on Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2024).

Knowing how to turn on G-Sync on a gaming laptop is important if you want to get the most out of your portable PC. While Nvidia’s display technology is only available on select gaming laptops, it’s a great feature to enable if you want to combat screen tearing and on-screen stuttering while enjoying the best Steam games. 

What exactly is Nvidia G-Sync? In short, it’s a type of screen tech that synchronizes the refresh rate of your display to match the rate at which your GPU is spitting out frames of gameplay. This synchronization not only does helps eliminate tearing during play, it also reduces the sort of input lag that’s associated with VSync (“vertical synchronization”) technology.   

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