Nvidia G-Sync Pulsar has finally arrived, two years after the display technology was first introduced during CES 2024. Now, at CES 2026, the first gaming monitors fitted with Pulsar hardware have been launched, including AOC’s new 360Hz AGON Pro AG276QSG2. There are four displays in total – ASUS, MSI, Acer, and AOC all have compatible hardware for Pulsar’s debut.

The technology is designed to eliminate the compromise high-end displays face. Pulsar combines Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) and Ultra Low Motion Blur (ULMB), so you don’t have to choose between motion clarity or stutter-free visuals, which is what you may find with traditional strobing solutions. Pulsar uses inditcan be viewed as an evolution of Nvidia ULMB2 and promises to deliver “Over 1,000 Hz Effective Motion Clarity“.

List of Nvidia G-Sync Pulsar gaming monitors

A full list of G-Sync capable displays can be found on Nvidia’s website here. Below, we’ve highlighted the four Pulsar displays. Pulsar is designed for esports-level performance, and its first iteration includes 27-inch 1440p 360Hz panels; the majority also support G-Sync’s Variable Overdrive technology, designed to further reduce motion blur (ghosting) and screen artifacts.

How does Nvidia G-Sync Pulsar work?

As we initially explained, Pulsar combines VRR and ULMB technologies to eliminate stutter and motion blur in high-end displays, producing perceivable motion clarity that is 4x the actual refresh rate of the monitor. Hence, why Nvidia advertises more than 1000Hz clarity for these 360Hz gaming panels.

This is achieved with “variable frequency backlight strobing”. To put it simply, backlight strobing is a technique used to help your eyes reset the information on screen – without it, you may retain information and experience some ‘natural’ bluriness. Pulsar improves this technique by having multiple horizontal backlight sections that independently pulse from the top to the bottom. Adaptive Overdrive and Pulse Modulation to dynamically adjust response time and brightness, respectively, to reduce motion blur and flickering. If you really want to dig into the technical details, we recommend checking out Nvidia’s full blog post.

These new Pulsar displays require hardware-level support, but not in the traditional sense with a dedicated G-Sync module. In collaboration with MediaTek, Nvidia has found a solution that incorporates the technology straight into the display scaler, which Nvidia says makes it more accessible for monitor manufacturers. In other words, we should get to see more and more Pulsar gaming monitors in the future.

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