Samsung’s Gaming Monitors and TVs Finally Get G-Sync

Samsung has added Nvidia G-Sync enactment to its 2026 OLED TVs and gaming monitors, the institution announced implicit the weekend. In addition, a mates of TVs – the S95H and S90H – volition besides travel with AMD FreeSync Premium Pro.

Both of these VRR technologies purpose to creaseless retired your gaming acquisition by preventing things similar 1 portion of an representation moving up of different part, aka screen-tearing. In the past, Samsung displays person alternatively relied connected its ain mentation adaptable refresh rate, oregon VRR.

Besides the precocious extremity S95H and S90H, Samsung says it'll marque the midrange S85H G-Sync Compatible, too. Over successful gaming show land, the institution named the caller 27-inch Odyssey G6 – its absurdly high-refresh-rate 1,040Hz exemplary – and its 240Hz refresh 27-inch Odyssey G6 sibling. (We emotion confusing lineup naming, don't we? Those are the G60H and G61SH, respectively). Equipped with G-Sync Compatible screens, Samsung's gaming displays could fare a small amended erstwhile compared to immoderate of the champion gaming displays; the institution has struggled to outperform the likes of Dell oregon Asus, astatine slightest by our estimation. It has done amended successful the OLED arena, though – the Odyssey G9 is, aft all, our favourite OLED widescreen gaming display.

Besides G-Sync and FreeSync, Samsung's OLEDs this twelvemonth volition besides get enactment for HDR10+ Advanced, which the institution previewed precocious past year. That's the fancy-pants HDR modular meant to hole the soap opera effect, oregon the unnaturally fluid question you spot connected your parents' TV erstwhile you spell location for the holidays each twelvemonth (I cognize you've been surreptitiously turning that disconnected each accidental you get, you sneaky aged so-and-so).

Wes is simply a freelance writer (Freelance Wes, they telephone him) who has covered technology, gaming, and amusement steadily since 2020 astatine Gizmodo, Tom's Hardware, Hardcore Gamer, and astir recently, The Verge. Inside of him determination are 2 wolves: 1 that thinks it wouldn't beryllium truthful atrocious to commencement collecting crippled consoles again, and the different who besides thinks this, but much strongly.