Comments Nvidia was recently under flak after it was discovered that they had quietly reduced the specifications for their G-Sync Ultimate displays. These were supposed to be the best of the best, and lowering requirements had users worried that it would negatively impact the quality of said monitors. Nvidia G-Sync monitors required proprietary technology within the monitors themselves in order to dynamically control the refresh rate and synchronization with your graphics card. However, as the use of Vesa Adaptive Sync monitors increased, Nvidia divided the technology into three different categories: G-Sync Compatible (no NVIDIA hardware) G-Sync (Nvidia certified) Although there are other selling points for the Ultimate tag over the others, the â