PC World - USA (2019-12)

DECEMBER 2019 PCWorld 35

complete with adjustable sharpening sliders.
Different games look better with different
sharpening levels, so Nvidia’s new feature
allows you to set per-game sharpening.
GPU upscaling is also offered. This
technology works best with games that are
rendered below your monitor’s native
resolution for enhanced performance, then
scaled up to your display’s specifications.
By implementing image sharpening in the
Nvidia Control Panel, the company says it
should work with all DirectX 9, 11, and 12
games. Vulkan and OpenGL support are
“coming soon in a driver update.”
Nvidia’s also boosting support for
adaptive sync monitors. First, it’s adding
seven more FreeSync monitors to its list of
G-Sync Compatible displays (go.pcworld.
com/gsds), which means they will
automatically enable buttery-smooth

variable refresh rates when paired with a

GeForce graphics card. These are the newly

added models:

• Acer CG437K P


• Acer VG272U P


• Acer VG272X


• AOC 27G2G4


• ASUS XG279Q


• Dell AW2720HF


• Lenovo Y27Q-20
  Finally, Nvidia’s own hardware-infused
  G-Sync monitors will now behave better when
  you’re gaming at screaming-fast speeds over
  your monitor’s native refresh rate, in an effort to
  counter-punch AMD’s Radeon Anti-Lag (go.
  pcworld.com/anlg). The company’s Nvidia
  Ultra Low-Latency technology, which queues
  frames just-in-time for the GPU, now supports
  G-Sync. You activate it by setting the Low
  Latency Mode option to Ultra.