How to Turn Off G-SYNC for Specific or All Games

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You may want to disable G-SYNC if your VA monitor suffers from flickering with G-SYNC enabled in certain games, you experience issues gaming on a TV with VRR support, or if you don’t want G-SYNC on while playing esports titles. Here’s how to disable G-Sync globally and for specific games.

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Turning off G-SYNC globally is a breeze. All it takes is a couple of clicks.

First, open the NVIDIA Control Panel by right clicking on your desktop and then clicking the “NVIDIA Control Panel” button.

Once you open the NVIDIA Control Panel, locate the “Set Up G-SYNC” tab and click it.

Disable G-SYNC by clicking the “Enable G-SYNC, G-SYNC Compatible” button and then clicking the “Apply” button.

That’s it!

Disabling G-SYNC for specific games is possible and as straightforward as turning the setting off globally. Reasons why you might want to do it include the fact that most G-SYNC compatible monitors with VA panels suffer from image flickering when games run below 60fps. Also, speaking from personal experience, some games flicker all the time on VA monitors with G-SYNC enabled no matter the frame rate.

Next, your VRR-compatible TV might suffer from VRR-related issues, making gaming without G-SYNC more enjoyable than with it. Multiplayer-focused gamers may also want to disable G-SYNC in their favorite esports titles since G-SYNC isn’t needed if a game can run at the maximum frame rate of your gaming monitor, which is often the case with undemanding esports titles. Here’s how to do it.

Open the NVIDIA Control Panel by right clicking on your desktop and then clicking the “NVIDIA Control Panel”