Nvidia’s new ultra-low motion blur tech lets PC gamers have high refresh charges, too

Nvidia is updating its Ultra Low Motion Blur (ULMB) expertise, which may make gaming even smoother on high-end screens. In an announcement on Sunday, Nvidia says its upgraded ULMB 2 characteristic is able to offering over 1,000Hz of efficient motion readability with “practically zero” crosstalk — however solely on 1440p 360Hz G-Sync screens for now.

This means you now not have to decide on between having a extra responsive refresh fee or lowering motion blur, each of which have an effect on gameplay. Now Nvidia says the efficient motion fee for a 360Hz monitor with ULMB 2 enabled is 1440Hz. “That means in order to obtain the same level of motion clarity without ULMB 2, gamers would need a classic panel capable of 1440 Hz,” Nvidia notes. You nonetheless can’t use it with variable refresh fee, although.

If you’re interested in how this all works, HotHardware has a fantastic write-up detailing a number of the technical facets behind motion blurring and ULMB 2. Basically, since LCD and OLED screens are “sample and hold” shows that solely present static photographs till it refreshes, this leads your mind to see a blur hooked up to no matter your eyes are monitoring throughout your display screen, much like the best way that fast-moving objects seem blurry in actual life.

There are already a few strategies LCD and OLED screens use to cut back motion blur, however neither does an ideal job. Some screens shortly flash a backlight on the identical time it refreshes a picture, mimicking good ol’ CRT screens, whereas different shows construct upon this by including a very black picture between every body to assist scale back blur. Both of those strategies may cause disagreeable unwanted side effects, nonetheless, as they will make photographs seem dimmer and might trigger a flickering impact.

But with ULMB 2, Nvidia is hoping to enhance on these points with full refresh fee backlight strobing and improved brightness. Instead of utilizing the backlight to indicate how every pixel transitions from one colour to the subsequent, Nvidia says screens with ULMB 2 will solely shine the backlight on a pixel when it has totally accomplished the transition to its new colour.

The firm provides that the upgraded ULMB 2 ensures that the “pixels throughout the panel are at the right level at precisely the right time for the backlight to be flashed,” mitigating one thing known as crosstalk, a difficulty that creates double photographs on a show when an object is in motion. It can even ship 250 nits of brightness, which Nvidia says nearly doubles the quantity of brightness supplied by the unique ULMB.

You can see ULMB 2 in motion within the video embedded above, and it’s fairly spectacular. Unfortunately, the characteristic isn’t out there for a variety of G-Sync screens simply but, as you possibly can solely use the characteristic after making use of a firmware replace to the Acer Predator XB273U F or ASUS ROG Swift PG27AQN, each of that are 1440p shows that run at 360Hz.

The upcoming 540Hz ASUS ROG Swift Pro PG248QP and the 360Hz AOC AGON AG276QSG may also add help for ULMB 2, however there’s no phrase on whether or not it’ll come to the world’s first 500Hz monitor from Alienware. Of course, if you wish to benefit from these high refresh charges, you’ll want a PC that may really run video games at a high sufficient frames-per-second.