Seeing means believing for Nvidia’s new DLSS 4.5 and G-Sync Pulsar monitors

Nvidia may not have announced any new graphics cards at CES 2026, but it did reveal two stunning technology upgrades: Upgraded G-Sync Pulsar monitors and DLSS 4.5.

The problem is it’s damned near impossible to see the advantages each provides in pictures and video — the visual quality differences don’t translate well when captured through a camera lens. The Nvidia promo videos below give good oversight into the new technologies, for example, but you don’t get the full experience secondhand, kind of like VR.

Well, friends, I spent two full hours in Nvidia’s booth getting deep-dive, hands-on demonstrations of both G-Sync Pulsar and DLSS 4.5, and let me assure you: They’re amazing.

I’m going to try to get my grubby gamer paws on a G-Sync Pulsar monitor after CES to do a deeper analysis, but the upshot? These puppies use technical tricks mixed with complex science to all but solve motion blur. Everything stays crystal clear while you’re panning around without ugly motion blur — the difference is so stark I picked up on it immediately. Gamers who love complex strategy or tactics games (like Civilation or Anno) or esports games like DOTA 2 and LoL should strongly consider picking up one of these 1440P, 360Hz displays over an OLED monitor. Sacrilege, I know, but Pulsar’s IPS display felt that damned good.

I also got the chance to poke around with DLSS 4.5, and my demos had a handy toggle that let you switch between DLSS 4 and 4.5 on the fly so you can see the changes instantly. Once again, side by side, the upgrade is clear as day.

DLSS 4.5’s new second-gen transformer AI model delivers tangible improvements in some key areas. It damn near solves ghosting, an issue that’s plagued upscaling since infancy, and makes temporal stability — the shimmering effect you might see in small, detailed areas like a ball of yarn or wavering tree leaves — so much better than before. Sharper anti-aliasing also makes imagery more crisp, which was especially noticeable in Outer Worlds 2‘s space scenes and the ornate armor of Black Myth Wukong‘s warrior. Flipping between DLSS 4 and 4.5, the improved visual fidelity was immediately obvious.

DLSS 4.5’s new 6x and Dynamic Multi-Frame Gen capabilities make maxing out your monitor’s capabilities seamless, too. Dynamic MFG automatically manages how many AI-generated frames are inserted between traditionally rendered frames, to scale to match your monitor’s refresh rate.

I tried it on several systems. In an RTX 5070 desktop attached to a 4K 240Hz display, Dynamic MFG usually ran at 5x or 6x, to be able to match the refresh rate. On a similar system attached to a 4K 165Hz display, it stayed relatively stable at 3x, since you don’t need to create anywhere near as many frames to keep that lower refresh rate fed.

Better yet, I felt zero judder or jankiness when Dynamic MFG shifted up or down to the next level. That was a worry of mine when the technology was announced; would you feel it when it suddenly changed from 6x to 4x while transitioning environments? Nope.

Bonus: Dynamic MFG is smart enough to shut off AI frames completely when sections of a game don’t need brute force, such as pre-generated cutscenes running at a locked 60fps.

I’ll be able to dive much deeper into both G-Sync Pulsar and DLSS 4.5 when I’m back at home with my gaming rig — it’s kind of hard to test gaming fidelity when you’re traveling with a work-issued laptop. But I wanted to get this information out there ASAP since DLSS 4.5’s transformer upgrade and the first G-Sync Pulsar monitors are already being sold online.

Don’t be scared. Even if you can’t see the advantages of DLSS 4.5 and Pulsar monitors in a web video, they are there — and they look amazing. (Seriously, Civ and League of Legends fanatics should take a long, deep look at investing in a Pulsar display.)