Nvidia improves ULMB motion blur technique on 360Hz-1440p screens – Computer – News

Nvidia has launched ULMB 2, an improved model of the Extremely Low Movement Blur method. This new model ought to show clearer pictures with ‘nearly no’ crosstalk in comparison with ULMB 1. ULMB could make transferring pictures clearer and fewer blurry.

ULMB is a way that pulses the backlight of an LCD display screen, in order that the transition from body to border doesn’t have to be uncovered. Throughout these transitions, components of the earlier body can nonetheless be seen, making a blurry impact with transferring pictures. By not exposing these transitions, that blurry impact needs to be diminished. The primary ULMB model turned off the backlight 75 p.c of the time, leading to much less vivid pictures, reported Nvidia. Some avid gamers, particularly aggressive avid gamers, due to this fact determined to disable ULMB.

One other drawback of ULMB is that LCD screens don’t refresh each pixel on the identical time, however accomplish that steadily. In consequence, a part of the display screen can nonetheless show the previous picture, or crosstalk. ULMB 2 works along with G-Sync and may modify the flashing of the backlight when all of the pixels are in the proper place. This could stop crosstalk and likewise ensures that the backlight can keep on extra usually, leading to clear pictures.

The pulsing method makes the backlight flicker each 2.7ms. In response to Nvidia, this isn’t noticeable to customers; a fluorescent mild sparkles thrice slower than ULMB 2 ‘and that fluorescent flicker is already invisible to most individuals’. Nvidia claims that the 360Hz-ULMB 2 pictures are simply as clear as 1440Hz pictures with out ULMB.

ULMB 2 at the moment solely works on 360Hz-1440p shows, particularly the Acer Predator XB273U F and the ASUS Rog Swift 360Hz PG27AN. The ASUS ROG Swift Professional PG248QP and AOC AGO AG276QSG ought to get ULMB 2 assist at launch. The Swift Professional is a 25″ monitor; the opposite three are 27″ ones. ULMB 2 is straight away accessible by way of the newest model of the Nvidia Management Panel.