Nvidia Reflex Tested, Huge Latency Improvements... Is There a Catch?

Video Index:
00:00 - Welcome Back to Hardware Unboxed
01:43 - What is Nvidia Reflex?
04:05 - Test Setup
05:06 - Ultra Settings, RTX 3090
07:33 - Ultra Settings, GTX 1650 Super
09:53 - Competitive Settings, RTX 2060
12:45 - Reflex Latency Analyzer
15:58 - Conclusion

Nvidia Reflex Tested, Huge Latency Improvements... But There's a Catch

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[vincentprawira]

At this point, even Mario and Luigi can't beat Tim's mustache girth

[gustavoalmeida]

The most important question is: When can we expect a "Mustache on Box" T-shirt?

[pngerss]

expectation: tech video
reality: M O U S T A C H E

[Vans_WW]

Hello Tim, can you make a comment on how this compares to Radeon Anti-lag?? I think it would be good to know the difference for gamers choosing between brands. Thank you!

[Logical]

15:58  'Overall, nvidia's reflex ecosystem is kind of a tale of two separated butt related entities.'

Hihi

[alexanderrichardson]

At this point it's clear: Tim has actually been Dr. Robotnik all along!

[kurosumomo]

isn't AMDs Anti-Lag pretty much the same thing?

[TheTakenKing]

That moustache tho, if this keeps up one day I am gonna tune in for a video and see Micah

[JaredBusch]

I'll be honest, that's a pretty epic mustache, thinking you should fill in the rest with an epic beard 😎

[androsforever]

Now if only I can take care of my brain latency when playing fps, especially on certain days XD

[DarrenPC]

Im a competitive player, and latency is the most important thing to me and most everyone I know. I understand its fairly irrelevant for most players, but it would be nice to see latency metrics in your optimizing guides, even for single player games. A lot of us like to keep settings on high for single player content, but dont want to destroy our muscle memory when we come back to compete. In that way, measurements like this for all games are incredibly important. I wish that tool was free to buy so we wouldnt have to rely on you to do these measurements

[czbrat]

So Nvidia marketed it towards competitive players but it's really only useful for budget gamers. Great job, Nvidia?

[Zhaadum]

6:14 12ms reduction? Its 22ms actually. :) So a 41% reduction vs. ~22%.

[thomassmith]

Not sure whats better, the info the video provides or your bangin mustache. Love the great videos! Keep up the hard work!

[felipeavlopes]

So... Is News Corner now officially known as "Newstache?"

[Perry]

Is this Yosemite Sams Australian cousin

[Malinkadink]

Nvidia reflex is nothing you couldn't already do yourself by allowing for 10% overhead buffer in games meaning adjust your settings ingame to allow for 90% GPU usage, if you hit 99% usage you get more delay as the render queue fills up. Reflex is slightly better since its doing it at the driver level so you get less GPU resources wasted and its good for lazy people who can't be bothered to do their own tuning.

[Kknewkles]

Yeah it's time for the Chopper glasses Tim :D

[OlettaLiano]

Every time I see that Mustache, I keep expecting Tim to begin singing like the Village People. "Macho macho man. I want to be, a macho man." 😂❤👍

[casualepic]

Me every time he rattles off a ridiculous monitor or intel part name: "SAY THE WHOLE THING YEAH!"