Minsc
Gold Member
There really is no excuse for Nintendo using substandard components.
The USB C port on the front of a PS5 can output 4K at 120fps with HDR plus additional data transmission and power simultaneously. The DP Alt Mode used is perfectly capable of VRR. And that isn't even its primary output port.
Nintendo swerving this feels stupid, particularly when it's the console that will arguably need it the most.
That's thanks to DSC - they compress the video signal to allow it to support higher settings than the port normally can allow. Many of the 4k240hz monitors also rely on DSC to hit 2160p at 240hz.
The port itself is on the lower end and only supports 10Gbps with USB 3.2 going to 20Gbps and USB4 going to 80Gbps.
AFAIK the Switch 2 can use DSC as well, and bump up the supported resolutions.