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you are right, there is no HDMI 2.0 VRR... and guess what, there's also no HDMI 2.0 anymore..it doesn't exist officially anymore. it's not an official standard anymore.

every single HDMI 2.0 device is officially an HDMI 2.1 device. any Device that has an HDMI bandwidth of between 18Gb/s and 48Gb/s is officially HDMI 2.1
Xbox One S? HDMI 2.1! old 2018 era Samsung TVs? also HDMI 2.1!

every feature associated with HDMI 2.1 is also entirely optional. VRR, ALLM etc. and can be in theory implemented to any of them but can also just be entirely missing.

I told you that in that other thread already.
and then you claimed the PS5 supports freesync, at which point you demonstrated that you are talking out of your ass.


Here's 2 monitors.

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both "HDMI 2.0",
both Vesa Adaptive Sync, Gsync and FreeSync Premium compatible.
the PS5 meanwhile supports VRR only on one of them. explain how that can be the case, if HDMI 2.0 doesn't support HDMI Forum VRR.

at which point, you'd also disagree with the people working at RTINGS.com... who will tell you that the ROG supports HDMI Forum VRR and the PS5 doesn't support any screen other than HDMI Forum VRR compatible ones...

I wonder if you have the hubris to still claim you're right.


edit: also, technically HDMI 2.1 also doesn't really exist anymore it's all HDMI 2.2 now. all current HDMI 2.1 certified devices can get 2.2 certification... and before that 2.0 devices could get 2.1 certification... which in return means that 2.0 devices can now be 2.2 certified while supporting or not supporting VRR, ALLM or any special features, and having an 18Gb/s bandwidth

The HDMI Forum everybody! they make it so simple and easy to understand!

I agree with everything you're saying in this thread basically, there must be something else than just HDMI approval since I was also expecting them to have Freesync or something and hope that when they mentioned VRR they only referred to HDMI forum VRR, then I learned all the problem with HDMI VRR in other devices and everything made sense.

It's probably as hardware limitation, even if not a problem of every unit, but some specific units with a specific HDMI component whatever. But I doubt it's just HDMI Forum approval.

 

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I agree with everything you're saying in this thread basically, there must be something else than just HDMI approval since I was also expecting them to have Freesync or something and hope that when they mentioned VRR they only referred to HDMI forum VRR, then I learned all the problem with HDMI VRR in other devices and everything made sense.

It's probably as hardware limitation, even if not a problem of every unit, but some specific units with a specific HDMI component whatever. But I doubt it's just HDMI Forum approval.

HDMI Forum certification shouldn't be an issue unless there is some hardware quirk for sure. like, basically anyone and their mom gets HDMI Certified without issue.
it's really purely speculation at this point why they don't have VRR support of any kind.

IMO if it's technically possible to just enable Gsync Support tomorrow, they should do it. the question is, why don't they...

it could be an API issue. maybe they still are trying to figure out how to handle VRR in-game, especially with undocking and docking coming into play.
they'd need to instantly switch (hehe) from Gsync running through the HDMI VRR compatibility fallback using a Displayport>USB-C>HDMI connection, to an onboard Gsync screen running through display port, and all that without the VRR breaking in the game somehow.

I have had VRR issues on PC even, with a Monitor that has full hardware based Gsync support, where suddenly Gsync would just disengage until I rebooted the game and stuff like that.

so if something is keeping them from supporting VRR that isn't a hardware issues inside the Switch 2... then my bet is a software issue, not a certification issue.