Nvidia adds hdmi 2.1 vrr support to its rtx 20

Earlier this year, Nvidia announced that it was opening up to the world of alternative solutions for Variable Refresh Rate (VRR). With this move, Nvidia added VESA Adaptive-Sync support to its graphics cards, allowing VRR support on a non -G-Sync display.

HDMI 2.1 VRR will be added to Nvidia's RTX 20 cards

Nvidia's decision was the result of several factors. First off, G-Sync modules are expensive and limit Nvidia's VRR options to a relatively small number of gaming monitors. Second, VESA Adaptive-Sync and HDMI 2.1 VRR were introduced to an increasing number of televisions and monitors. For this reason, Nvidia needed to support alternative standards, or give its competitors an advantage.

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Nvidia has announced that it plans to offer HDMI 2.1 VRR support on its RTX 20 series graphics cards. This announcement appeared in a press release from LG announcing that its 2019 series of OLED TVs were becoming G-Sync compatible displays, thanks to an upcoming firmware update.

Matt Wuebbling, head of marketing at Nvidia, stated that support for HDMI VRR only reached RTX 20 series graphics cards. No mention was made in the Nvidia announcement of GTX 16 series graphics cards. HDMI VRR support will come out with a new Geforce controller, where we hope to learn more about the limitations of Nvidia's VRR support.

AMD has already promised to add HDMI 2.1 VRR support to its Radeon software drivers. At the time of writing, Radeon FreeSync and FreeSync 2 support is now available on multiple Samsung TVs.

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