NVIDIA: Announces Adding HDMI 2.1 VRR Support to GeForce RTX 20 Series

Added HDMI 2.1 VRR support to NVIDIA RTX 20 Series graphics cards, allowing users to access variable refresh rate

A few weeks ago the HDMI 2.1 standard was introduced which adds support for Variable Refresh Rate (VRR). This new standard is primarily intended for VESA Adaptative Sync. Now NVIDIA has announced support for this new HDMI 2.1 VRR standard. This allows monitors that do not have any of the G-Sync certifications to have VRR support.

This interesting move by NVIDIA. The first is that G-Sync modules are very expensive versions of VRR and you are limited to a small number of monitors. The second reason is that VESA Adaptative-Sync and HDMI 2.1 VRR is present in many monitors and televisions. NVIDIA is slowly giving its arm to twist in favor of the alternatives on the market to its expensive technology.

NVIDIA adds HDMI 2.1 VRR support to its RTX 20 Series graphics

Thus HDMI 2.1 VRR becomes compatible with the new RTX 20 Series. This release coincides with the announcement by LG that its televisions are G-Sync Compatible. Monitors will require a firmware update to add this support.

Matt Wuebbling, Director of Marketing at NVIDIA GeForce said that only the HDMI 2.1VRR it will only make it to the RTX 20 Series. There is no reference regarding the GTX 16 Series, but compatibility may not be added. The GTX 16 Series are based on the Turing architecture and feature trimmed features.

Additionally, NVIDIA reported that LG's press release is incorrect and that they are "allowing GeForce RTX and GeForce GTX 16 series players to connect via HDMI to validated G-Sync compatible LG TVs."

Enables VRR implementation for TV and monitor manufacturers to add support. This allows players to have improvements regarding graphic quality. Note that AMD does not yet support HDMI 2.1 VRR, but will add it shortly. Currently AMD graphics only support Radeon FreeSync and FreeSync 2.

Source: OC3D