Great work looking into this! While higher refresh rates (if safe), notably up to 120hz would be appreciated, the biggest advantage would be related to implementing VRR, assuming it could be done safely and at a significant range of frequencies. I admit that full FreeSync VRR support was the one feature that I hoped would be officially supported on the Deck OLED to accompany its upgrade to 90hz and HDR capability. Given that VRR/FreeSync has more universally applicable benefits than either of the above, it seemed strange not to make a priority; don’t get me wrong I think the other upgrades are worthwhile and I’m glad they’re present, but VRR/FreeSync/VESA ActiveSync seems a notable absence.
If your work proves fruitful, perhaps it will encourage Valve to see if they could write something to officially enable an “experimental” VRR mode and/or 120hz refresh. In the last few years we’ve seen VRR come to mobile displays, even 120hz mobile displays and of course monitors/TVs have had such capability much longer. The LG OLED series since around 2020 have been 120hz and VRR capable with both FreeSync(Premium Pro/HDR) and Gsync (HDR) certifications, for instance. While I would have preferred an officially certified display for Deck OLED, if you can show that parity VRR functionality can be safely enabled, perhaps it will inspire Valve to look into it for a future update. Thanks again.
Great work looking into this! While higher refresh rates (if safe), notably up to 120hz would be appreciated, the biggest advantage would be related to implementing VRR, assuming it could be done safely and at a significant range of frequencies. I admit that full FreeSync VRR support was the one feature that I hoped would be officially supported on the Deck OLED to accompany its upgrade to 90hz and HDR capability. Given that VRR/FreeSync has more universally applicable benefits than either of the above, it seemed strange not to make a priority; don’t get me wrong I think the other upgrades are worthwhile and I’m glad they’re present, but VRR/FreeSync/VESA ActiveSync seems a notable absence.
If your work proves fruitful, perhaps it will encourage Valve to see if they could write something to officially enable an “experimental” VRR mode and/or 120hz refresh. In the last few years we’ve seen VRR come to mobile displays, even 120hz mobile displays and of course monitors/TVs have had such capability much longer. The LG OLED series since around 2020 have been 120hz and VRR capable with both FreeSync(Premium Pro/HDR) and Gsync (HDR) certifications, for instance. While I would have preferred an officially certified display for Deck OLED, if you can show that parity VRR functionality can be safely enabled, perhaps it will inspire Valve to look into it for a future update. Thanks again.