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How HDMI 2.1 Makes Big-Screen 4K PC Gaming Even More Awesome

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Tuesday, February 14, 2017 12:22 AM (permalink)
An open secret on the PC gaming world is that 4K TVs double as great PC monitors. Or potentially great, anyway. Big-screen gamers have lived with many a compromise, if only to play Overwatch or Battlefield on a 65-inch display at resolutions that living room game consoles can still only dream about.
 
But now, thanks to the new HDMI 2.1 specification, future TVs could eliminate -- or at least diminish -- many of those compromises. The greater bandwidth possible with 2.1 means higher resolutions and higher framerates, but that's not all. The Game Mode VRR feature could potentially improve input lag, bringing TVs in closer parity to computer monitors for this important spec. It could also remove, or at least reduce, two serious visual artifacts: jutter and image tearing.
 
 
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    Cool GTX
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    Re: How HDMI 2.1 Makes Big-Screen 4K PC Gaming Even More Awesome Tuesday, February 14, 2017 1:35 PM (permalink)
    Yes, that will be nice, about 2 or 3 years after it launches and becomes affordable
     
    Input lag is a real issue currently. 
     
    G-Sync for now on my monitor, if only they would add it to TVs along with DisplayPort

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    Re: How HDMI 2.1 Makes Big-Screen 4K PC Gaming Even More Awesome Tuesday, February 14, 2017 6:13 PM (permalink)
    Cool GTX
     if only they would add it to TVs along with DisplayPort

    The VRR feature is almost exactly the same as G-sync/Adaptive sync. They are doing as you command ;)
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    Re: How HDMI 2.1 Makes Big-Screen 4K PC Gaming Even More Awesome Thursday, February 16, 2017 3:46 PM (permalink)
    and it looks like vrr is going to be a open standerd so thats amaze balls

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