Sony says VRR support for PS5 games will come via firmware

Sony has updated the PlayStation 5 definitive FAQ with information that the PlayStation 5 will support VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) in the future.

[Jin_Sakai]

Great to hear! Hopefully soon. Would really help with games like Assassin's Creed Valhalla.

[Ratchet75]

I'm pretty sure the version with massive screen tearing issues is not the ps5.
😉

[SullysCigar]

Exactly! This will only improve things even further.

Another tick! ✅

[Babadook7]

This is great. A feature like this can (for a supporting TV) take a game that performs horrible and make it look fine. (See the XSX version of Valhalla where Sony enjoys a 20% advantage) If Sony ever looses by that same degree down the road (hypothetical) they would only be lower in FPS but with no stutter it would barely be noticeable visually.

[Jin_Sakai]

“I'm pretty sure the version with massive screen tearing issues is not the ps5.”

Correct, but it still tears quite a lot in certain areas when there’s a lot of action.

[Jin_Sakai]

“Ive been playing valhalla on series x on a 65” oled and havnt noticed any screen tearing.”

Skip to 8:10. Definitely screen tearing happening.

https://youtu.be/kGWTXFrEK5...

[Zeref]

VRR fixes the screen tearing though. So with VRR it's actually smoother than the PS5 version.

I'm sure it will get patched for those that don't have VRR though

[porkChop]

If you enable VRR you don't get screen tearing, and sudden changes in framerate aren't nearly as noticeable. It's good that Sony is adding it.

[mikeslemonade]

My LG CX is coming Monday and it supports VRR

[blackblades]

If you have the tv thats supports it.

[Eidolon]

My C7 OLED doesn't :(. But it's still got a few years left, maybe I'll make it a living room TV. idk. Depends how much VRR really improves the experience.

[BenRC01]

My q9 does but its nothing to get excited about.

[Emeraldu]

VRR is not quite as good as a G-sync Ultimate or Freesync Premium Pro.

I have a Samsung QLED TV with VRR @ 120Hz and Gaming monitor with Freesync Premium Pro @165 Hz and I can tell the difference.
VRR is still ok but not perfect. Tearing still occurs in AC: Valhalla when using VRR

[RevXM]

@Eidolon
I have a 7 series Oled too. its got life left in it so not swapping anytime soon, but yes VRR is going to make a nice difference with some games at least that cant quite lock the framerate,
If you are really really sensitive you still might feel it the controls that the frametime is scaling. but still it will be a whole lot smoother.

[SyntheticForm]

I've only noticed a little tearing in Valhalla on PS5 and oddly it was during a cutscene. It's been performing very well for me. Buttery smooth.

[IRetrouk]

Said this along with plenty of others last week or so, they had already confirmed support would happen.🤷‍♂️

[RazzerRedux]

Yeah you did, bro.

[Bathyj]

Didn't we know this? Another imaginary advantage vanished.

[mandf]

Straws and more straws bathyj. They will move to more chilling for gamepass until they find more straws.

[Fishy Fingers]

Imaginary advantage receiving an offical non imaginary firmware update to add support?

[Bathyj]

It's not an advantage if they both have it is my point.

[Rhythmattic]

"Imaginary advantage receiving an offical non imaginary firmware update to add support?"{

Just another exclusive to PS5.
An Imaginary advantage receiving an offical SX exclusive game announcement to add subscriptions??

[Sunny_D]

I have a feeling they want to roll this out with their new TV line up.

[Teflon02]

Sony has confirmed the feature for the X900H in a firmware update. So it should come before them.

[NEXUS-6]

Sony was selling bundles in Canada - An X900H & PS5, at this stage it is only the second Sony TV marketed as 'Ready For PS5' - the other being the Z8H.

[CruseMissle]

Idk seems like one system has it and the other doesn’t. So it’s not imaginary is it?

[TakeTori]

Who said anything about advantage? Playstation's been missing this feature since forever.

[NEXUS-6]

PS exclusives aren't prone to screen tearing from my experience.

[TakeTori]

@NEXUS-6 I'm not sure you understand how this technology works. Screen tearing is not a thing on consoles, because v-sync is always turned on. This feature makes sure that the framerate is maintained at a maximum of 30 or 60 fps, depending on the game. You will often see this with games that have uncapped frames, like God of War on PS4 pro. These frames are technically not "uncapped" per say. V-sync is in place trying to lock the framerate to 60fps, but the hardware can't keep up and the game loses frames, which causes stutter. When v-sync is on, screen tearing can't happen. Instead, the image will stutter when the game drops frames. If V-sync was off you wouldn't get stutter, but you'd see tearing.

It's also not true that PS exclusives don't drop frames. They tend to be well optimised, for sure, but it does happen. I think I remember losing frames in God of War on vanilla PS4. Even then it doesn't matter at all whether or not PS exclusives drop frames. There are third-party games on PlayStation as well. You did know this, right? Any game with a 60fps target with v-sync on where those 60fps can't be maintained will have stutter. Variable Refresh Rate eliminates all stutter by changing the refresh rate to whatever frame the game runs at any given second. And the Xbox has had this for reasonably longer than PlayStation, so it's about damn time for Sony to introduce this.

Does that make sense?

[Fishy Fingers]

Its a GPU driver update, like 8k support. Should of been there at launch sure, but regardless, shouldnt be any delay introducing it now.

[northpaws]

@Fishy Fingers

Let me know when XBox patch in Wifi 6. Oh wait, sorry that is not possible.

[MrNinosan]

Or Bluetooth-support for headsets/earphones.

[SullysCigar]

Or high speed USB.

[SierraGuy]

Or infinity cache.

[jznrpg]

Figured these things will come after launch, it was just a matter of time .

[Zeke68]

Who cares about VRR ? 0.01% of all PS5 users at the moment. No Sony, if you want to add something useful via firmware, add logos to the games so you know if you play PS5 or PS4 version of the game. I downloaded PS5 Spiderman and Miles Morales from the Ultimate Edition but it says PS4 EVERY-FREKKING_WHERE!
This need to be sorted out waaaaay before some VRR for a few elitist gamers in my opinion.

[waverider]

So many things will come after updates. Its news after news with this. Its the start of a new gen that is under attack from Covid. Many updates will come. Gamers need to have patience.

[Mr_Luke]

Great, that's good :D

[1nsomniac]

I should hope so, your advertising it as the current spec of the console - which it’s not.

Muppets on here gushing. It’s embarrassing!

[ANIALATOR136]

This is why I'm holding off buying a ps5 until these features are added

[Bender6502]

More features good. Doesn't make sense for anyone to disagree with this.

[LordJamar]

Ps5 showing it was kinda rushed out again

[Silly gameAr]

If you think the PS5 was rushed out, I hate to see what you think about the Series X.

[OpenGL]

Glad to hear it, haven’t missed it too much yet but it would be nice to use with my LG E9.

[kryteris]

how does this compare to DLSS or DirectML?

[DFresh]

I’m hoping DLSS 2.0 equivalent becomes a standard option on consoles in the future.

[ANIALATOR136]

When?

[Weapon_of_choice]

Does this mean 1440p support?