VRR Articles & Reviews |
| SteamOS 3.5 Delivering Some Decent Performance Gains For The Steam Deck | Operating Systems | 2023-09-18 |
| Linux 5.12 Features Intel Xe VRR, Nintendo 64 Port + Clang LTO + Much More | Software | 2021-02-28 |
VRR Linux & Open-Source News |
| SteamOS 3.8.10 Stable Released With Updated Arch, Steam Machine Support & Wayland Desktop Default | Valve | 2026-06-18 |
| KDE KWin Patches Aiming To Optimize Gaming Latency To Better Compete With Windows | KDE | 2026-06-10 |
| AMDGPU Linux Driver Preps For HDMI 2.1 Compliance Testing | Radeon | 2026-06-10 |
| AMD Submits Its Long-Awaited HDMI 2.1 FRL Support For Linux 7.2 AMDGPU | Radeon | 2026-06-04 |
| SteamOS 3.8.6 Beta Released With Initial Native Support For AMD HDMI VRR | Valve | 2026-05-29 |
| AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL To Be Initially Disabled-By-Default | Radeon | 2026-05-20 |
| AMD Posts HDMI 2.1 FRL Patches For Their AMDGPU Linux Driver | Radeon | 2026-05-01 |
| Fedora 44 Will Not Be Released Next Week | Fedora | 2026-04-17 |
| AMD Linux Graphics Driver Introducing "Power Module" To Better Match Windows Behavior | Radeon | 2026-04-15 |
| SteamOS 3.8 Preview Preps For Steam Machine, KDE Plasma Desktop With Wayland By Default | Valve | 2026-03-20 |
| GNOME 50 Released With Many Fantastic Improvements | GNOME | 2026-03-18 |
| Intel Posts New Linux Graphics Driver Patches For Improved Adaptive Sync Support | Intel | 2026-03-11 |
| GNOME Mutter 50.rc Released With Better NVIDIA Performance, SDR-Native & Better HDR | GNOME | 2026-03-03 |
| GNOME 50 Beta Released With Stable VRR, GDM Improvements | GNOME | 2026-02-13 |
| VRR Improvements Merged To GNOME 50 For Lower Latency, Wayland Commit Timing | GNOME | 2026-02-06 |
| GNOME Shell & Mutter 50 Beta Releases Bring Stable VRR, Improved Frame Scheduling | GNOME | 2026-02-04 |
| GNOME 50 Is No Longer Treating Variable Rate Refresh "VRR" As Experimental | GNOME | 2026-01-31 |
| Valve Developer Improves Aging AMD APUs On Linux With VRR, DP/HDMI Audio, HDR & Atomic | Radeon | 2026-01-29 |
| AMDGPU Patches Updated For HDMI Gaming Features On Linux With Radeon Graphics | Radeon | 2026-01-26 |
| New Patches Provide HDMI VRR & Auto Low Latency Mode Gaming Features For AMD Linux GPU Driver | Radeon | 2026-01-19 |
| Fedora Games Lab Approved To Switch To KDE Plasma, Become A Better Linux Gaming Showcase | Fedora | 2026-01-14 |
| Phoenix: A New X Server Written From Scratch With Zig | X.Org | 2025-12-25 |
| AMD GCN 1.0/1.1 GPUs Will Default To AMDGPU Driver In Linux 6.19, SMART POWER OLED Added | Radeon | 2025-11-14 |
| KDE Plasma 6.6 Shaving Off 100MB Of Memory Use, Fixing DrKonqi Crash Reporter Crashing | KDE | 2025-11-08 |
| Linux 6.19 Will Finally Support Intel's Adaptive Sharpness Filter "CASF" With Lunar Lake | Intel | 2025-11-04 |
| Linux 6.17 AMD PMF Driver Adding New ACPI ID For Upcoming AMD Platform | Linux Kernel | 2025-09-18 |
| AMD Begins Queuing Graphics Driver Changes For Linux 6.18 | Radeon | 2025-09-01 |
| GNOME Shell & Mutter Land Last Minute Additions Ahead Of GNOME 49 | GNOME | 2025-08-31 |
| GNOME 49 Merges Late Mutter Change To Help Cursor Responsiveness With VRR | GNOME | 2025-08-18 |
| KDE Plasma Remains Committed To A Wayland Future: 70%+ Already On Wayland | KDE | 2025-06-21 |
| KDE Prepares For Plasma 6.4 Debut With Better VRR Experience | KDE | 2025-06-07 |
| Linux 6.16 GPU Driver Changes Land: NVIDIA Blackwell, Asahi UAPI, Intel Xe Fan Speeds | Linux Kernel | 2025-05-28 |
| Linux 6.16 Features Include A Lot From Intel, NVIDIA Blackwell, AMDGPU User Mode Queues | Linux Kernel | 2025-05-25 |
| SteamOS 3.7 Stable Rolls Out With Updated Linux Kernel, Expanding AMD Handheld Support | Valve | 2025-05-22 |
| Ubuntu 25.10 Planning For Good NVIDIA On Wayland Experience, VRR & RISC-V Desktop | Ubuntu | 2025-05-16 |
| Intel Preps VRR Refactoring For Linux 6.16, More Xe3 Panther Lake Display Enablement | Intel | 2025-04-11 |
| NVIDIA 570.124.04 Linux Driver Brings Additional Fixes | NVIDIA | 2025-02-27 |
| Intel Preps New Performance Optimizations & Features For Linux 6.15 Graphics Driver | Intel | 2025-02-24 |
| NVIDIA 570.86.16 Beta Linux Driver Published With GeForce RTX 5080 / RTX 5090 Support | NVIDIA | 2025-01-30 |
| GNOME Triple Buffering Now Works With Direct Scanout & VRR | GNOME | 2025-01-27 |
| AMD Announces The AMDGPU Composition Stack "ACS" For Advanced Linux Desktop Features | AMD | 2025-01-22 |
| Fedora KDE Plasma Edition Aims To Appeal To Multimedia Enthusiasts & Content Creators | Fedora | 2025-01-16 |
| COSMIC Alpha 5 Desktop Brings COSMIC Media Player As Default, VRR Updates | Desktop | 2025-01-09 |
| Lenovo Officially Announces The Legion Go S Handheld With SteamOS | Valve | 2025-01-07 |
| GNOME Added Many New Features This Year Amid Foundation Woes | GNOME | 2024-12-27 |
| Ptyxis Becomes Ubuntu's Recommended Replacement To GNOME Terminal | Ubuntu | 2024-12-10 |
| COSMIC Alpha 4 Released For System76's Rust-Based Desktop | Desktop | 2024-12-05 |
| NVIDIA Outlines Current Wayland Limitations & Upcoming Driver Features | NVIDIA | 2024-11-09 |
| Linux 6.12 EDAC Prepares For Address Translation On Future AMD Platforms | AMD | 2024-09-16 |
| NVIDIA 560.35.03 Linux Driver Released With More Wayland Fixes | NVIDIA | 2024-08-21 |
| Intel Begins Queuing Kernel Graphics Driver Changes For Linux 6.12 | Intel | 2024-08-13 |
| NVIDIA 560.31.02 Linux Driver Delivers Various Fixes | NVIDIA | 2024-08-06 |
| Intel Xe2/Battlemage & AMD RDNA4 Lead The Graphics Driver Changes In Linux 6.11 | Hardware | 2024-07-23 |
| NVIDIA 560 Linux Driver Beta Released - Defaults To Open GPU Kernel Modules | NVIDIA | 2024-07-23 |
| X.Org Testing Ground Expands Its Scope To Illumos/OpenIndiana | X.Org | 2024-07-23 |
| X.Org Server Patches Look To Cleanup VRR Handling, Make It Xinerama-Aware | X.Org | 2024-07-22 |
| GNOME Mutter 46.2 Rolls Out To Ubuntu 24.04 Users, Experimental VRR Remains Rough | Ubuntu | 2024-07-01 |
| Linux 6.11 To Enable Intel Battlemage GPU Display Support | Intel | 2024-06-19 |
| KDE Plasma 6.1 Beta Released With Wayland Explicit Sync, Input Capture Portal & More | KDE | 2024-05-24 |
| GNOME 47 Aims For Release On 18 September | GNOME | 2024-05-16 |
| KDE Making Good Progress On HDR, Better Gamescope Integration | KDE | 2024-05-11 |
| Ubuntu Isn't Yet Recommending GNOME's VRR Option | Ubuntu | 2024-04-29 |
| Niri 0.1.5 Scrollable-Tiling Wayland Compositor Adds New Animations | Wayland | 2024-04-20 |
| GNOME 46 Released With Improved Search, Experimental VRR & More Polish | GNOME | 2024-03-20 |
| Awesome Changes Coming With Linux 6.9: Lots From Intel/AMD, FUSE Passthrough & More Rust | Linux Kernel | 2024-03-10 |
| GNOME 46 Release Candidate Rolls Out Last Minute Fixes, VRR & Other Refinements | GNOME | 2024-03-09 |
| GNOME Shell & Mutter 46 RC Brings Modifier-Aware Screencasting, VRR & X.Org Sync Fix | GNOME | 2024-03-03 |
| Mutter Merges Experimental Variable Refresh Rate For GNOME 46 | GNOME | 2024-03-02 |
| AMD FreeSync Video Facing Retirement In Linux 6.9 | Radeon | 2024-03-02 |
| Experimental VRR Support Might Still Land For GNOME 46 | GNOME | 2024-03-01 |
| GNOME Makes Progress On GPU-Accelerated Screencasting, systemd-homed Home Encryption | GNOME | 2024-02-25 |
| Intel Linux Graphics Driver Wrapping Up Adaptive Sync SDP Support | Intel | 2024-02-19 |
| Linux Developers To Meet Again To Work On HDR, Color Management & VRR | Hardware | 2024-02-18 |
| New GNOME Mutter Code Prepares Fractional Scaling For XWayland | GNOME | 2024-02-16 |
| GNOME Mutter 46 Beta A Win For Gamers & VM Users, Other Last Minute Changes Too | GNOME | 2024-02-11 |
| Variable Refresh Rate "VRR" Support Comes Down To The Wire For GNOME 46 | GNOME | 2024-02-10 |
| GNOME Sees Progress On Variable Refresh Rate Setting, Adding Battery Charge Control | GNOME | 2024-01-28 |
| GNOME's Variable Refresh Rate "VRR" Support Continues Coming Together | GNOME | 2024-01-06 |
| Nobara 39 Released - Customized Version Of Fedora Catering To Gamers/Enthusiasts | Fedora | 2023-12-26 |
| SteamOS 3.5.5 Released To Stable With Steam Deck OLED Support & Many Other Changes | Valve | 2023-11-16 |
| Intel Lunar Lake Graphics Introducing "CMRR" Adaptive VRR Feature | Intel | 2023-11-15 |
| NVIDIA 545.29.02 Linux Driver Released With Much Better Wayland Support | NVIDIA | 2023-10-31 |
| NVIDIA R545 Linux Beta Driver Brings HDMI Deep Color, Night Color & FB Consoles | NVIDIA | 2023-10-17 |
| Raspberry Pi 5, Steam Deck & New AMD CPUs Dominated Q3 | Phoronix | 2023-09-30 |
| Linux 6.7 To Support New Intel DG2-G12 Stepping, More Raptor Lake IDs | Intel | 2023-09-29 |
| SteamOS 3.5 Rolls Out In Preview On The Steam Deck With Many New Features | Valve | 2023-09-15 |
| NVIDIA 535.98 Linux Driver Released With Several Fixes | NVIDIA | 2023-08-08 |
| NVIDIA 535.86.05 Linux Driver Fixes Excessive Memory Use, Kernel Panic On Full vRAM | NVIDIA | 2023-07-18 |
| Many Intel & AMD Graphics Driver Updates For Linux 6.5: Intel VRR, More MTL, RDNA3 Overclocking | Linux Kernel | 2023-06-29 |
| Linux 6.5 Features Expected: Parallel CPU Bring-Up, Intel Shadow Stack, MIDI 2.0 & More | Linux Kernel | 2023-06-25 |
| GNOME Lands Nice Optimization For Wayland Gaming | GNOME | 2023-06-23 |
| Linux 6.5 To Add HuC Loading Support For Intel Meteor Lake | Intel | 2023-06-09 |
| Intel Continues Prepping Meteor Lake Graphics On Linux, Adds VRR eDP Support | Intel | 2023-06-05 |
| Red Hat's HDR Hackfest Sounds Like It Was A Success | Desktop | 2023-05-01 |
| Linux Fix On The Way For A Scheduler Imbalance Overflow Issue | Linux Kernel | 2023-04-16 |
| Red Hat's Display/HDR Hackfest Scheduled For April | Red Hat | 2023-02-03 |
| Red Hat Planning A Hackfest To Further Advance HDR Support On The Linux Desktop | Desktop | 2023-01-04 |
| GNOME's Mutter Variable Rate Refresh Support Closer To Being Merged | GNOME | 2022-06-07 |
| VESA Launches Compliance Test Specification For AdaptiveSync, MediaSync Displays | Standards | 2022-05-02 |
| The Most Interesting New Features Of Linux 5.17 - Intel & AMD Continue With Big Changes | Linux Kernel | 2022-03-10 |
| Mesa 22.0 Released With Vulkan 1.3, Many Open-Source Intel & AMD Driver Improvements | Mesa | 2022-03-09 |
| AMD Enabling FreeSync Video Mode By Default With Linux 5.18, Merging AMDKFD CRIU | Radeon | 2022-02-13 |
| Mesa 22.0-rc1 Released With Many Radeon & Intel Linux GPU Driver Features, Vulkan 1.3 | Mesa | 2022-02-02 |
| Intel's Many Improvements In Linux 5.17 From Starting Raptor Lake Enablement To PFRUT | Intel | 2022-01-30 |
| Linux 5.17 To Bring AMD P-State, Many AMD & Intel Improvements, New Optimizations | Linux Kernel | 2022-01-08 |
| Linux 5.17 GPU Updates: Raptor Lake, ADL-P Stable, Raspberry Pi 4K@60, AMD Seamless Boot | Linux Kernel | 2022-01-07 |
| Mesa 22.0 Intel OpenGL/Vulkan Drivers Enable Adaptive-Sync/VRR | Intel | 2022-01-02 |
| Recapping Intel's Open-Source/Linux Achievements For 2021 | Intel | 2021-12-30 |
| Intel Prepares More DG2 + XeHP Bits For Linux 5.17 | Intel | 2021-12-24 |
| Latest Linux 5.17 Graphics Drivers: "Every Single Patchset In This PR Is Awesome" | Linux Kernel | 2021-12-16 |
| Intel Raptor Lake S Graphics Ready For Linux 5.17, Alder Lake P Now Considered Stable | Intel | 2021-12-15 |
| Linux 5.17 Intel Graphics Driver Update Fixes Hangs, More Discrete vRAM Preparations | Intel | 2021-12-10 |
| AMD Readies New Radeon Driver Code For Linux 5.17: STB, Seamless Boot For Van Gogh | Radeon | 2021-12-02 |
| Linux 5.17 To Finally Enable Variable Rate Refresh For Intel Ice Lake | Intel | 2021-12-01 |
| Arcan 0.6.1 Released With More Features Added To This Open-Source Display Stack | Desktop | 2021-11-23 |
| NVIDIA 470.86 Linux Driver Released With VRR/G-SYNC Fix | NVIDIA | 2021-11-10 |
| X.Org Server 21.1 Released With Variable Rate Refresh In Modesetting Driver, Other Work | X.Org | 2021-10-27 |
| X.Org Server 21.1 RC2 Brings Fix For Mixed VRR/Non-VRR Multi-Monitor Setups | X.Org | 2021-10-14 |
| X.Org Modesetting Driver Will Now Better Handle Multi-Montior Mixed-VRR Setups | X.Org | 2021-10-08 |
| X.Org Server 21.1 RC1 Released With VRR Support For Modesetting Driver, Other Features | X.Org | 2021-09-21 |
| The Most Popular Intel Linux/Open-Source News From H1'2021 | Intel | 2021-07-08 |
| KDE Plasma 5.22 Released With Much Better Wayland Support, Usability Enhancements | KDE | 2021-06-08 |
| Wayland-Protocols 1.21 Released With XDG_Activation, Staging Replaces Unstable | Wayland | 2021-05-03 |
| Linux 5.12 Released With Intel Xe Variable Rate Refresh, Clang LTO, KFENCE + More | Linux Kernel | 2021-04-25 |
| The 12 Most Interesting Changes Of Linux 5.12 - PS5, N64, Intel VRR, RDNA2 OverDrive | Linux Kernel | 2021-04-15 |
| AMD Sends In Aldebaran, FreeSync HDMI, Other Graphics Changes For Linux 5.13 | Radeon | 2021-03-20 |
| Intel Sends Out New Linux Driver Patches For "XE_LPD" v13 Display Hardware | Intel | 2021-03-11 |
| More Open-Source Adreno 500 Series Support, A6xx Speedbin Sent In For Linux 5.12 | Linux Kernel | 2021-02-26 |
| VRR, Lower Latency Likely Coming For KDE's KWin Wayland Compositor | KDE | 2021-02-22 |
| VRR For Intel Xe Graphics, Radeon RX 6000 Series Overclocking With Linux 5.12 | Linux Kernel | 2021-02-19 |
| There Are Big Changes On The Horizon With Linux 5.12 | Linux Kernel | 2021-02-14 |
| AMD FreeSync HDMI Patch Appearing For Their Open-Source Linux Driver | Radeon | 2021-01-30 |
| Linux 5.12 Bringing VRR / Adaptive-Sync For Intel TIger Lake / Xe Graphics | Intel | 2021-01-27 |
| Panfrost Gallium3D Flips On AFBC For Bifrost GPUs | Mesa | 2021-01-06 |
| Intel Sends Linux Kernel Patches For VRR / Adaptive-Sync Enablement | Intel | 2020-10-22 |
| Intel Lands Adaptive-Sync/VRR Into Modesetting X.Org Driver | Intel | 2020-09-08 |
| Radeon's AMDVLK Driver Does Support FreeSync/VRR But The Option Isn't Widely Known | Radeon | 2020-08-20 |
| Open-Source GPU Driver Updates Sent In For Linux 5.9 From Sienna Cichlid To Rocket Lake | Linux Kernel | 2020-08-06 |
| Sway 1.5 Wayland Compositor Released With Adaptive-Sync/VRR, New Protocols | Wayland | 2020-07-16 |
| DRM Scheduler Improvement, New Epoch Counter, Other DRM Work For Linux 5.9 | Linux Kernel | 2020-07-05 |
| Linux 5.9 To Expose Adaptive-Sync / VRR Range Via DebugFS | X.Org | 2020-06-26 |
| Sway 1.5-RC1 Wayland Compositor Brings VRR / Adaptive-Sync, New Protocol Support | Wayland | 2020-06-25 |
| Intel Developer Posts Latest Patch For Variable Refresh Rate Within X.Org Modesetting | X.Org | 2020-06-11 |
| Adaptive-Sync/VRR Seeing Port To xf86-video-modesetting Driver | X.Org | 2020-05-25 |
| GNOME's Mutter Working On Variable Refresh Rate Support (VRR / Adaptive-Sync / FreeSync) | GNOME | 2020-03-31 |
| Intel Tiger Lake VRR Support Being Worked On For Linux, More PCI IDs Introduced | Intel | 2020-03-20 |
| Sway Wayland Compositor Seeing Adaptive-Sync/VRR Support | Wayland | 2020-03-04 |
| Virtual KMS Driver To Work On Virtual Refresh Rate Support (FreeSync) | X.Org | 2019-11-10 |
| NVIDIA 440.31 Linux Driver Adds HDMI 2.1 VRR Support, VP9 Decode, DXVK Fixes | NVIDIA | 2019-11-04 |
| NVIDIA 440.26 Beta Linux Driver Brings HDMI 2.1 VRR, VP9 VDPAU Decode + Much More | NVIDIA | 2019-10-17 |
