Windows 11 is getting multiple monitor refresh rate improvements

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Windows 11 is getting multiple monitor refresh rate improvements
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I hope this fixes my 7900xtx’s 100w idle power issue…

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So they finally have caught up with Linux. Noice!

Have they? VRR support in Linux is still a total crapshoot in my experience. VRR doesn't work at all with multiple displays in X.

I switched to Wayland and everything has been working smoothly.

Which DE? I am using Plasma and notice some weird things like flickering screen when I am playing YouTube videos in Fullscreen with VRR.

I'm using Wayland KDE Plasma as well and have no issues (on an AMD GPU)

X is legacy software that just needs to die.

And don't even get me started on the window and compositing manager with the same name.

Is this a joke? X can’t do VRR at all and I have yet to find a Wayland DE that doesn’t require a separate server pinned to each monitor. And neither support HDR.

Xorg works fine with VRR on a single display although no one should use Xorg, it's legacy software and no longer in development.

Wayland VRR works out of the box with most popular DEs like KDE or Gnome.

HDR can be added to gamescope, but be aware it's still considered experimental.

AMD experience was nothing but flawless, only Nvidia was buggy due to their drivers, but they're preparing Wayland support soon.

Wayland VRR works out of the box with most popular DEs like KDE or Gnome

Neither KDE nor GNOME even detect either of my 144Hz panels as capable of it. Logs indicate that amdgpu failed to parse their EDIDs. Forcing the mode with a kernel command option causes link training to fail altogether. Meanwhile, the exact same system, panels, and cables running Windows works perfectly.

AMD experience was nothing but flawless

See above. I’ve also tried NVDIA and had the same experience - neither HDR high-refresh panel are usable in Linux, but both work on Windows.

Plus there’s the fact that about 50% of the time, when the panels power off from idle, they never come back on. This is apparently a known issue on AMD that’s been around for years but nobody seems to care to fix - everyone just says to disable screen blanking.

And don’t even get me started on heterogenous DPI.

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