Bear in mind the entire confusion round whether or not the Change 2 helps VRR? One second, it did each docked and handheld, earlier than Nintendo began eradicating wording surrounding docked VRR from web sites and then apologised “for the error”.
Properly, The Verge (paywalled) has made an attention-grabbing discovery — the Change 2’s dock does help VRR, nevertheless it does not work with the Change 2 itself. How did editor Sean Hollister discover this out? By taking inspiration from the SteamDeck subreddit and plugging a Steam Deck into the dock. It is that easy.
Utilizing a USB-C male-to-female extension cable, you possibly can plug your Steam Deck instantly into the Change 2’s Dock, the place the choice to allow VRR will pop up. So for those who actually need to, you possibly can play your Steam Deck video games at 4K and 120fps this manner.
Different handhelds examined embody Lenovo Legion Go S utilizing SteamOS, and the Asus ROG Ally X utilizing the BazziteOS, one other Linux-based working system. And relatively than simply counting on the menu, Hollister did use an open-source VRR testing software. So we’re all good.
So it begs the query — why the heck is Nintendo not benefiting from this? It could possibly be that the corporate needs to do extra testing earlier than issuing a firmware replace later down the road. We’re not going to know the reply, mainly.
And hey, not less than VRR is available undocked.
Have you ever tried plugging your handheld PC into your Change 2 dock? Do you need to see VRR help enabled on Change 2 whereas docked? Tell us within the feedback.
