TechGamingGaming ConsolesPS5 gamers are getting a cool graphics upgradeNo, it isn’t 8K. But the new firmware should delight PS5 players who use the best gaming monitors or best gaming TVsWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechGamingGaming ConsolesPS5 gamers are getting a cool graphics upgradeNo, it isn’t 8K. But the new firmware should delight PS5 players who use the best gaming monitors or best gaming TVsWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
No, it isn’t 8K. But the new firmware should delight PS5 players who use the best gaming monitors or best gaming TVs
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Future)
(Image credit: Future)
If like manyPS5gamers you game on a PC monitor, such as one of thebest gaming monitorsorbest curved gaming monitors, you’re about to get an important graphics upgrade courtesy of a firmware update.
As Digital Foundry’s Richard Leadbetter, published onEurogamer, reports, the latest firmware beta includes support for 1440p resolutions on compatible displays.
That’s important, because right now 1440p is the sweet spot for PC monitors: it’s where you get the best balance of price, performance and power without having to cut corners or spend too much cash. And while 4K is more common among gamers who connect their consoles to thebest TVs, 1440p is where it’s at for PC gaming.
On PS5, 1440p won’t affect performance
As Leadbetter points out, the 1440p changes the output resolution of the console, not the rendering – so in terms of performance, your games will run at the same speed as they would if you were outputting to a 4K display; in games that have different rendering profiles for different output resolutions, such as PS4 Pro games, they output in 4K and the GPU downscales to 1440p.
For now, VRR is only available in 1080p or 4K, not 1440p; hopefully that’ll change before this beta becomes a finished release.
The new firmware also supports a range of key features in HDMI 2.0 TVs. Leadbetter has gone into an extraordinary amount of detail here and I won’t even try to summarise it, but if you’re a PS5 gamer who’s frustrated that TV features that should work on your PS5 currently don’t then you should find some reasons to be cheerful here.
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