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There was some kind of recent issue with a new fatty monitor requiring 2.1, right? I remember people rubbing it in Nvidia's face over it. This article just reads funny, like dunking on Nvidia for not putting money into something that had literally 0 tech available for it in the forseeable future and then laughing at them for adding it when there's finally tech to use it.
Probably because people expected a $1000+ GPU to have one years worth of incredibly foreseeable future-proofing built into it.
That would be silly of Nvidia, giving you things like vram and connections to plug in your monitor. How else will they sell you am expensive card every 2 years?
Does no other GPU maker other than Nvidia make 8GB GPUs?
Does anyone offer more than 24GB for gamers?
Rx 7600 8gb Arc a750 8gb
?
I rest my case
Samsung Neo G9 (G95NC) 57". It's a dual 4K width (7680x2160) at 240Hz, but existing Nvidia cards can only drive it at up to 120Hz. Radeon 7000 series can do the full 240Hz at native resolution.
https://www.displayninja.com/samsung-s57cg95-review/
The display supports it's full resolution and refresh rate over HDMI 2.1. It's just not working right now at full rate over HDMI with either AMD or NvIdia graphics cards for some reason.
The table included in this article is misleading, as they've cropped off the original Korean text which states that it's currently not working at 240Hz over HDMI 2.1 with AMD either but that they contacted AMD who said it would work with a future driver update. The only reason that NVIDIA is listed at 120Hz in that table is because Quasarzone didn't get a reply from NVIDIA in time for publication.
It's unclear why no cards can do 240Hz over HDMI with that monitor when it's in spec.
The display only has one high refresh HDMI port (out of three), but that input is limited to 120Hz. It's stamped on the shell and listed as such in the manual, so it would appear to be on Samsung.
https://imgur.com/a/xx1PWyp
240Hz on this display requires the use of DisplayPort, which is what makes it a perfect (well, imperfect) example.
That's not how this works. GPUs have an effective lifespan of 5-10 years, and hardware vendors look at what's out there to set roadmaps and releases. Someone has to go first and make it available, and Nvidia skipping 2.1 on 4xxx is only slowing down next-gen display releases.