Intel Linux Graphics Driver Wrapping Up Adaptive Sync SDP Support

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Intel Linux Graphics Driver Wrapping Up Adaptive Sync SDP Support

The Intel "i915" LInux kernel graphics driver has been working to wrap-up support for enabling Adaptive Sync SDP for DisplayPort (DP) for their graphics cards...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Adaptive-Sync-SDP-DP

[bezirg]

Is this different than FreeSync? I thought freesync was already supported by intel graphics on linux

[aviallon]

Is this different than FreeSync? I thought freesync was already supported by intel graphics on linux

They already support Adaptive Sync (aka Free Sync), yes, but this seems like an optimization for the specific casz where an adapter (e.g DP to HDMI adapter) is connected and wants to expose Adaptive Sync functionality.

[hartree]

They already support Adaptive Sync (aka Free Sync), yes, but this seems like an optimization for the specific casz where an adapter (e.g DP to HDMI adapter) is connected and wants to expose Adaptive Sync functionality.

Makes sense since Arc uses a protocol converter for HDMI 2.1 support. That could be a solution for AMD as well.

[yump]

Makes sense since Arc uses a protocol converter for HDMI 2.1 support. That could be a solution for AMD as well.

Even if they didn't build it in, it'd take one engineer and, a few hundred dollars, and a half a day of work to test the top few adapters from Amazon, Newegg, and Walmart. They could do an end-run around the legal issues by making an official list of compatible adapters that support adaptive sync.