Sony Interactive Entertainment announced on April 26, that VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) correspondence in PLAYSTATION 5 will start sequentially from this week.

VRR is a function of synchronizing the frame rate of the game video output from the PS5 body or the like and the display refresh rate in real time. This makes it possible to minimize or eliminate frames (stuttering) and tiring (teering). It should be noted that HDMI 2.1 is installed and combined with a TV or PC monitor corresponding to VRR. Also, although VRR is also known in standards such as NVIDIA G-SYNC and AMD FreSync, PS5 should not cope with these standards.

SIE is a vrr effect, the screen is instantly rendered, and the graphics will be more clearly, the game play will be felt smoothly in many PS5 titles, by reducing the input delay.

In order to receive such benefits, it is required to support VRR on the PS5 title side. And the title that will be released in the future can be compatible with VRR from the beginning. Also, the PS5 version of the title below has been determined that VRR compatible patches are delivered in the coming weeks. These are part of PS5 titles corresponding to VRR.

* Astro’s Playroom
* Call of Duty Vanguard
* Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War
* DESTINY 2
* Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition
* Dirt 5
* GODFALL
* Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
* MARVEL’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
* Ratchet & Crank Parallel Trouble
* Biohazard Village
* Wonderlands-Tiny Tina and Magical World
* Rainbow Six Seed
* TRIBES OF MIDGARD

After completing the VRR-enabled update of the PS5 body, VRR is automatically turned on in the corresponding title if connected to the VRR compatible television and PC monitor of the HDMI 2.1. To turn off, it can be done from the setting “screen and video”.

Also, as additional options, it is possible to turn on VRR on PS5 titles that do not support VRR. In some titles, video quality may be improved. Conversely, there is a possibility that a visual effect that does not assume can occur, but the setting can be turned off at any time. If you own a compatible TV or PC monitor, it seems to be worth trying a moment.

PS5-compatible updates for the body are for the future for users worldwide. For more information on setting VRR, please refer to the support page.

【UPDATE 2022/04/26 10:45】

InSomniac Games has published a support page for VRR compatibility with PS5 on April 26. As in the previous list, the studio title such as “Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered” and “Ratchet & Crank Parallel Trouble” will support VRR. However, since those titles are originally operating in the frame rate, the effect by VRR is a slight improvement in variable resolution.

However, if the television / monitor corresponds to 120 Hz and can be combined with 120 Hz mode and VRR, the upper limit of the frame rate is released. Game graphic settings usually operate 30 or 60 fps as an upper limit, and it seems that more than 50% of the limit of frame rate is expected to exceed the upper limit.