SteamOS Beta Drops Fixes For High Refresh Displays and HDR Content
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SteamOS 3.9.6 beta introduces improvements targeting variable refresh rate displays and high framerate gaming. The update refines frame timing when VRR is paired with the framerate limiter, and improves consistency for games with capped framerates. High refresh rate monitors will no longer force capable games to run at lower refresh rates, particularly on 240 Hz displays.
The release addresses performance issues across multiple scenarios. CPU wake-from-idle states now deliver more consistent performance, and the framerate limiter produces better frame timing even without VRR enabled. These changes aim to make gameplay feel more responsive and stable.
HDR and remote connectivity receive fixes in this beta. SDR saturation issues are corrected when using HDR10 output on non-wide gamut displays. Remote Play functionality on NVIDIA GPUs has also been patched to resolve existing problems.
What happened
Valve has been seemingly working non-stop on developing SteamOS in order to deliver a competitive advantage over alternatives like Windows, with recent updates frequently polishing the overall user experience and fixing annoying bugs. The most recent update to the SteamOS beta channel, SteamOS 3.9.6, has just been pushed, with improvements to VRR, high framerate games, and high refresh rate monitors.
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