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1007 points Philpax | 3 comments | 12 Nov 25 17:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.47s | source
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jsheard ◴[12 Nov 25 17:57 UTC] No.45903360[source]▶
Frame is obviously the main headline here, but they've also launching a new SteamOS mini-PC and a new controller.

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steammachine

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamcontroller

No prices listed for any of them yet, as far as I can tell.

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marcosscriven ◴[12 Nov 25 18:02 UTC] No.45903433[source]▶
Real shame it’s only 60Hz at 4k. There’s a gap for good 120Hz@4k streaming.

Hoping the next Apple TV will do it.

Edit - updated specs claim it can do this, but it’s limited to HDMI 2.0

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jsheard ◴[12 Nov 25 18:06 UTC] No.45903489[source]▶
(rewriting this comment because the spec sheet has seemingly been updated)

Looks like it can do 4k 120hz, but since it's limited to HDMI 2.0 it will have to rely on 4:2:0 chroma subsampling to get there. Unfortunately the lack of HDMI 2.1 might be down to politics, the RDNA3 GPU they're using should support it in hardware, but the HDMI Forum has blocked AMD from releasing an open source HDMI 2.1 implementation.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/hdmi-forum-to-amd-no...

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OGWhales ◴[12 Nov 25 19:28 UTC] No.45904997[source]▶
It seems it supports DP 1.4 as well, so perhaps you could get an adapter if your display only supports HDMI 2.1
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1. SchemaLoad ◴[12 Nov 25 23:58 UTC] No.45908653[source]▶
I'm not sure that would work. From what I can tell, the adapters are basically dumb straight through cables, they aren't converting anything. And it's the actual GPU that's outputting a HDMI signal over the Displayport connector, which the adapter than rewires in to a HDMI shaped connector.
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2. cesarb ◴[13 Nov 25 00:20 UTC] No.45908829[source]▶
> And it's the actual GPU that's outputting a HDMI signal over the Displayport connector, which the adapter than rewires in to a HDMI shaped connector.

There are two kinds of DP to HDMI adapters. The passive ones are like you said, they need special support on the GPU (these ports are usually labelled as DP++), IIRC they only do some voltage level shifting. The active ones work on any DP port (they don't need AFAIK any special support on the GPU), and they do the full protocol conversion.

3. OGWhales ◴[13 Nov 25 00:25 UTC] No.45908876[source]▶
I was able to use this adapter to get my 2070s DisplayPort output to send 4k120hz to my TV, which only has HDMI ports.

Club 3D active adapter: https://www.amazon.com/Club-3D-DisplayPort1-4-Adapter-CAC-10...