Steam OS 3.5.5 Is Live And...

[OsirisThaGod]

It's pretty great. Color improvements on LCD are noticeable and a welcome improvement. I am still envious of the OLED, and mad they didn't tell us sooner since many of us bought a VSD during the sale just over a month ago...but I have to also give credit where it is due. Many companies wouldn't improve the display on the previous model when introducing something like an OLED version.

[MARl0]

The HDR seems to work great. But the VRR doesn't seem to work at all on my LG CX OLED. Which is really odd considering the TV absolutely supports VRR and my PS5 and Series X both work great with VRR on the display.

[deaddoof]

Originally posted by MARl0:

The HDR seems to work great. But the VRR doesn't seem to work at all on my LG CX OLED. Which is really odd considering the TV absolutely supports VRR and my PS5 and Series X both work great with VRR on the display.

amd is afraid of allowing vrr thru hdmi on linux. hdcp and hdmi commitees do not like linux. advocate for displayport and get rid of hdmi drm.

[sothis]

I installed 3.5.5 stable and it has caused nothing but headaches with my remote play on my tablet and other devices.

Not happy, desktop mode is super wonky with remote play and the screen refresh with the new plasma KDE desktop is being problematic to use remotely via steam link. I am switching to beta channel in hopes these issues are resolved soon.

Everything worked great with the previous stable build. Moral to the story don't press update on stable build just yet.

[deaddoof]

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/1417

I believe somebody reported some success with using a club3d displayport to hdmi adapter. Legal is blocking HDMI 2.1

[Rage]

Originally posted by deaddoof:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/1417

I believe somebody reported some success with using a club3d displayport to hdmi adapter. Legal is blocking HDMI 2.1

What a nuisance, I've got a portable monitor that supports freesync but only takes HDMI, so I'll have to buy a dock with Displayport and an adapter to have that functionality? It's a double whammy considering the high price of the OEM deck dock.

[deaddoof]

Originally posted by Rage:

Originally posted by deaddoof:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/1417

I believe somebody reported some success with using a club3d displayport to hdmi adapter. Legal is blocking HDMI 2.1

What a nuisance, I've got a portable monitor that supports freesync but only takes HDMI, so I'll have to buy a dock with Displayport and an adapter to have that functionality? It's a double whammy considering the high price of the OEM deck dock.

Welcome to everyday legal bs. Manufacturer are known to sell you handcuffs for cheaper than goods without handcuffs. Why do you think FOSS guys are so hell bent on buying FOSS hardware.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVDEE30XB5A

Modern tech stinks.

 OEM deck dock

I hate to break it to you. Deck dock is actually one of the cheaper docks. Support VRR and MST. Comes with a 45 watt usbc charger too.

[sothis]

Desktop mode via steam link is black until you move the cursor over an area. Changing the theme in settings temporarily fixes the issue until you disconnect and reconnect. Then is is back to black screen until cursor is moved over and area.
Also, anyone else notice remote play connections via steam link seem extra slowww to connect?

[deaddoof]

Originally posted by Rage:

Originally posted by deaddoof:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/1417

I believe somebody reported some success with using a club3d displayport to hdmi adapter. Legal is blocking HDMI 2.1

What a nuisance, I've got a portable monitor that supports freesync but only takes HDMI, so I'll have to buy a dock with Displayport and an adapter to have that functionality? It's a double whammy considering the high price of the OEM deck dock.

Hmmm. For the Steam OEM dock, I believe people report HDMI to display adapter work in provider VRR. I wonder if the dock is doing the conversion and somehow bypassing hdmi to provide VRR over HDMI. I do not have a HDMI VRR display. I cannot check.

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/1417

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/12u0mhu/hdmi_21_with_vrr_and_hdr_support/

HDMI committee made connectors more of a pain than needed. HDMI 2.1 specs are closed. AMD cannot commit and code that may end up revealing the spec....

[Firosen]

It broke Vibrant Deck and can't get the colors as saturated natively. Would not have updated if I knew that. Star Ocean 2 Remake also runs noticeably choppier now for some reason.

[GrizzledOldGamer]

I had to roll it back my monitor wouldn't work no matter what I've tried