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The story
A system update for the Nintendo Switch 2 has added support for VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) output during TV Mode. The feature outputs video at a refresh rate matched to the game’s rendering when both the software and the TV support it, and turning it on also requires an update to the Switch 2 dock itself. On 5ch, some compared this to how the PS5 added similar support a while after its own launch, and opinions differed on just how many home TVs actually support it. An update item letting players use other controllers even during Handheld Mode Boost also drew attention.
VRR output during TV Mode is now supported.
When both the software and the TV support it, video is output at a refresh rate matched to the game’s processing.
Enabling this feature requires an update to the Nintendo Switch 2 dock.
Source: support.nintendo.com / Original article here
What people said
It wasn't perfect, but PS5 got this via update too.
Pretty sure it was about a year and a half after launch.
Seriously?
And I just bought a new TV lol
Full support is PS5-exclusive
Switch is dead and buried (a "Grave-itch" pun on Switch)
Xbox ("Crap-box") is dead too
Gwaah, I'm dead lol (classic 5ch "-ngo" death-cry meme slang)
Xbox has nothing to do with this topic at all
Guess Persona 6 really got to you, huh lolol
Must sting lolol
Come to think of it, the VRR that "trash-tation" (a derogatory PS5 nickname) added just over a year after launch was garbage — no LFC (Low Framerate Compensation) support, so FF and other games stayed choppy as hell, total chaos
there's no such thing as a 4K120fps monitor lying around
Go check Kakaku.com or any electronics store yourself
Almost every TV except the cheap models does 4K120Hz these days
REGZA, Hisense, Viera and the like mostly support it
Me, a monitor user, just watching smugly from the sidelines…
Well obviously some people need one and some don't
Are you seriously treating every random post on an anonymous board as one unified opinion?
For Handheld Mode Boost, you can now use other controllers even while the Joy-Con 2 controllers stay attached to the console.
Man, what a godly update
This one's huge too
Sony: no island support (a pun on "小島" = "small island" — seems to be a random non-sequitur joke)
Sony's fine since they support BBA (meaning unclear here, likely an in-joke)
These kinds of hires get brought on per-project, so "layoffs" isn't really the right way to frame it
If there's work on another project, they'd probably just keep them on
PS5 added VRR support in 2022, but it had stuttering problems
Three years later, in 2025, an update finally fixed the stuttering too
So PS5 had a rough time getting it working right too
The point was that only TV mode wasn't supported, which is why the dock kept coming up, right?
Come on, at least get that much…
Huh
So they updated the dock to pass the signal through to the display then
Isn't it basically just a pass-through?
They're just tweaking the protocol somewhere along the way and sending it back out
Stuff like this is cool precisely because they just quietly handle it behind the scenes
It's a technical thing, after all
Directs are for showcasing games, so they don't cover stuff like movies or LEGO sets
They did that once before and got complaints for it
That's why Nintendo announces it after the Direct, and Sony did the same in a throwaway State of Play
Respect for humbly admitting its reputation went up.
If they're going to update it, give notice earlier
They seriously only think about first-party
Third parties are just garbage-bug parasites
They should be grateful just to be allowed to release games at all
Background and key points of this topic
VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) is a technology that varies a display’s refresh rate to match a game’s rendering frame rate, reducing stutter and tearing, and it has been spreading mainly among HDMI 2.1-generation TVs. Because the Switch 2 outputs to a TV through its dock, VRR support specifically in TV Mode was seen as a technical hurdle worth watching, and it’s easy to overlook that the feature only kicks in once the software, the TV, and the dock all support it together. In the thread, comparisons came up with how the PS5 added VRR support some time after its own launch, but the exact timing and later fixes are based on posters’ memories, and 5ch commentary alone doesn’t guarantee the facts are accurate. Opinions were also split on how widespread VRR-capable TVs really are — some said “almost all of them do 4K120Hz these days,” others said “without a compatible display the benefit is minimal” — with views varying by price range and manufacturer, and no clear consensus emerged.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry (Geha)) thread “[Good News] Switch 2’s TV Mode Gets VRR Support.”
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