AMD FreeSync 2 HDR is dead, long live FreeSync Premium and Premium Pro

On top of announcing their new Radeon RX 5600 XT graphics card and a bunch of new 3rd Gen Ryzen 4000 laptop processors yesterday, AMD also announced some changes to their various FreeSync standards at this year’s CES. Until now, we had regular FreeSync and FreeSync 2 HDR, the latter offering exactly the same variable refresh rate tech for super smooth, tear-free gaming as regular FreeSync but with added HDR support.

Now, however, FreeSync 2 HDR has been canned in favour of two new standards, FreeSync Premium and FreeSync Premium Pro. Confused? Here’s everything you need to know about the new tiers.

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