Credit: Valve Published May 4, 2026, 5:19 PM EDT Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the Editor-in-Chief of Canadian tech publication MobileSyrup , and earlier in his career, he worked as the technology editor at the Financial Post and Postmedia . He's based in Toronto. Over the past 15 years, he's written thousands of articles. Patrick has also interviewed dozens of tech industry executives and covered GDC, E3, Gamescom, WWDC, Apple keynotes, Samsung Unpacked events and more. Patrick has a BA in journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University. Sign in to your XDA account Summary AMD has added HDMI FRL to the Linux amdgpu driver, enabling higher HDMI 2.1 bandwidth. This unlocks 48Gbps HDMI cable support for VRR, higher resolutions, and frame rates on Linux. Full HDMI 2.1 support, HDMI Forum clearance, and Steam Machine pricing/release remain uncertain.…