How many of you take advantage of HDR while gaming?

[Peh]

GrahfsLament said:

Peh said:

What do you mean by poorly supported?

Windows 10 has native HDR support which runs pretty good by now.

All of that HDR gushing gushed, the PS4 is, unfortunately, my only frame of reference for HDR gaming. I haven't played any PC games that support HDR apparently (https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_games_that_support_high_dynamic_range_display_(HDR)), but I can say that I find Windows 10 itself a bit more difficult to navigate when HDR is enabled (as opposed to the PS4's ...triple-decker XMB? which only looks slightly different to me under HDR). Regardless of which profile I select on my TV (HDR10, HLG, BT.2020, etc., etc.) Windows 10's desktop just seems to suffer from a sort of "black crush" that's not present on the console. Of course, there could be some hidden option (or likely a blatantly obvious one!) I'm missing, but I usually just have to leave the settings window open and toggle HDR on just prior to starting a video (at which point, the video looks fine).

When you enabled HDR in Windows 10 you can configure it in the Windows HD color settings, so SDR content won't look strange in HDR mode. 

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-enable-hdr-settings-windows-10

Most games require HDR to be enabled in Win10, so the option can appear in the game in the first place. A few do not require it and you can turn it on ingame while it is turned off in win10. Division 2 for example does that. And I suppose all of Ubisoft games (without checking it).

In the beginning I would often switch between on and off. Nowadays I stay on HDR enabled. There is one slight issue left, and that is volume control via keyboard. Windows show the volume bar on the top left screen. So... in some games, when I play in HDR and adjust my volume, the screen goes back to SDR while the volume bar is shown and switches back to HDR when it is gone. That's something that has not been addressed, at all. 

You also have to be careful when buying a HDR monitor since there are plenty of fake ones. You'll notice those when the panel is not native 10 bit and the peak brightness cannot reach 1000 nits. There are also ofher specifications that has to be met.

Last edited by Peh - on 27 July 2020