how do i get HDR working please?

hi
well they seem ok,bearing mind I came from 3 60hz monitors 240hz is night and day.

there is a bit of ghosting if you shake windows about but im happy..now I also did have one of the EG 27' 1440p 144hz monitors for a while as a stop gap and I don't recall seeing any ghosting on those.

I find turning the blackboost and MRPT off seems better..would I buy them again,probably not as there is definitely some colour changes around coloured web pages when dragging
 
fastboy said:
hi
well they seem ok,bearing mind I came from 3 60hz monitors 240hz is night and day.

there is a bit of ghosting if you shake windows about but im happy..now I also did have one of the EG 27' 1440p 144hz monitors for a while as a stop gap and I don't recall seeing any ghosting on those.

I find turning the blackboost and MRPT off seems better..would I buy them again,probably not as there is definitely some colour changes around coloured web pages when dragging
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Excellent thanks for the info, think I'll give it a miss then, sounds very similar to my last screen, I'm eyeing up the Alienware 25" 240Hz with G-Sync, but it's fairly expensive :(

Thanks again :)
 
yeah HDR surround doesn't exist. You can't plug 2 monitors in at the same time and turn on HDR. I tried it and it's a nightmare sending hdmi sound to an amp and displayport hdr to a monitor - you can't do hdr on displayport while the hdmi does sound - it's just not possible unless you 'extend desktop' which means you can't see the mouse when it goes off the first panel.
 
Good to hear you got it working. My feeling is that HDR is hit and miss on PC at moment. Destiny 2 looks great with it, but other games look washed out. Hopefully it will get better over time.
 
yes I think I will leave it for now,ive sent acer a ticket asking why it doesn't work over DP,i wont hold my breath on a response tho lol
 
yes I have those I believe, as I said I can run 240hz no problem but I will double check.

the ones ive tried are

cable 1: 2m DisplayPort cable supports video resolutions up to 4Kx2K and transmits HD audio and video from computer to display. Compliant to version 1.4 specifications; works with DP, DP++, DisplayPort++
cable 2: 8K DisplayPort (DP to DP) cable - 3m - (32.4 Gbit/s, UHD resolution with 8K/60 Hz or 4 K/120 Hz, supports HBR3, DSC 1.2, HDR 10

I also tried the stock cable that came with the monitors with same results.

its no biggie I guess but would have been nice to have it working.

are there any ocuk sell that you know will work?
 
fastboy said:
yes I have those I believe, as I said I can run 240hz no problem but I will double check.

the ones ive tried are

cable 1: 2m DisplayPort cable supports video resolutions up to 4Kx2K and transmits HD audio and video from computer to display. Compliant to version 1.4 specifications; works with DP, DP++, DisplayPort++
cable 2: 8K DisplayPort (DP to DP) cable - 3m - (32.4 Gbit/s, UHD resolution with 8K/60 Hz or 4 K/120 Hz, supports HBR3, DSC 1.2, HDR 10

I also tried the stock cable that came with the monitors with same results.

its no biggie I guess but would have been nice to have it working.

are there any ocuk sell that you know will work?
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Both of those look like they should work, definitely 'cable 2'. On page 1 there is talk about your monitor being set at 1.2, that sounds counter-intuitive since you need 1.4 for HDR.

As for OcUK DP cables last I checked they are 1.1 cables. At the very least the cable from the monitor box should be working.
 
im not now,it was just someone mentioned HDR and though I would give it a try since the monitor supports it (which it does and works over hdmi perfect)
 
fastboy said:
im not now,it was just someone mentioned HDR and though I would give it a try since the monitor supports it (which it does and works over hdmi perfect)
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Well I would say "perfect" would be a bit of an exaggeration. Anyway yes just saying you would be better off not using HDR on that monitor (or any monitor that is not 1000 or 600 at worst).
 
NirK said:
Well I would say "perfect" would be a bit of an exaggeration. Anyway yes just saying you would be better off not using HDR on that monitor (or any monitor that is not 1000 or 600 at worst).
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and why is that? HDR 400 looks great on my monitor. There is no way I would want to get blasted by 1000 nits at the distance I'm sitting at. Even HDR 400 can get a bit uncomfortable at low ambient lighting.
 
Meh well I am not going to argue about it, but I will say it is certainly not about the 1000 nits, more about the dimming and dark areas, also the fact that HDR10 is graded to be very dark unless you display it properly, but if it looks good to you that is fine, but personally I would rather use SDR than HDR400.

BTW to confirm here, I am also not bothered about it being super bright 1000 nits, but as I said it is about other areas than that.
 
It does look much better than SDR there is no doubt about that. Plus all games offer hdr settings to cure black crash if it occurs.
 
maybe I just missed something, but have you checked your windows install is up to date? they only added HDR support last year, and my display settings window has the option to view in 'Windows HD color' on my display settings even without an HDR monitor and a gtx1060, the screenshot you posted doesn't even have that option to view, also what Nvidia drivers are you using?
 
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