RTX HDR for games!

[Nexus18]

I’ve got a LG C9 calibrated. I’m wondering is there any point in using the new RTX HDR over HGIG for native HDR supported games? I have a windows profile for HDR so don’t use auto hdr. I’ve paper white at 200 and peak brightness at 800 in my Windows HDR profile.

This and auto hdr is for games which don't provide a great/true hdr experience, having oled displays and calibrated profiles will not provide hdr like experience in games which don't properly support/do hdr e.g. elevated blacks, highlights not being bright and so on are fixed with RTX hdr. Essentially this converts SDR into HDR which means even games which have no HDR at all will be able to have a hdr like experience.

 

[Nexus18]

 

[Nexus18]

RTX HDR is a lifesaver cos each game has different HDR settings and its a bit of a minefield.
With RTX HDR it's pretty much the same settings for all games. Much less hassle

Yup it's become my must have feature now, even more so than dlss etc. Not even a case of same settings but the fact, most games HDR are flawed in a lot of ways which rtx HDR fixes

 

[Nexus18]

Those playing forbidden west may want to use RTX HDR as seems this game is broken with its native hdr too

https://twitter.com/Jackgamer74/status/1770922628435361966

 

[Nexus18]

There is a fix in a hdr discord channel which seems to work well but rtx hdr probably work just as well tbf.

 

[Nexus18]

What would be really impressive is if using AI they can get HDR running on a non HDR monitor.

HDR requires hardware..... No way at all you can mimic what real hdr on a proper hdr monitor should look like. I suppose the reshade and digital vibrance tries too but whole point with hdr is for the zones/individual pixels to mimic the brightness of what's happening on screen.

 

[Nexus18]

One of my must have features now

 

[Nexus18]

Pff I was saying/using it in Wukong before the thought became mainstream

I thought you said in the past that rtx hdr wasn't good since it wasn't accurate/as good as native and better to use sdr in games?

 

[Nexus18]

This now works with DLDSR and DSR btw




With some recent games not having HDR support at all, this is easily my must have feature now, probably more than DLSS tbh.

 

[Nexus18]

Bear in mind it has a performance impact, on a 4090 that impact is 5-10fps (tested in Wukong). The impact is due to the fact that RTX HDR uses Nvidia Game Filter system which requires more GPU cores.

Yup but it is well worth the hit. Also, you can use a modded version of nexus mods which allows you to set the debanding filter (main cause of the performance hit) and mostly eliminate that perf hit. Personally I can't notice a difference between low and very high.

 

[Nexus18]

 

[Nexus18]

Just purchased a RTX card this week and been trying out things like HDR, have to say on non-HDR games like Space Marine it amazing the difference it makes.

Do people use the dynamic vibrance filter as well or just hdr? Also does it override native hdr in a game that has built in?

Never tried the dynamic vibrance filter and don't think it had great reports, well similar to likes fo reshade but I never like it as it just crushes shadows/near black and over brightens the bright scenes.

To use RTX HDR:

- windows hdr on
- windows auto hdr off
- in game hdr off