Noticed a performance hit (seems to depend on the game though) and worse perf. due to slightly less fps but it's certainly nothing like that with the lag/jerkyness
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RTX HDR for games!
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Noticed a performance hit (seems to depend on the game though) and worse perf. due to slightly less fps but it's certainly nothing like that with the lag/jerkyness
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I tried the hack with Enshrouded but as it was Vulkan it basically ran at 2FPS.
Tried the official beta app with the recommended drivers and Enshrouded worked straight away. The performance hit must be small because I didn't really notice however the highlights really pop like in HDR enabled BG3/Avatar.
I'm still using a ReShade as well for Enshrouded as it's as bad as I found Starfield to be for contrast. Not way to edit it, shame on you devs!
Tried the official beta app with the recommended drivers and Enshrouded worked straight away. The performance hit must be small because I didn't really notice however the highlights really pop like in HDR enabled BG3/Avatar.
I'm still using a ReShade as well for Enshrouded as it's as bad as I found Starfield to be for contrast. Not way to edit it, shame on you devs!
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Probably worthwhile trying out the digital vibrance feature.
I saw 15% performance hit on Darktide (using Nvidia APP) so AUTOHDR still has it's uses as you don't lose any performance.
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I wouldn't use auto hdr even with no performance hit. Not having proper black levels as well as banding especially on an oled is a no go.
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Multi monitor support for official RTX HDR supposedly coming in future driver...
www.pcgamer.com
Nvidia's RTX HDR filter will soon be able to turn SDR games into HDR games for multi-monitor maniacs
Added visual sizzle for multi-monitor fans is coming in a future update.
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Yep AutoHDR mostly lifts everything like a cheap monitor with the fake HDR400 mode. nVidia AI HDR appears to lift the small highlights well.
I can't tell the difference between the two. Darktide still has raised blacks with both and jedi fallen order still has black crush with both.
Not worth the 15% performance drop in gpu limited games.
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CP 2077 HDR is already pretty much spot on, just need to make sure you set it correctly:
Having said that, seems even games with decent/good native hdr support can sometimes not be as good as RTX HDR!
The video you linked says that unfortunately the black level raise isn't improved and the reviewer was disappointed it hadn't been addressed. I definitely played with settings and am confident it was all set correctly.
Ah maybe it has changed since then/got broken with a new update as could have sworn I remember him saying it was fixed in one of his CP videos or maybe it was just improved slightly.
I remember the issues with avatar hdr though and having just tried RTX HDR in it, wow, it looks far better than that games HDR
Works in borderless mode too, I just tested it with avatar there, same for dying light 2 as well (that games doesn't have proper exclusive fullscreen mode)
It's pretty good but the brightness needs to be set to what looks right and good to your monitor and room:
Reddit user has worked out how RTX HDR settings work so if you want an accurate image you need to change the default settings
* When you enable RTX HDR, the saturation slider is set to 0. This is adding extra color saturation. If you want a color correct image, set the slider to -50. At minus 50 the colors are accurate.
* The default contrast slider is 0, this translates to a gamma of 2.0. Most people use 2.2 gamma, so change the slider to +25. This gamma curve option is the real reason why RTX HDR looks better than Windows AutoHDR, AutoHDR doesn't use a gamma curve and is why it raises the blacks.
* The mid grey slider controls the exposure of the image. This is similar to a HDR paper white setting that some games have and you calculate the correct value to use: the formula is: targetPaperWhiteNits * (0.5 ^ targetGamma), so if you usually enjoy gaming with a paper white of 200 nits and a 2.2 gamma then this mid grey slider should be set to 200 * (0.5 ^ 2.2) = 44, so I should set the Mid Grey slider to +44 and if I wanted 200 nits paper white and a 2.0 gamma then I should set the slider to +25 etc
For most people the about correct values to use would be: Mid grey = 44, Contrast = 25 and Saturation = minus 50
* When you enable RTX HDR, the saturation slider is set to 0. This is adding extra color saturation. If you want a color correct image, set the slider to -50. At minus 50 the colors are accurate.
* The default contrast slider is 0, this translates to a gamma of 2.0. Most people use 2.2 gamma, so change the slider to +25. This gamma curve option is the real reason why RTX HDR looks better than Windows AutoHDR, AutoHDR doesn't use a gamma curve and is why it raises the blacks.
* The mid grey slider controls the exposure of the image. This is similar to a HDR paper white setting that some games have and you calculate the correct value to use: the formula is: targetPaperWhiteNits * (0.5 ^ targetGamma), so if you usually enjoy gaming with a paper white of 200 nits and a 2.2 gamma then this mid grey slider should be set to 200 * (0.5 ^ 2.2) = 44, so I should set the Mid Grey slider to +44 and if I wanted 200 nits paper white and a 2.0 gamma then I should set the slider to +25 etc
For most people the about correct values to use would be: Mid grey = 44, Contrast = 25 and Saturation = minus 50
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Apparently it very much depends on the game, some are reporting those settings crush details. I've found the default to look pretty good so far.