Jan 22, 2023 · So the algorithm for the Auto HDR shader is estimating how the SDR output for a game should look like in HDR based on the machine learning samples. Similar to Nvidia's DLSS where they feed the neural network tons of footage/images from games running at lower resolutions and high resolutions to help create the upscaling algorithm.

Apr 8, 2021 · See also: Auto HDR Preview for PC Available Today | Microsoft DirectX Developer Blog If your PC monitor is already configured to use HDR, you will automatically receive the Auto HDR PC gaming experience. Otherwise, you will need to explicitly enable/disable Auto HDR on the Windows HD Color Settings page.

Feb 23, 2024 · The only issues I've found are, that the peak brightness is capped at 1000 nits, so theoretically Auto HDR can achieve higher brightness; it doesn't work on UWP games, or at least on New Super Lucky's Tale; and it overexposes the image on specific games on Cemu (The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild, The Legend of Zelda Wind Waker HD and Paper ...

Oct 13, 2021 · I've definitely noticed that Cyberpunk looks better to me with Auto HDR That's really surprising to me. I've heard extremely positive things about that game's HDR implementation and even playing in SDR I can see the potential that HDR would bring.

Nov 6, 2021 · Auto HDR is to strip away the SDR conversion from games that don't have HDR for people with HDR displays. Most games to avoid gradient stair stepping have been written in HDR for many years and then converted to SDR as I understand it.

Mar 16, 2023 · You need HDR toggled on to use native HDR games just leave it on. Your desktop will still display in SDR and SDR games will still be SDR. Leave Auto HDR on too if a game doesn’t have native HDR well alot of games on win 11 support auto hdr which is kinda like a fake HDR but it works pretty well. Auto HDR won’t override a native HDR game

Aug 11, 2022 · Auto HDR is broken currently in WoW Dragonflight with the AW3423DWF - hdr peak 1000 mode just makes text glowing bright white and it's so uncomfortable. No settings seem to fix it, only thing that improves the situation appears to be setting the monitor to 'Display HDR' mode instead at 400 nits.

Nov 26, 2022 · Is win11's auto HDR working good on SDR games? would like to hear some of your experiences, if any. Though many newer games are developed for HDR, some older games are SDR only, such as games that use DirectX 11 or DirectX 12. But with Auto HDR, that changes. When you turn on Auto HDR, the color range and brightness is …

Jun 14, 2022 · The HDR situation on Windows is so silly. Some games manage to toggle HDR on and off totally fine themselves if you select it in the menu - Doom Eternal, MK11, Injustice 2 and the Resident Evil games are some examples that manage it just fine. Unfortunately it seems the majority of games grey out the HDR option unless you turn it on in Windows ...

It uses the right gamma unlike auto HDR if I remember right, so yes? It should be turned off for games that have native HDR. Normally it won't apply to these but On Resident Evil, for example, HDR kicked in and RTX HDR was put on top for whatever reason that looks awful.