No HDR? What a joke

[Not creepy]

Much better image without FPS loss and devs don't implement it.

[alzot]

There is practically no black color in the game, nothing will change from the presence of HDR

[Nikushimi54]

Vary few monitors actually utilize HDR correctly. its a gimmick feature unless your dumping a grand on a high end OLED display. Besides there isn't any black environments in the game anyways.

[Michael Weatherford]

Have you tried forcing auto-hdr?

[Not creepy]

The issue is people don't know ♥♥♥♥ about HDR. Even on HDR400 a game looks better than without. There are HDR1000 Monitors that just cost like 280 bucks. The picture with HDR is much better and not just a gimmick like ray-tracing. No loss of performance for a much better experience, it is braindead to not implement it. I guess people need to get educated more about what HDR actually means, if they think no blacks means no use for HDR- what a dumb take.

[Roy]

Originally posted by Not creepy:

The issue is people don't know ♥♥♥♥ about HDR. Even on HDR400 a game looks better than without.

[Juuken]

Originally posted by Not creepy:

The issue is people don't know ♥♥♥♥ about HDR. Even on HDR400 a game looks better than without. There are HDR1000 Monitors that just cost like 280 bucks. The picture with HDR is much better and not just a gimmick like ray-tracing. No loss of performance for a much better experience, it is braindead to not implement it. I guess people need to get educated more about what HDR actually means, if they think no blacks means no use for HDR- what a dumb take.

Right? The fact two people here already reduced HDR to just "black" is telling.

[Homelander]

Originally posted by alzot:

There is practically no black color in the game, nothing will change from the presence of HDR

I use HDR with SpecialK and MW5: Clans looks amazing! It's a night & day difference on my Alienware OLED and it's a free graphics upgrade - so yes, HDR is a good thing^^

[alzot]

No one disputes that the presence of native HDR support in the game improves the image quite well, and affects the perception of the game. . There's nothing stopping you from turning on RTX HDR.

[Alabama Hot-Pocket]

Originally posted by Nikushimi54:

Vary few monitors actually utilize HDR correctly. its a gimmick feature unless your dumping a grand on a high end OLED display. Besides there isn't any black environments in the game anyways.

Those of us who have those "High end OLED" monitors would really like the features is all. Especially in an Unreal Engine 5 game.

[PølseJuice]

Originally posted by Roy:

Originally posted by Not creepy:

The issue is people don't know ♥♥♥♥ about HDR. Even on HDR400 a game looks better than without.

:lunar2019laughingpig:

Imagine thinking hdr400 should even be used....

[GODzilla]

Originally posted by PølseJuice:

Originally posted by Roy:

Imagine thinking hdr400 should even be used....

HDR 400 on a standard LED display with edge lighting or directly lit but without dimming zones often looks bad. HDR 400 on a display with LED full array local dimming or mini-LED dimming zones can look pretty good. And HDR True Black 400 on an OLED looks nothing short of amazing, because of the inky blacks an OLED can reach, thus having a huge contrast between the darkest and brightest areas on a screen.

Of course I could've TL;DR-ed this: One should better educate oneself or get the experiene firsthand before criticising something.

[PølseJuice]

Originally posted by GODzilla:

Originally posted by PølseJuice:

Imagine thinking hdr400 should even be used....

HDR 400 on a standard LED display with edge lighting or directly lit but without dimming zones often looks bad. HDR 400 on a display with LED full array local dimming or mini-LED dimming zones can look pretty good. And HDR True Black 400 on an OLED looks nothing short of amazing, because of the inky blacks an OLED can reach, thus having a huge contrast between the darkest and brightest areas on a screen.

Of course I could've TL;DR-ed this: One should better educate oneself or get the experiene firsthand before criticising something.

True black 400 and hdr 400 is 2 different things of we are speaking of the vesa certifactions.

Also i very much doubt that the people owning a hdr 400 monitor got an oled, as they hdr 10+ monitors, so kinda negates your whole argument

[Diaper Dawg]

A greater contrast range would definitely be nice for this game. When you have stuff like laser beams, they can look more impressive if you give 'em that extra intensity.

Really, when implemented well, it can improve the visuals of just about any game. Just portraying the natural world in Flight Simulator looks so much better with HDR. Even games that make a stylistic choice to do a crushed retro film-inspired look with a lower contrast range can benefit from the added control you have over the image when using HDR modes. I guess what I mean is it can be subtle, but still worthwhile.

Auto HDR is ok, but very conservative, and RTX HDR is more aggressive, but can lead to some really distracting changes while it adjusts itself on the fly. Neither one can be as good as an artist's intentional application of an HDR look.

[TheIronKielbasa]

HDR is fantastic if you have a good display. Worlds begin to feel life like, lighting evokes emotion. Anyone who knocks it just hasn't really experienced it.

[Wrayday]

HDR was a gimmick to make 1080 displays sell when 4k's came onto the market. Now it's just a marketing gimmick.... if your display can display the colors, it will... it doesn't need a color profile to make it look fancier.