Best HDR settings? I have an LG C2

[Wh1stl3]

Was looking for a good baseline for HDR settings, is the default good?

[Emig5m]

Originally posted by nbean16:

Originally posted by Emig5m:

Normally working. So for instance, from the way Forbidden West is now to being fixed, is my display even good enough to show the difference.

That display hits 800 nits, its locked to 300 now so yes it would be quite noticeable.

Thanks. Does the Nexus mod fix this? Nexus vs RTX HDR? Which one should I use?

[Golgoth]

and for an alienware aw3423dwf any idea for the best settings on 1000 nits

[Gaz]

Originally posted by Emig5m:

Originally posted by nbean16:

That display hits 800 nits, its locked to 300 now so yes it would be quite noticeable.

Thanks. Does the Nexus mod fix this? Nexus vs RTX HDR? Which one should I use?

i'd use the mod. RTX HDR is good enough though. try HDR with the fix, then turn off in game and turn on RTX HDR. see which you prefer.

[Gaz]

Originally posted by Golgoth:

and for an alienware aw3423dwf any idea for the best settings on 1000 nits

well peak would be 1000, paperwhite is personal preference really. same with the other setting i cant remember.

though i'd set peak less than that, as while it can hit 1000 on a 2% window, that drops to around 474 on a 10% window. they went out of their way to say they could do 1000 nits, but its a bit of a lie given the big difference between 2 and 10%.

[Emig5m]

Originally posted by Gaz:

i'd use the mod. RTX HDR is good enough though. try HDR with the fix, then turn off in game and turn on RTX HDR. see which you prefer.

Ok, any insight on what values I should set each slider for the LG C2?

[Gaz]

Originally posted by Emig5m:

Originally posted by Gaz:

i'd use the mod. RTX HDR is good enough though. try HDR with the fix, then turn off in game and turn on RTX HDR. see which you prefer.

Ok, any insight on what values I should set each slider for the LG C2?

750 for the max luminance, the others are personal preference.

[Kaldaien]

Originally posted by Gaz:

Originally posted by Emig5m:

Thanks. Does the Nexus mod fix this? Nexus vs RTX HDR? Which one should I use?

i'd use the mod. RTX HDR is good enough though. try HDR with the fix, then turn off in game and turn on RTX HDR. see which you prefer.

It's not even remotely good enough.
RTX HDR is post-processing an 8-bpc image.

If you can't tell the difference, then I don't want to sound like an ass, but your display really isn't HDR.

[Kaldaien]

Originally posted by Golgoth:

and for an alienware aw3423dwf any idea for the best settings on 1000 nits

I have the same monitor, these are the ideal settings:

https://sk-data.special-k.info/HDR_Screenshots/Horizon%20Forbidden%20West%E2%84%A2%20Complete%20Edition%202024-03-23%2015%CB%9019%CB%9052.avif

^^ Need to either open that in a very new build of Microsoft Edge, or Chrome. Firefox has trouble with HDR screenshots.

900 nits max luminance, 373 nits paper white

[Golgoth]

Originally posted by Kaldaien:

Originally posted by Golgoth:

and for an alienware aw3423dwf any idea for the best settings on 1000 nits

I have the same monitor, these are the ideal settings:

https://sk-data.special-k.info/HDR_Screenshots/Horizon%20Forbidden%20West%E2%84%A2%20Complete%20Edition%202024-03-23%2015%CB%9019%CB%9052.avif

^^ Need to either open that in a very new build of Microsoft Edge, or Chrome. Firefox has trouble with HDR screenshots.

900 nits max luminance, 373 nits paper white

thanks a lot

[Gaz]

Originally posted by Kaldaien:

Originally posted by Gaz:

i'd use the mod. RTX HDR is good enough though. try HDR with the fix, then turn off in game and turn on RTX HDR. see which you prefer.

It's not even remotely good enough.
RTX HDR is post-processing an 8-bpc image.

If you can't tell the difference, then I don't want to sound like an ass, but your display really isn't HDR.

My display is an oddysey neo G8, 4k @ 240hz, over 1000 nits and 1196 dimming zones, along with better HDR performance than the vast majority of monitors that exist.

still, the majority of people, on the majority of screens, couldn't tell you the difference between native 10 bit and the RTX HDR outpout i'd bet.

[Kaldaien]

Originally posted by Gaz:

Originally posted by Kaldaien:

It's not even remotely good enough.
RTX HDR is post-processing an 8-bpc image.

If you can't tell the difference, then I don't want to sound like an ass, but your display really isn't HDR.

My display is an oddysey neo G8, 4k @ 240hz, over 1000 nits and 1196 dimming zones, along with better HDR performance than the vast majority of monitors that exist.

still, the majority of people, on the majority of screens, couldn't tell you the difference between native 10 bit and the RTX HDR outpout i'd bet.

Then I'm really surprised you can't tell the difference :)

This 8-bpc problem is getting to be bad :-\ Special K has support for full 10-bpc and 16-bpc output in D3D11 and OpenGL games (throughought the entire internal render pipeline), even if the game was designed for 8-bpc.

But for D3D12, that is impossible, and yet we're still seeing games ship using 8-bpc in SDR.

Unreal Engine has been using 10-bpc for HDR since even before UE4. That's a back catalog of games that work well with RTX HDR. Modern games running at 8-bpc output are a tragedy. AI's going to fake detail that's not there, rather than benefit from detail that was there that you just couldn't see before.

[Neo Vg]

Use this mod to fix the game's actual HDR support:

https://www.nexusmods.com/horizonforbiddenwest/mods/10

Don't be surprised, inside the HDR settings screen the peak brightness slider still appears to not work (doesn't change the preview picture), but as soon as you close the settings, it behaves just as expected.

Screenshot with Lilium's HDR Analysis: https://i.imgur.com/8fdmyI4.jpeg

[Golgoth]

Originally posted by Kaldaien:

Originally posted by Golgoth:

and for an alienware aw3423dwf any idea for the best settings on 1000 nits

I have the same monitor, these are the ideal settings:

https://sk-data.special-k.info/HDR_Screenshots/Horizon%20Forbidden%20West%E2%84%A2%20Complete%20Edition%202024-03-23%2015%CB%9019%CB%9052.avif

^^ Need to either open that in a very new build of Microsoft Edge, or Chrome. Firefox has trouble with HDR screenshots.

900 nits max luminance, 373 nits paper white

Any idea why i can't use hdr10 option on special K ? only

https://imgur.com/a/xKTcriT

[Golgoth]

Originally posted by Golgoth:

Originally posted by Kaldaien:

I have the same monitor, these are the ideal settings:

https://sk-data.special-k.info/HDR_Screenshots/Horizon%20Forbidden%20West%E2%84%A2%20Complete%20Edition%202024-03-23%2015%CB%9019%CB%9052.avif

^^ Need to either open that in a very new build of Microsoft Edge, or Chrome. Firefox has trouble with HDR screenshots.

900 nits max luminance, 373 nits paper white

thanks a lot

fix it but the games look grey no ? i'm not sure i'm quite new on HDR settings

https://imgur.com/a/fCRrRt9

[Signex]

Originally posted by Gulivert:

Rtx hdr with these settings : https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/s/IwlDjXx2Qq

Does this work on a rtx 2080 ti? Where do I get this software.