Is HDR worth it?

[Pocahawtness]

Just starting to play the game today, and wondering whether HDR is any good?

[Finaryman]

ur eye can barely diffrentiate 8bits (0-255 value) per channel colors so more than that is just rif raffing

u can test this by using 2 colors with only one channel, red or green or blue, one off. it's nearly impossible to detect via naked eye

it becomes more impossible when colors diffrentiate more from each other, r u going to notice in pixel mess if one pixel is just that 1 point red dimmer, i say not.

i myself have 10bit cabable monitor, but still use it 8bit mode (NON HDR MODE), to save calculating power of my video card

[Pocahawtness]

Hello, and many thanks.
I wasn't clear with my question. Is HDR any good in No Man's Sky?

[Finaryman]

Originally posted by Pirate☠️Pocah:

Hello, and many thanks.
I wasn't clear with my question. Is HDR any good in No Man's Sky?

there has been people reporting bugs in it, but also saying it's beatiful when it works.

if u didn't get from my last post, personal opinion, it does not matter at all, no real perks gained, as whole HDR as concept

it has small gain if u buy HDR cabable monitor, u don't have to have it activate on windows to gain from it (or in any game), because it generally means brighter colors and dimmer shadows

IN SHORT: NEVER WORTH IT

[+VLFBERHT+]

Originally posted by Finaryman:

ur eye can barely diffrentiate 8bits (0-255 value) per channel colors so more than that is just rif raffing

u can test this by using 2 colors with only one channel, red or green or blue, one off. it's nearly impossible to detect via naked eye

it becomes more impossible when colors diffrentiate more from each other, r u going to notice in pixel mess if one pixel is just that 1 point red dimmer, i say not.

i myself have 10bit cabable monitor, but still use it 8bit mode (NON HDR MODE), to save calculating power of my video card

I don't think it's quite as much of a binary study as you have depicted here.

Here is a great article all about HDR ...

https://www.pcgamer.com/what-hdr-means-for-pc-gaming/

[Finaryman]

Originally posted by +VLFBERHT+:

https://www.pcgamer.com/what-hdr-means-for-pc-gaming/

bunch of liars, escpecially the line u don't need trained to eyes to see

yeah partly still right, u don't need trained eyes to see contrast diff
but u have that already if u purchaged hdr monitor, nothing to enable anywhere

[+VLFBERHT+]

Originally posted by Finaryman:

Originally posted by +VLFBERHT+:

https://www.pcgamer.com/what-hdr-means-for-pc-gaming/

bunch of liars, escpecially the line u don't need trained to eyes to see

yeah partly still right, u don't need trained eyes to see contrast diff
but u have that already if u purchased hdr monitor, nothing to enable anywhere

I think the article was speaking more too the quality of the monitor you purchase vs. misleading marketing jargon over vesa standards into determining how effective, how well you will perceive/notice the desired HDR effects of "Contrast, brightness, and vibrant color" {color vibrancy}... as well as if games utilize the best performing HDR output methodology.

You could buy an middle of the road "HDR Ready" Home theater display or PC monitor but is it really "ready" to perform ? ... The article kind of helps the reader to tamp-down expectations since "HDR standards" and how well they perform through various monitor quality types and software/game/app configs is still a bit sloppy.

[Pocahawtness]

Originally posted by +VLFBERHT+:

Originally posted by Finaryman:

bunch of liars, escpecially the line u don't need trained to eyes to see

yeah partly still right, u don't need trained eyes to see contrast diff
but u have that already if u purchased hdr monitor, nothing to enable anywhere

I think the article was speaking more too the quality of the monitor you purchase vs. misleading marketing jargon over vesa standards into determining how effective, how well you will perceive/notice the desired HDR effects of "Contrast, brightness, and vibrant color" {color vibrancy}... as well as if games utilize the best performing HDR output methodology.

You could buy an middle of the road "HDR Ready" Home theater display or PC monitor but is it really "ready" to perform ? ... The article kind of helps the reader to tamp-down expectations since "HDR standards" and how well they perform through various monitor quality types and software/game/app configs is still a bit sloppy.

I agree with what you are saying here.

I have two HDR monitors, one is LCD and the other is OLED. They are "in theory" both the same HDR performance but in reality there is a vast difference between them. The LCD is effectively just a brighter monitor. The OLED has a huge dynamic range and makes the LCD look terrible! Correctly setup the OLED is awesome.

Borderlands is a game that really pops in HDR and so is Destiny 2, but some games are a waste of time. Some you wouldn't even know that HDR is enabled.

The reason I asked the question is that it can be difficult to tell whether a game even have an HDR mode. There is no standard for getting it to work.
It's normal to disable HDR in Windows to save your monitor. Some games auto-enable HDR, some do not. Some don't work very well and need specific ways to get HDR working.
And they need to know what the brightness level of the monitor is so they often need some form of adjustment in-game. Some rely on Windows calibration.
All in all it takes a bit of fiddling and if HDR hasn't been implemented very well in the game then it's all a waste of time.

[Finaryman]

Originally posted by Pirate☠️Pocah:

All in all it takes a bit of fiddling and if HDR hasn't been implemented very well in the game then it's all a waste of time. :sadcube:

if hdr isn't implemented in game, u still get vibrant colors and better contrast