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

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 automatically …

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.

Jan 1, 2021 · Yeh I've found auto-HDR to be great as well, I expected it to be one of those features I immediately disabled as HDR is often poorly implemented as you say, but yeah it just works and definitely improves the image while lessening the problems caused by displaying 8-bit content on a 10-bit display (colour banding etc).

Apr 26, 2022 · An important note here is that SK's automatic flip model promotion can enable the use of Windows 11's Auto-HDR feature in games that Auto-HDR otherwise do not natively support. So even if the user does not want to use SK HDR, it might still be relevant to have SK in mind if one wants to use Auto-HDR in older DirectX 11 games.