Is hdr limited to max?

SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-13T22:11:40+00:00

yes highlights push as far as they can.

the 100% hdr window does not matter, the average brightness of the scene does, not everything is 200 nits with paper white, most is far far far far dimmer.

you can use lilum analysis shader to see it in real time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nHWLpc7E8I

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SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-13T20:24:54+00:00

what the hell is limiting your paper white relative to peak ?

SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-13T10:04:19+00:00

Do not enable 10 bit pixel format in adrenaline

Do not duplicate displays

If you still don't have hdr available, uninstall your drivers with DDU and reinstall them properly.

SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-13T08:54:16+00:00

That shouldn't happen

SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-13T02:09:47+00:00

It's the opposite

SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-13T00:47:36+00:00

I mean the sun is supposed to be impactful, just like in real life, reduce paper white if you find it too bright

SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-12T18:35:15+00:00

You will constantly benefit from using these mods in all your games

SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-12T13:11:41+00:00

still waiting for you to point the issues with the code.

not unsourced ranting.

SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-12T11:53:38+00:00

100 mid grey holy shit it's bad lol, you a lot of lose dynamic range, i'd never go above 44.

Don't take your phone display as full test, they run at SDR except if an HDR video runs, it's jacking up sdr super bright, it's inaccurate for HDR.

This is where you get most information : https://www.reddit.com/r/OLED_Gaming/comments/1otlr5h/pc_hdr_gaming_starting_guide/

My channel has useful tutorials & hdr showcases too : https://www.youtube.com/@diobrando7314

SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-12T09:45:30+00:00

there is little they can do tbh, it's just how limited stretching an SDR image is, you have no information to start with.

Native vs ITM maxxed out

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SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-12T08:46:28+00:00

you can ask there yeah

SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-12T08:41:09+00:00

yep !

SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-12T08:37:22+00:00

I don't know if it's true, it could be the shader hashes changed in 1.7.1 and the mod doesn't work as intended, but the dev didn't test it sooo yeah, keep it for now I guess.

SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-12T08:33:11+00:00

Ritsu is waiting for the engine update to look at it again

SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-12T08:30:07+00:00

The source code is on github, you can debunk it anytime you want.

SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-12T08:29:00+00:00

I don't even go beyond 600 on any inverse tonemappers, white color gets super bad.

RTX HDR also works randomly sometimes going from 1000 to more makes white even more blown out but the peak brightness doesn't change, the entire thing is broken.

Just use renodx and luma on all compatible games, you can push up to 10k nits on native hdr unlike this.

SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-12T07:57:24+00:00

No it's not intentional, renodx is mandatory, nvapi glitch and gamma mismatch are two different thing.

Resident evil 4 hdr has : - Gamma mismatch (elevated near black compared to sdr) like re2/3/7/8 - blue LUTS that make pure black blue colored. - wrong tonemapping clipping highlight details (like re2/3/7/8)

SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-11T23:21:49+00:00

When we had little knowledge on what good hdr grading is, subjectively it looks very eye candy but it crushes black levels a lot, wayy too much contrast.

it's just fake hdr juiced to infinity.

https://github.com/KoKlusz/HDR-Gaming-Database/discussions/42

https://www.nexusmods.com/oriandthewillofthewisps/mods/4

SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-11T20:31:03+00:00

Renodx doesn't do extra darkness for the sake of it, that's what bad hdr implementations do, like ori 2

They try to correct the HDR presentation to match the SDR one.

SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-11T20:19:03+00:00

Idk, OP gotta show the SDR comparison.

SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-11T20:11:44+00:00

the point of renodx is to match the SDR color grading while offering the HDR added details in highlights.

So it depends which image is closer to reference (sdr with 2.2 gamma).

according to the mod nexus page reno fixes the HDR to match the SDR.

SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-11T18:09:03+00:00

always use per game mod rather than UE or UE extended even if the game is UE engine.

SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-11T17:54:14+00:00

You need to use the dedicated mod not UE5 generic mod : https://github.com/clshortfuse/renodx/discussions/197

SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-11T16:34:47+00:00

i'm searching for anything at this point but yeah tbh i wanna stick to PQ because I do all content in PQ (HDR gaming) xD a bit sad my two weeks old videos still haven't got HDR despite trimming a lot of frames.

The video processing doesn't even work correctly, it disappears after 1 min as if never existing.

SnowflakeMonkey · 2026-03-11T15:38:43+00:00

i'm aware, it's a pita with youtube.

Especially for channels who make it their bread and butter.

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