RTX Video HDR Modded For Games... And The Results Are Excellent

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Published on February 17, 2024 4:48:17 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BditFs3VR9c

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Half-Life 2 (2004)

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Nvidia recently added driver-level RTX HDR support for video, adding impressive HDR to any SDR video - but modders have discovered that it works for games too - and the results are impressive. There's support for more games than Microsoft's AutoHDR, the HDR delivery is much improved, and it even works on emulators too. Alex Battaglia has the full lowdown.

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:46 Legacy API Support better than Windows 11 Auto HDR
00:11:15 Image Quality advantages over Windows 11 Auto HDR
00:13:23 Performance cost
00:14:28 Experiments in OpenGL and Vulkan
00:16:03 DirectX 8, DirectX 6, and 3Dfx Glide in HDR?
00:18:51 Conclusion

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