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Microsoft is bringing the Auto HDR feature of its Xbox Series X and Series S consoles to PC, reports Windows Central. With Windows 10 build 21337 and above, PC gamers can try the feature to add enhanced tone mapping to over 1,000 DirectX 11 and 12 games that weren’t mastered to support HDR in the first place. According to Microsoft, Auto HDR will intelligently add color and brightness information to your games, as long as you have a compatible monitor.
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You can see how the function works in the comparison above. Microsoft uses grayscale to display the parts of the image that a non-HDR display can replicate correctly. The native HDR presentation of Gears 5 It has the most detail in its shadows and highlights, but even the Auto HDR presentation has significantly more information than its SDR counterpart.
As long as you’re a Windows Insider, you can enable the feature by heading to the Windows HD Color Settings page. It will be interesting to see how this affects the HDR landscape on PCs. The format is notoriously messy in Windows 10. Also, not all HDR-capable monitors are made equal. The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) has six different levels for its DisplayHDR certification. With their emphasis on high refresh rates, most gaming monitors fall into one of the lower categories, if they qualify at all. That made it difficult to enjoy technology the way you do on consoles and televisions.
