I'm sure this is hurting your channel as the video doesn't perform as well as it should right when posting it. I honestly don't know which is better: getting it out asap, or uploading it and holding it until the processing is done.
For Alan Wake II the tips from this channel were invaluable! The standard settings were way too dim. No pop. And with brightness to 75/80 this game looked gorgeous!
Hey, I just wanted to thank you for everything you do. I'm starting to understand and see the major difference in doing correctly. The way you explain things is perfect! I've been watching you for a while now.
HDR looks great for me on PC. The only issue I have is that the menu and HUD elements are way too bright, regularly exceeding 300 nits, which could cause issues in the long run
Thank you so much for this. I thought the standard settings were way too dark on my LG C2 but raising the HDR brightness to max (60) makes it soooo much better. Love your channel! Thank you.
man!!! i love aaaaall ur hdr pc games videos about how to setup, it really works!!! ive been so lost with the hdr settings in all my games :( ur videos really really works
Du coup, on laisse tout de base pcq il donne 3 choix mais il ne donne pas les meilleurs réglage, j’ai la lg 48c4 et il ne dit pas non plus si on laisse le hgig ou le mappage.
My personal preference on my LG G2 is HDR Brightness & brightness set to 36. The dark areas are still dark but not nearly as crushed as they were before, while also not blowing out brightness during daytime areas, but YMMV.
@@Noaixs Yeah, seems that the standard settings are just a little "too low" and cause a bit of black crush/gamma. My personal preference is 36, but between 30-40 on 1000 nit displays seems to be the benchmark. Think the problem comes down to not having any HDR calibration screens (ie the screen that shows "change this brightness where both images are the same colour type) so users really don't know where the perfect brightness level for their display/setup, this is an easy QOL setting they could add.
@@GamingTech-RUclips Are you sure about that ? i used the same tool as you on pc the hdr black floor is stuck at 0.002215 no matter what settings are applied i have a link to a image proving it but youtube keeps deleting my comment
While the game isn't perfect it's hdr implementation minus peak brightness is actually pretty good. Thanks for the video I might tweak it a bit following your recommendation.
Hey my friend, really appreciate this video a ton as I think I've spent more time in the Display Settings for Xbox Series X on Stalker 2 than I have actually playing the game hahaha. I wanted to ask though, how do these same principles and standards compare to the outside environments and their lighting conditions at all and would it make a difference? I've found that upon setting and testing my own settings indoors, it's kind of wigged out my outdoor areas, unless I've just spent so much time in the settings I don't know how to tell anymore hahaha? Some moments it will look fantastic and then others it fades into a noisy mess. Please let me know if you have an answer to this at all, you've gained a fan and a subscriber either way! 🙏♥️🌏
Hallo schöne Grüße aus dem kalten Deutschland (es fällt Schnee😅) frage wegen Pc Dynamic Tone Mapping. Diesen einfach auf EIN oder lieber HGIG verwenden? Ich danke dir für die Antwort, ein gutes Video wie immer ein 👍🏻 hast dir wieder verdient, wünsche dir ein angenehmes Wochenende.
Fantastic as always, thank you! Couple questions though: 1) Would you recommend DTM or HGiG for the CX? 2) Have you updated your CX to 0.4.50.90? The update came out about 4 months ago I believe, but I haven’t updated yet because I’ve been hearing that it’s really screwing up people’s TVs :/
Thank you Sir. Another great video! Do u know how to set the game to srgb image encoding on the series x? The option is greyed out for me :/ (playing on LG CX)
I have ny first oled hdr monitor and im really struggling with these settings. Its great to have each setting explained properly so i know what each one does. My settings of course are different in some cases to yours but i have managed to set it up to my liking and can finally relax and enjoy the game 😊 thank you for this ❤
The new stalker to patch that came out today says that they fixed a few HDR issues. Any chance you'd like to go back and make a short video just on these changes? Or do you think they're insignificant?
Yes!! Thank you! I was waiting for this video while I was messing with the settings, I was not feeling very confident with my own results as I dont want to ruin the intended atmosphere. I have a CX, why should I leave HDR white point at 1000? It should be 800 if I am using HGIG.
@@waxphotography I am right you are not. I tested the game not you. If you would watch my video then you would know that the HDR W P has no impact on the max peak brightness in the game.
Why everyone talk about HGIG if it turns on it makes picture much darker in game mode and I think if I'm using vivid mode it's not even available for me.
I have been messing around with the PC version. I play with a custom resolution in the middle of my 42C2. This game requires you to be in exclusive fullscreen for HDR to activate and to change the settings. This means no custom resolution if I want HDR. I've been playing with HDR on in windows and with a gamma icc, but to my surprise the game is still giving me a 10,000 nit hdr container with dci p3 colors even though HDR is greyed out. So i used lilium tone mapping to tone map to 800 nits. Just think that it's strange, but I'm glad it's working.
In the gameplay, HDR is very good, but there are some problems, for example in the first cutscene or the main menu (sky and upper right corner), that the game has a very big problem with color banding. I have a good TV (LG OLED C3) and a good computer with a 4080s GPU. Can you tell me more about HDR errors on PC?
I've found these settings incorrect for PC. I'm using an lg c4 and have found setting the white point to 800 gives me the correct nits when looking at the sun as you would expect. Also knocking the contrast back down to 50 gives a much more natural picture than the 75 that it defaults to.
Please cover POE 2 when you get a chance.. there's a lot of different image quality options in the menu. I'm curious to see which one you'll like the most.
should we enable dolby vision or no? I actually always set HDR peak to 800 and already had so I'm glad I saw this lol also I find it weird that the brightness setting seems to control the peak HDR brightness more so than the HDR Brightness setting does
PC version has different default settings and i am not sure if they behave the same. Gamma for example has an effect. I play on a tv and just use your console settings and it looks ok, but i dont have the tools to measure it. I would appreciate a pc version analysis.
I have HDR settings suggestion those on PC and with OLED monitor. Brightness: 50 Contrast: 75 Gamma: Doesn't matter HDR W P: 1000 HDR B P: -5 HDR Brightness: 40
On PC I dont mess with the HDR settings. Instesd I go SDR, then use AutoHDR addon by majorpainthecactus in HDR10 with reshade, set to inverse tone mapping to correct color and this is used to convert SDR to HDR because native HDR is weird with settings at the moment. In the inverse settings, set to method a, gamma 2.2, adhust peak brightness to whatever your monitor or TV does and enjoy fixed HDR
HDR isn't working bro, you lost tons of detail in the blacks with the game HDR implementation, and I have played with black detail and white brighness and all the settings you want in all combinations, can't make the details in the dark visible. switched off HDR in-game completely, and in nvidia app I forced nvidia's HDR postprocessing which overlays your game with HDR already calibrated to your own monitor (if you used windows HDR calibration), now you get all the black details but the same pitch black where its needed and the same whites. the game HDR is broken, maybe your LG TV uses a different yRGB or something and it does it differently i dont know, most people on PC that enable HDR in-game lose TONS of detail regaredless of sliders.
So If Im playing on the Lg cx with 800 nit brightness what exactly should the brightness and hdr brightness setting be to get the best picture? That with leaving the contrast, black point and gamma settings at default. Thanks for all your help and for still including the people who still game on a cx! You're awesome!
What does auto hdr have anything to do with this game? Auto HDR implements hdr on a select few games that did not originally have hdr. It literally has no relevance to Stalker 2.
HDR is still processing 😒😒
I'm sure this is hurting your channel as the video doesn't perform as well as it should right when posting it.
I honestly don't know which is better: getting it out asap, or uploading it and holding it until the processing is done.
Oled CX Brithtness 55 and hdr brightness 20 is good or not?
Brother you recommended brightness 55 and hdr brigthness 20?
@@PiotrekASM he said that is a perfectly fine setting so yes
Never start a game with that supports HDR without checking settings on your channel first. Thanks for taking the time.
I do the same😂
Always!
For Alan Wake II the tips from this channel were invaluable! The standard settings were way too dim. No pop. And with brightness to 75/80 this game looked gorgeous!
That's extremely lame.
@@prezidenttrump5171why ?
Publishers really should send you early copies of games with HDR, your settings are always fantastic, much appreciated.
Bro, brigthness 45-55 and hdr brightness 20-40?
@@PiotrekASMhdr brightness 20 - 60. Leave brightness at default
Bro I’ve been waiting on you to drop this video all day…. These settings were complicated! Salute, you the goat 🐐!
Thank you, you are doing INCREDIBLE work. There is no way we would be able to properly setup up this mess without you man. Thank you!!
Omg I can finally see!! Just grabbed the settings off the first minute of your video, thank you!
Hey, I just wanted to thank you for everything you do. I'm starting to understand and see the major difference in doing correctly. The way you explain things is perfect! I've been watching you for a while now.
@@pete1517 thanks
can you please make one for the pc the HDR seems way off on pc.
I second this because I think I'm too incompetent to adjust it correctly but if I mess with the hdr it looks so bad compared to the rtx hdr
HDR looks great for me on PC. The only issue I have is that the menu and HUD elements are way too bright, regularly exceeding 300 nits, which could cause issues in the long run
@@Spoggi99YTgo into UI settings and find HUD Ocpacity, I turned it down to 30% and it’s super dim
My HDR option is grayed out on pc, and I can't figure out how to turn it on. Any advice?
@@GM-vy1wyChange to full screen exclusive
Thanks for checking the settings, I got HDR brightness on 45 and now I can see in rooms without my lamp :)
Always love these videos, gives me a great idea of what each setting actually does
Thank you so much for this. I thought the standard settings were way too dark on my LG C2 but raising the HDR brightness to max (60) makes it soooo much better. Love your channel! Thank you.
For C2 are you using HGiG or Dynamic tone mapping?
@ dynamic tone mapping personally. I just prefer the brighter picture in most cases
Thanks for the video💐
Thank you so much
Ngl I almost broke my sh8t… ended up clicking the reset button.. good video
man!!! i love aaaaall ur hdr pc games videos about how to setup, it really works!!! ive been so lost with the hdr settings in all my games :( ur videos really really works
Thank you for dropping this guide so quickly. Much appreciated!
I was waiting for this video.
Thanks
Thanks man! always the best for the cx💪
Danke!
Thank you!!!!!!
Thanks from France !
It is now a ritual to look at your videos to get the best settings for my games.
Look wonderful on a LG G3 !
Du coup, on laisse tout de base pcq il donne 3 choix mais il ne donne pas les meilleurs réglage, j’ai la lg 48c4 et il ne dit pas non plus si on laisse le hgig ou le mappage.
Did you ever review Flight Simulator HDR my friend? Love the channel so unique
Held off playing the game waiting for Ur recommendation. Legend
Yes!! I was waiting for this video !!
Genau darauf habe ich gewartet, danke für deine Videos. Immer wieder gut.
What a great Video. So helpful! Exactly what i was curious about. Thank you!! I hope we get more of those for future game releases :))
Now that update 1.1 is out, and has a lot of graphical changes, will you be revisiting your recommendations here?
I will but not sure when. Christmas is coming and I have a lot to do
@@GamingTech-RUclipsI'm also looking for updated recommendations after patch 1.1.3 on Xbox Series X (LG B4 65")
My personal preference on my LG G2 is HDR Brightness & brightness set to 36. The dark areas are still dark but not nearly as crushed as they were before, while also not blowing out brightness during daytime areas, but YMMV.
Funny i have the same setting on my Alienware 32 4K QD OLED and crazy that on my PC the standard setting was on 25.
@@Noaixs Yeah, seems that the standard settings are just a little "too low" and cause a bit of black crush/gamma. My personal preference is 36, but between 30-40 on 1000 nit displays seems to be the benchmark.
Think the problem comes down to not having any HDR calibration screens (ie the screen that shows "change this brightness where both images are the same colour type) so users really don't know where the perfect brightness level for their display/setup, this is an easy QOL setting they could add.
@@NoaixsI have to same screen as you have, can you tell me your settings?
@@Wesleyy-87 HDR Peak 1000 and only brightness set to 36.
@@Noaixs that’s the hdr brightness right?
Great video. Pls do the pc version too, its on gamepass :)
It looks its very much the same with my settings
@@GamingTech-RUclips Are you sure about that ? i used the same tool as you on pc the hdr black floor is stuck at 0.002215 no matter what settings are applied i have a link to a image proving it but youtube keeps deleting my comment
Appreciate the vid man. Was able to get it just right.
Does Dolby Vision look good using your recommendations? I have a LG C1. Thank you, your videos are the best!
dude your honestly the best.
Helped tremendously, so much better now on pc
Thank you so much for the guide(s)!
great video you deserve my support😉
Thank you !!!
Thanks for confirming my setup. I found best just to raise HDR brightness to 30 on a CX
I wish he make a list at the end of the video. When you're new to this channel its a lot to take in. DWF Windows 10
Noted!
HDR is broken on pc. I had to fix the peak brightness and black level floor with reshade. Now it looks amazing
This is great news a game with proper hdr 😁
the problem with it on the pc version is that you need to run the game in fullscreen exclusive to be able to enable it
Thanks for the guide GamingTech, what is your recommended settings for LG C1?
Put hdr brightness on 40. Its simular to the 1000nits the c1 ouputs .
While the game isn't perfect it's hdr implementation minus peak brightness is actually pretty good. Thanks for the video I might tweak it a bit following your recommendation.
Hey my friend, really appreciate this video a ton as I think I've spent more time in the Display Settings for Xbox Series X on Stalker 2 than I have actually playing the game hahaha.
I wanted to ask though, how do these same principles and standards compare to the outside environments and their lighting conditions at all and would it make a difference?
I've found that upon setting and testing my own settings indoors, it's kind of wigged out my outdoor areas, unless I've just spent so much time in the settings I don't know how to tell anymore hahaha? Some moments it will look fantastic and then others it fades into a noisy mess.
Please let me know if you have an answer to this at all, you've gained a fan and a subscriber either way! 🙏♥️🌏
Thanks for the tips that’s where I have my settings already
Instant subscribe 🎉
Just found your channel. Thanks for the video. Is there a video on how you setup your LG Picture Settings for PC ? That would be very helpful!
Hallo schöne Grüße aus dem kalten Deutschland (es fällt Schnee😅) frage wegen Pc Dynamic Tone Mapping. Diesen einfach auf EIN oder lieber HGIG verwenden? Ich danke dir für die Antwort, ein gutes Video wie immer ein 👍🏻 hast dir wieder verdient, wünsche dir ein angenehmes Wochenende.
Thank you for putting this out so soon mate ive been waiting for this.. What brigtness would you recommended for the oled C1...50-55?
Great vid.. I'll have to find my own black and white points when using BFI on the LGC1.. but that's ok.
Fantastic as always, thank you! Couple questions though: 1) Would you recommend DTM or HGiG for the CX? 2) Have you updated your CX to 0.4.50.90? The update came out about 4 months ago I believe, but I haven’t updated yet because I’ve been hearing that it’s really screwing up people’s TVs :/
I would use DTM ON for this game. It's very dark. I am pretty sure I have done the update and everything looks normal.
@ Great, was thinking the same. Thanks again!
Nice video! At how much you'll pout the user interface HDR ? Mine is 17 % by default
Please reset the HDR settings for a realistic picture)
So the contrast seems too saturated for me, should I lower it then, or is there another way to do this without losing image information?
Thank you Sir. Another great video! Do u know how to set the game to srgb image encoding on the series x? The option is greyed out for me :/ (playing on LG CX)
Here we go.
Thank you for the video! On the LG CX do you recommend using HGIG? Or dynamic tone mapping?
I'd say HGiG as with most content! 🤔
I have ny first oled hdr monitor and im really struggling with these settings. Its great to have each setting explained properly so i know what each one does. My settings of course are different in some cases to yours but i have managed to set it up to my liking and can finally relax and enjoy the game 😊 thank you for this ❤
The new stalker to patch that came out today says that they fixed a few HDR issues. Any chance you'd like to go back and make a short video just on these changes? Or do you think they're insignificant?
Hi bro! HGIG or DTM off? Thx dude (kiss from France)
It depends what you like more!
thank a lot. subscribed
Muito obrigado broo! Meu jogo melhorou 1000% 🙏🏿
Yes!! Thank you! I was waiting for this video while I was messing with the settings, I was not feeling very confident with my own results as I dont want to ruin the intended atmosphere. I have a CX, why should I leave HDR white point at 1000? It should be 800 if I am using HGIG.
Leave it at 1000 and increase HDR brightness a little bit
You are right, he isn´t. If you raise hdr brightness as he suggests, you are also lifting the mid levels. set hdr w p to 800 and you´re good.
@@waxphotography I am right you are not. I tested the game not you. If you would watch my video then you would know that the HDR W P has no impact on the max peak brightness in the game.
Why everyone talk about HGIG if it turns on it makes picture much darker in game mode and I think if I'm using vivid mode it's not even available for me.
Are you going to test LEGO Horizon Adventures HDR?
I have been messing around with the PC version. I play with a custom resolution in the middle of my 42C2. This game requires you to be in exclusive fullscreen for HDR to activate and to change the settings. This means no custom resolution if I want HDR. I've been playing with HDR on in windows and with a gamma icc, but to my surprise the game is still giving me a 10,000 nit hdr container with dci p3 colors even though HDR is greyed out. So i used lilium tone mapping to tone map to 800 nits. Just think that it's strange, but I'm glad it's working.
If you use resize options you can still change a little bit the resolution and maintain the HDR on. I use 3840 X 1630 .
In the gameplay, HDR is very good, but there are some problems, for example in the first cutscene or the main menu (sky and upper right corner), that the game has a very big problem with color banding. I have a good TV (LG OLED C3) and a good computer with a 4080s GPU. Can you tell me more about HDR errors on PC?
The problem comes from the fact that it is a pre-rendered cutscene, so its compressed
I've found these settings incorrect for PC. I'm using an lg c4 and have found setting the white point to 800 gives me the correct nits when looking at the sun as you would expect. Also knocking the contrast back down to 50 gives a much more natural picture than the 75 that it defaults to.
The settings have been changed / updated by the developers. Can you take a new look for PC?
Please cover POE 2 when you get a chance.. there's a lot of different image quality options in the menu. I'm curious to see which one you'll like the most.
@@crumzlee4819 i can't log in
What is that monitor you have....looks spectacular!
I still haven't gotten the pop up for HDR that normally shows up in games like Cyberpunk.
Fucking hell you’re a genius. I nearly switched to my pc for this because the game was so dark
Tbh not being able to change hdr levels is ok (I’m on Xbox) as just tweaking brightness contrast and gamma does the job
Awesome channel 👍
Tip: gran turismo 7 ps5 pro patch is out
Thanks Buddy!
@ silent Hill 2 just got a patch also for the pro
Thank you LG-CX user her with Xbox series X .Couldn’t see anything in the dark so will try with your settings 😅
Thankyou for the help got a sub and like from me but can u plz tell me if Dolby vision works well with this game or should I turn it off
Another thing you mention gamma does nothing yet when I adjust it makes huge difference
on Xbox or PC?
@@GamingTech-RUclips PC
Unfortunately Stalker 2 has so much performance issues on PC now that I have disabled the HDR. Will try after a few updates.
should we enable dolby vision or no?
I actually always set HDR peak to 800 and already had so I'm glad I saw this lol
also I find it weird that the brightness setting seems to control the peak HDR brightness more so than the HDR Brightness setting does
Great video 👍🏻
Pc version next please if possible, i need my hdr guy to come through for me
PC version has different default settings and i am not sure if they behave the same. Gamma for example has an effect. I play on a tv and just use your console settings and it looks ok, but i dont have the tools to measure it. I would appreciate a pc version analysis.
What about on the tv? what should fine tune dark areas be at?
@GamingTech, they just dropped an update that mentions changes to hdr whitepoint. Any suggestions?
I have HDR settings suggestion those on PC and with OLED monitor.
Brightness: 50
Contrast: 75
Gamma: Doesn't matter
HDR W P: 1000
HDR B P: -5
HDR Brightness: 40
On PC I dont mess with the HDR settings.
Instesd I go SDR, then use AutoHDR addon by majorpainthecactus in HDR10 with reshade, set to inverse tone mapping to correct color and this is used to convert SDR to HDR because native HDR is weird with settings at the moment. In the inverse settings, set to method a, gamma 2.2, adhust peak brightness to whatever your monitor or TV does and enjoy fixed HDR
Dolby Vision with the same settings or no?
can we check PC version
HDR isn't working bro, you lost tons of detail in the blacks with the game HDR implementation, and I have played with black detail and white brighness and all the settings you want in all combinations, can't make the details in the dark visible. switched off HDR in-game completely, and in nvidia app I forced nvidia's HDR postprocessing which overlays your game with HDR already calibrated to your own monitor (if you used windows HDR calibration), now you get all the black details but the same pitch black where its needed and the same whites. the game HDR is broken, maybe your LG TV uses a different yRGB or something and it does it differently i dont know, most people on PC that enable HDR in-game lose TONS of detail regaredless of sliders.
Mine works perfectly on PC and I don't even have the best monitor for it, I have a MINILED with not that many zones
This game has beautiful HDR =)
You are the best always 🎉
So If Im playing on the Lg cx with 800 nit brightness what exactly should the brightness and hdr brightness setting be to get the best picture? That with leaving the contrast, black point and gamma settings at default. Thanks for all your help and for still including the people who still game on a cx! You're awesome!
Hey man
Off topic
Do you have a horizontal dim lines in very bright objects in HDR you can notice them if you move the camera slowly
Hdr white point 1000 and hdr brightness as you like it. Don't touch the other settings
@@GamingTech-RUclips Thanks!
@@SilverBld occasionally yes but it's only noticeable if I really focus on it.
HDR RTX exist so no matter if game supports hdr or not it looks better than hdr in game.
not always
Hello Dolby Vision or HDR
Whats the best for this game?
That’s what I want to know to bro if I should turn Dolby Vision off or not plz reply if u found the answer
sdr and good tv
Que recomiendas hdr o dolby vision?
И как понимать его видосы, бригада поясните на какие настройки обращать внимание??
Tipp Turn on Dynamic Ton Mapping curse this game looks even darker in HGiG. Second Turn off Auto HDR on Xbox
What does auto hdr have anything to do with this game? Auto HDR implements hdr on a select few games that did not originally have hdr. It literally has no relevance to Stalker 2.
So if my monitor can only do 1000 nits at 2% window would it be best to leave the brightness at 45?
Lg cx 800 hdr white point or keep at 1000?
Keep it at 1000
@GamingTech-RUclips thank you very much sir. you're a gentleman and a scholar
nothing like a German engineering mind👏
The game is way too dim in HDR on 48' C2, thanks for the settings guide
DTM or HGiG?