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master2g's avatar
9 years ago

Andromeda and 10 bit color.

So i have a Dell U3014 and it has full 100% rgb 10 bit color support. It is NOT a full HDR monitor though and this leads me to my question. I have Andromeda settings set to auto detect and it does come up with 2 choices for my monitor. HDR10 or Dolby Vision. I have seen videos where 8 bit monitors do not have this option available. From what i am gathering the game will detect and use as much " color space " available on the monitor it is connected to correct ?. The way i am figuring it is the game is using my full 10 bit color space which enables the HDR10 and Dolby Vision options.

I also have the framebuffer format set to half 16 64 bit as i am assuming it enables a better gradient in colors as my monitor can handle that as well. I see no banding with this on.

So are my theories correct ? does Andromeda make full use , as much as possible of 10 bit color wide gamut monitors like mine ?

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  • jpkarlsen's avatar
    jpkarlsen
    Hero (Retired)
    9 years ago

    While this is not a gaming monitor it should perform well enough.

    What you should be looking at is the capabilities of your graphics card.

  • master2g's avatar
    master2g
    8 years ago

    @jpkarlsen

    Thanks for the reply my friend. My EVGA GTX 1080 SC definitely does the job and more. Also my monitor has been gaming very very well since i got it 2 years ago too. 🙂

    My curiosity was more directed to whether or not the game detects any or what type of HDR or color gamut one,s monitor has. As I say I have seen some with out the HDR10 or Dolby Vision settings available at all where others like my self have it. So if the settings show up then i am assuming the game will use what it can when its able .

  • jpkarlsen's avatar
    jpkarlsen
    Hero (Retired)
    8 years ago

    The game doesn't detect the Monitor as such but the Graphics card and what it reports as supported. The game will then deliver whatever it can to the graphics card and leave the rest up to that, If you choose HDR 10 or Dolby Vision the game will send that. I have however read that there can be some problems with Dolby Vision and ME:A. But test it and see the results you get.

  • master2g's avatar
    master2g
    8 years ago

    I did some tests and screen captures and Dolby vision actually seems to be the best results for me oddly enough. As i cycle through bmp screen shots of the game with no auto detect, then just HDR10 and then Dolby vision I see that Dolby gives me more natural light and smoother larger shading gradients. My monitor is not able to use it "properly" as such but i find the game , card and monitor seem to give the best visuals with that combo. It is by no means a huge difference but comparing the screen shots one can see DV is the best of the 3 for my application.

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