Re: Andromeda crashing on initial load with 6950 XT, four beeps preceding game start
Now if only HDR didn't stop working. This game really doesn't want me to play it now, does it?
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HDR works globally in Windows, so it might not be the game in this case. 😉
I'm afraid in my case it is. HDR in games is unlinked from HDR in windows in general, and every other use case I have with HDR is without issue.
I've tried everything I could come up with seemingly relevant to try and fix it:
- clean install of both driver versions i mentioned before
- disabling adaptive sync
- disabling the iGPU
- disabling GPU scaling
- switching between 8 and 10bpc
- disabling fullscreen optimizations
- running in fullscreen, borderless and windowed modes
- switching between HDR on/off 100s of times
- switching between HDR10/dolby vision 100s of times
- turning HDR on/off in windows
Turning on Windows HDR and running in borderless mode, game still won't acknowledge the HDR capability of my monitor. I'm kinda angry about that, because it worked once and SDR is a soggy biscuit in comparison.
- Ok this is new. EA games all won't detect HDR - MELE, MEA, BF1, Apex. My steam Games - No Man's Sky, Doom Eternal - do without issue, even in borderless window mode. I wonder if it's EA's fault somehow.
mlemmlemlem wrote:
I'm afraid in my case it is. HDR in games is unlinked from HDR in windows in general...
No.
On a Windows PC the entire chain, from the PC over the Game to the Display needs to be HDR compatible and HDR must be activated as well on all components.
Some games will switch Windows to HDR mode if you enable it in the game menu, but it needs to be enabled in Windows to work in a game.
Are you are using Origin or EA app right now?
- Tried both. As I was saying, windows HDR setting is independent and has always been from game settings - it's for watching hdr videos on Edge mostly, and playing borderless windowed games on Auto HDR. No Man's Sky and Doom Eternal have no issues outputting HDR signals - NMS even does that in borderless window when I have windows in SDR - that looks funny :D
Currently on the dreadful EA app, tried switching from origin to see if it makes a difference. Of course the settings are independent, but HDR must be activated in Windows or it will not work in games. It works only globally or not at all.
So the error can be in the entire chain, that's why I asked about the client.
Is EA app making a difference?
- Just to clarify, I tried both ways at least dozens - if not hundreds of times by this point, with HDR in windows on and off. Neither the games that work, nor those that won't recognize the monitor's capability, don't care about the windows setting.
Doom Eternal will just enable HDR in the monitor, since exclusive fullscreen runs independent of the windows desktop setting. No Man's Sky will output an HDR gamut in SDR windows making the whole thing look crushed. So I really don't think it's related.
It's really funny that even running borderless with Windows in HDR, the game just won't detect it.
Forgot to add, EA app made no difference. I really dunno what is common in the three games that reside in Origin that makes them not output and HDR signal.
I'm really considering trying another windows install, since this one was originally a 10, now upgraded to 11.
So ironic, when I had a crappy HDRn't 400 monitor and an RX 480, every game wanted to run in HDR. Now that I have proper gear... 😂 - Fun fact, when running BF1 with win HDR on, it even prompts me for auto hdr... 😂
- Oof. Did two clean installs of W10 and W11, none of them worked. Popped in the old 1080 Ti which worked RIGHT AWAY after installing the drivers. AMD really makes it hard for people to want to support them.
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