Video is recorded in HDR but TH-cam can take up to 48 hours to process HDR. Until HDR is finalized the picture will look very washed out and Colors will be wrong. Please come back later to watch this Video in HDR again. Thank You!
I’ll be honest with ya, I think fromsoft has very intentional fog and washed out lighting in certain scenes. In others, it’s immaculate. Anywhere underground or in the underground cities, it’s pitch black with huge highlights. I feel like it’s incorrect to call it “washed out,” at least in a negative light, when it’s intentional
Yeah, I just got my alienware HDR monitor some 6 months ago. Helldivers 2, deeprock galactic, Ghosts of Tsushima. They all blow me away. Even Sekiro looked pretty decent. Elden ring feels foggy or washed out to me. **Updated graphics drivers and it works now. Looks like Sekiro HDR.
@@8kayplays it definitely IS washed out in a lot of areas, but I think there’s an intention behind it. Some HDR users like every scene to be full contrast, but the devs may not intend it to be that way. With starfield, it was just lack of HDR experience. With Elden Ring, I think they tightly control their luminance in certain areas, this comes from an understanding of HDR, so they can really make places like mines or the underground cities really pop when they do decide to allow perfect blacks.
@@NexGenTek I never heard someone use that word before I had the c2 for 2 years, definitely a big difference in gaming, and movies. Still learning the settings. Theirs so much features you can change and calibrate. I would say wait for Labor Day to save a couple dollars. It’s a must have.
I have noticed that there seems to be some kind of HDR vignette effects where there is a round area in the middle of the screen that gives the full brightness, at least on lava in the Volcano Manor locations. Outside of that circle the brightness looks SDR
@@oropher1234 I was thinking I'd try RTX HDR, it seems the game has issues if you don't use your monitor's native resolution (I play at 1440p) where HDR looks washed out.
Interestingly I played the whole game with saturation at 7, but the dlc I have it at 5. The dlc area is much darker and so it seems like it doesn’t need the extra colour depth. An interesting one! Good video was always
As I said before, the chart of brightness of non LG tvs at 7:30 is wrong... Sony + Samsung models should be an automatic 200 nits higher than their actual real measured peak brightness due to always on tone mapping they have vs HGIG on lg. You want to add 200 nits more on always tone mapping screens because of their roll off. They don't just hard clip at the brightness you set it to like hgig
I just maxed all 3 HDR settings on my Series X and it looks good to me so far. I have a very low NIT TV, I don't even think it's the 800 NITS you have listed as the lowest, and the default did look washed out in comparison. It's a more entry level 4K TV from at least 5 years ago. Might fiddle with it more as I play.
i use this settings on my S90C (Game Mode with Tone Mapping Active) brightness 2, luminance 1400, saturation 6 and finally i beat all 10 main bosses in the DLC (PS5 version). It took me about 21 hours
@@JakeOver9000 Right? People always trying to rush through the game. Great you took 21 hrs who cares are you proud of yourself for finishing fast? Savor a great game take your time and explore the world.
@@rejectxz hey don’t hate me i’m still exploring rn and start helping my friends through the ending. in 21 hours i completed every side quest, unlocked all maps and caves, but i haven’t beaten every mini-bosses. i can do this quickly because I was prepared with multiple builds I like (remember, it's not a one-shot build).. that’s an achievement for me. usually i like parrying all the main bosses with shield, but now i use a two-handed gargoyle’s twinblade+25 bleed build. still trying to figure out what is the best combo with Spear of the Impaler+10 (messmer’s sword), Poleblade of the Bud+10, and fire messmer incantations like Fire Serpent & Messmer’s Orb with Light of Miquella + Rellana’s Twin Moons. i don’t watch youtube guide for this specific combo because i need to figure out what works best for me.
@@rejectxz u can see all those upset people in Steam Reviews if you rush to complete the game without being fully prepared and they end up becoming a meme 😂
I thought the fault was from the TV or HDR. Sometimes it was bright and dull, and sometimes it was dark, until I adjusted the settings and did not notice the same words she was saying. Of course I use a Samsung 85d screen. Disabled Contrast Enhancer. And shade enhancer-5. The picture in the open world is excellent, but it is a bit dark in the caves. Thanks for the explanation.
I've been using ps5 with lg c4 oled. I calibrated the ps5 using hgig then I started elden ring and messed with it for hours. I switched to dtm on and left hdr calibration alone. Game settings according to this video. Brightness 5 max brightness 1000 saturation 7. Rpg game mode color depth 55. Sharpness 10. And also oled panel Brightness down to 80. This is the best looking I've found i believe
For me i play with saturation at max :P I like the over saturated look of some stuff, like mohgs arena. I play with brightness max too. It makes some areas faded, but also makes it pop in the darker areas.
Same, I bought the game recently, switched to HDR and thought it looked really washed out. Put all the settings to max and felt like the colours popped and detail in general stood out much more. I might tweak it a bit here or there to balance things out, but I might end up leaving it at max.
Is there any reason you don't include the CIE diagram? I've noticed that it's much more useful to see how a game is utilizing the expanded hdr color spaces instead of a percentage. For example, in Hellblade 2 the game doesn't have a lot of intense color at times and may not use any dci-p3 or bt2020 colors but then during a fire ritual you'll see it expand deeply into bt2020 and it's very vivid. Not something you can see with just the numbers. Though you do use the heatmap overlay so that's good.
Thanks buddy we can also rest assured knowing you tested thus stuff ❤ also if you don't mind i have a question i have c1 and xbox series x i did all the settings recommended for hdr but some games while displaying hdr fire effects turns yellow to pink or red which confusing to me do you have any idea what's happening and what's need to be done?
you are welcome. Nothing will bad happen ;-) For this game you cam increase the mx brightness to 2000 without having a big issue in specular highlights
Can't stand the adjustment period when brightness switches fast and frequent with DTM on and you can see in real time the brightness slowly increases or up and down until it temporarily settles. Very annoying and one big reason to avoid it.
For LG c3 what is the best HGiG/ DTM or SDR for Ps5? And which ingame hdr settings should i use ? Actually i use ingame 5 brightness, 900 nits and 7 saturation
@@Dookie69uk I believe Alan Wake 2, Baldur's Gate 3, Star Wars Jedi Survivor, God of War Ragnarök and Deathloop all use system level calibration. Also Astro's playroom, which probably means Astro Bot will have it as well.
I don't know what it is but with this game and a few others DTM just looks better to me. I use HGIG with 99% of my games. Also for some reason Warm 3 color temperature on this game looks better to me. I use warm 3 for God of War as well.. Maybe I like how easy it is on my eyes with these long sessions I've been doing on this DLC as well. I actually use the same settings you recommend brightness 5, 2000, and 7 on saturation. I've always used color at 70 on my CX since day one instead of the default 55. I like the little extra color boost and it doesn't over color the picture, facial tones etc imo. I had been using the color space that Ninjician (what ever happened to that guy) recommended with CX with Warm 2 where green was pushed to 4 and blue was pushed to 13. I still think it looks great with that. With my C4 I don't have to do that. I use it for my PS5. Still love my CX for Xbox though. I can't bring myself to get rid of it just yet.
I am still unsure if you should change the settings if you use HGiG or DTM ON. On my G2 I can't see a difference between HGiG and DTM on with the same peak brightness setting. I did not test this on my S95C to have a final decision.
@@GamingTech-TH-cam The S95C considers its peak brightness to be at 2000 nits and, even when using HDR HGIG, it applies tone mapping to approach 2000 nits.
@@krzysztofmojsa9009 The peak brightness of the S95C is around 1400nits not 2000nits. The tone mapping is a different story and it can be better to set it to 2000nits instead of 1400nits. But again I have not confirmed this yet.
@@GamingTech-TH-cam Hey do you know how to correctly calibrate the S95C with the Windows HDR Kalibration app? I set the black level to 0, and the peak brightness to 1200 nits. Rtings says that the tv has 1200 peak brightness, but i am unsure what to set to in the app, because the white square can sometimes disappear at 2000 nits and sometimes at 1300 nits or 1200 nits. Also if i set HDR under game mode settings on the tv to basic and HDR Tone Mapping to static, is it the same as HGIG or does it still tonemap?
77in LG C1 HGIG - 5 - 1000 - 7. Color temp set to warm 50 of course. I had it at 800 but after watching this video I bumped it up a couple notches. But I will try it at max brightness and DTM on to see if I like it better.
@@WhisCODM Edit - I 1000/1000’d the game on Xbox and Platinum’d on PS5 The settings below were the same for both consoles. But I will say that the PS5 version looks slightly less “washed out” / better blacks I dont know why that is tbh. In game setting (I like it bright) Dynamic Tone Mapping On Brightness 5 Maximum brightness 900 Adjust Saturation 7 Game optimizer settings: Black Stab 10 White Stab 10 Game contrast 100 Game Black Level 50 Sharpness 10 Color 61 Fine Tune Dark Area -10 This may be way too bright for most people tho
@@kaikiske7436 i use exactlly the same like you but i use HGIG instead of DTM. And 55 color depth in Game Booster and -8 fine tune DARK area. Personally i find HGiG better in DARK areas i use the lamp or the thourch.
What is the use of a review if you dont enter the new areas? Some of the best composed scenerys, especially for HDR, are in the DLC and you stay in limgrave 💀
Video is recorded in HDR but TH-cam can take up to 48 hours to process HDR. Until HDR is finalized the picture will look very washed out and Colors will be wrong. Please come back later to watch this Video in HDR again. Thank You!
How do you get a smooth 60fps?
Tried everything even fps unlocker but it breaks HDR.
I’ll be honest with ya, I think fromsoft has very intentional fog and washed out lighting in certain scenes. In others, it’s immaculate. Anywhere underground or in the underground cities, it’s pitch black with huge highlights. I feel like it’s incorrect to call it “washed out,” at least in a negative light, when it’s intentional
Yeah, I just got my alienware HDR monitor some 6 months ago.
Helldivers 2, deeprock galactic, Ghosts of Tsushima. They all blow me away. Even Sekiro looked pretty decent.
Elden ring feels foggy or washed out to me.
**Updated graphics drivers and it works now. Looks like Sekiro HDR.
Yep, exactly my thought. 70 hours is and never even noticed the supposed „washed out“.
@@8kayplays it definitely IS washed out in a lot of areas, but I think there’s an intention behind it. Some HDR users like every scene to be full contrast, but the devs may not intend it to be that way.
With starfield, it was just lack of HDR experience. With Elden Ring, I think they tightly control their luminance in certain areas, this comes from an understanding of HDR, so they can really make places like mines or the underground cities really pop when they do decide to allow perfect blacks.
I definitely implore @gamingtech to check out some more areas! Especially any place with lava
I just want HDR to work with FPS unlocker.
I got my g4 oled today and I’m loving it. Just finished playing Elden rings and tested all my games….Lg did an awesome job this year!
How’s the uniformity?
@@NexGenTek I never heard someone use that word before I had the c2 for 2 years, definitely a big difference in gaming, and movies. Still learning the settings. Theirs so much features you can change and calibrate. I would say wait for Labor Day to save a couple dollars. It’s a must have.
I have 150 hours on Elden Ring already, this DLC could be 100 more. This is the biggest game ever
I have noticed that there seems to be some kind of HDR vignette effects where there is a round area in the middle of the screen that gives the full brightness, at least on lava in the Volcano Manor locations. Outside of that circle the brightness looks SDR
HDR is still really buggy on PC. I disabled it and forced windows HDR on and it looks nice enough without the hassle.
mine was too until i did a clean install on the nvidia drivers. Now it actually switches to HDR without any hassle.
Idk why but the whole image becomes grey for me with HDR enabled ingame.
RTXHDR though, works wonders.
@@oropher1234 I was thinking I'd try RTX HDR, it seems the game has issues if you don't use your monitor's native resolution (I play at 1440p) where HDR looks washed out.
Interestingly I played the whole game with saturation at 7, but the dlc I have it at 5. The dlc area is much darker and so it seems like it doesn’t need the extra colour depth. An interesting one! Good video was always
As I said before, the chart of brightness of non LG tvs at 7:30 is wrong...
Sony + Samsung models should be an automatic 200 nits higher than their actual real measured peak brightness due to always on tone mapping they have vs HGIG on lg.
You want to add 200 nits more on always tone mapping screens because of their roll off. They don't just hard clip at the brightness you set it to like hgig
I will consider this. Thanks
Great content as always, wundebar.
I just maxed all 3 HDR settings on my Series X and it looks good to me so far. I have a very low NIT TV, I don't even think it's the 800 NITS you have listed as the lowest, and the default did look washed out in comparison. It's a more entry level 4K TV from at least 5 years ago. Might fiddle with it more as I play.
i use this settings on my S90C (Game Mode with Tone Mapping Active)
brightness 2, luminance 1400, saturation 6
and finally i beat all 10 main bosses in the DLC (PS5 version). It took me about 21 hours
Gotta go find everything first, 100 hours minimum!
@@JakeOver9000 Right? People always trying to rush through the game. Great you took 21 hrs who cares are you proud of yourself for finishing fast? Savor a great game take your time and explore the world.
@@rejectxz hey don’t hate me i’m still exploring rn and start helping my friends through the ending. in 21 hours i completed every side quest, unlocked all maps and caves, but i haven’t beaten every mini-bosses. i can do this quickly because I was prepared with multiple builds I like (remember, it's not a one-shot build)..
that’s an achievement for me.
usually i like parrying all the main bosses with shield, but now i use a two-handed gargoyle’s twinblade+25 bleed build. still trying to figure out what is the best combo with Spear of the Impaler+10 (messmer’s sword), Poleblade of the Bud+10, and fire messmer incantations like Fire Serpent & Messmer’s Orb with Light of Miquella + Rellana’s Twin Moons. i don’t watch youtube guide for this specific combo because i need to figure out what works best for me.
@@rejectxz u can see all those upset people in Steam Reviews if you rush to complete the game without being fully prepared and they end up becoming a meme 😂
Its good because with DTM is important decrease the brightness, and the game look like hgig but less whashed out.
thank you for your helpful videos! As for suggestions, what about a video on windows 11 auto hdr and rtx hdr?
I thought the fault was from the TV or HDR. Sometimes it was bright and dull, and sometimes it was dark, until I adjusted the settings and did not notice the same words she was saying. Of course I use a Samsung 85d screen. Disabled Contrast Enhancer. And shade enhancer-5. The picture in the open world is excellent, but it is a bit dark in the caves. Thanks for the explanation.
Thank you for the analysis. As always, very informative. Cheers mate.
My pleasure!
I've been using ps5 with lg c4 oled. I calibrated the ps5 using hgig then I started elden ring and messed with it for hours. I switched to dtm on and left hdr calibration alone. Game settings according to this video. Brightness 5 max brightness 1000 saturation 7. Rpg game mode color depth 55. Sharpness 10. And also oled panel Brightness down to 80. This is the best looking I've found i believe
Thanks for the video. I'm personally using RTX HDR +RTX Vibrance and am very happy with the results in this game
How are you getting the RTX overlay to work in this game?
For me i play with saturation at max :P
I like the over saturated look of some stuff, like mohgs arena.
I play with brightness max too. It makes some areas faded, but also makes it pop in the darker areas.
Same, I bought the game recently, switched to HDR and thought it looked really washed out. Put all the settings to max and felt like the colours popped and detail in general stood out much more.
I might tweak it a bit here or there to balance things out, but I might end up leaving it at max.
3:30 put saturation at 7 or higher to avoid this
Thanks for the Video. My Wish for the next Video is...... The Talos Principle 2. A fantastic game but i think the Hdr Settings are Not easy to adjust.
Is there any reason you don't include the CIE diagram? I've noticed that it's much more useful to see how a game is utilizing the expanded hdr color spaces instead of a percentage. For example, in Hellblade 2 the game doesn't have a lot of intense color at times and may not use any dci-p3 or bt2020 colors but then during a fire ritual you'll see it expand deeply into bt2020 and it's very vivid. Not something you can see with just the numbers. Though you do use the heatmap overlay so that's good.
No reason. It's just not activated. But I will do this for future videos!
Thanks buddy we can also rest assured knowing you tested thus stuff ❤ also if you don't mind i have a question i have c1 and xbox series x i did all the settings recommended for hdr but some games while displaying hdr fire effects turns yellow to pink or red which confusing to me do you have any idea what's happening and what's need to be done?
Make sure you're using the warm 2 color setting as it's the most accurate. I have an LG CX. Hope this helps.
Thank you for covering Dolby Vision. What happens if I choose over 800 Max Brightness with a C2?
you are welcome. Nothing will bad happen ;-) For this game you cam increase the mx brightness to 2000 without having a big issue in specular highlights
Can't stand the adjustment period when brightness switches fast and frequent with DTM on and you can see in real time the brightness slowly increases or up and down until it temporarily settles. Very annoying and one big reason to avoid it.
For LG c3 what is the best HGiG/ DTM or SDR for Ps5? And which ingame hdr settings should i use ? Actually i use ingame 5 brightness, 900 nits and 7 saturation
I would love to try RTX HDR but the Nvidia overlay seems to not work with flawless widescreen.
Nice tips as always
What would cause Steam overlay not to work in only Elden Ring?
Nice review
Thank You!
It's odd that hardly any games I know of use the system level HDR, it seems you only set it for the front menu of the console. Pointless really.
Some games still use it though.
@@MarshallZPie That's interesting to know can you give me a list of maybe 5 of them. Thanks.
@@Dookie69uk I believe Alan Wake 2, Baldur's Gate 3, Star Wars Jedi Survivor, God of War Ragnarök and Deathloop all use system level calibration. Also Astro's playroom, which probably means Astro Bot will have it as well.
@@MarshallZPieThanks appreciate the info.
How about QN90C 50" ? PLZ
I don't know what it is but with this game and a few others DTM just looks better to me. I use HGIG with 99% of my games. Also for some reason Warm 3 color temperature on this game looks better to me. I use warm 3 for God of War as well.. Maybe I like how easy it is on my eyes with these long sessions I've been doing on this DLC as well. I actually use the same settings you recommend brightness 5, 2000, and 7 on saturation. I've always used color at 70 on my CX since day one instead of the default 55. I like the little extra color boost and it doesn't over color the picture, facial tones etc imo. I had been using the color space that Ninjician (what ever happened to that guy) recommended with CX with Warm 2 where green was pushed to 4 and blue was pushed to 13. I still think it looks great with that. With my C4 I don't have to do that. I use it for my PS5. Still love my CX for Xbox though. I can't bring myself to get rid of it just yet.
I’m having some problems with this game.
Can you please do a walkthrough guide?
Ps5 users what should i set hdmi speed to? auto -1or -2 playing on lg c3 also if auto should I use auto or limited for rgb?
Leave everything on auto
@@GamingTech-TH-cam thanks for the help!
This setting s works in lg c2 ?
Hello,
But doesn't the S95C automatically map to 2000 nits?
I am still unsure if you should change the settings if you use HGiG or DTM ON. On my G2 I can't see a difference between HGiG and DTM on with the same peak brightness setting. I did not test this on my S95C to have a final decision.
@@GamingTech-TH-cam
The S95C considers its peak brightness to be at 2000 nits and, even when using HDR HGIG, it applies tone mapping to approach 2000 nits.
@@krzysztofmojsa9009 The peak brightness of the S95C is around 1400nits not 2000nits. The tone mapping is a different story and it can be better to set it to 2000nits instead of 1400nits. But again I have not confirmed this yet.
@@GamingTech-TH-cam Hey do you know how to correctly calibrate the S95C with the Windows HDR Kalibration app? I set the black level to 0, and the peak brightness to 1200 nits. Rtings says that the tv has 1200 peak brightness, but i am unsure what to set to in the app, because the white square can sometimes disappear at 2000 nits and sometimes at 1300 nits or 1200 nits. Also if i set HDR under game mode settings on the tv to basic and HDR Tone Mapping to static, is it the same as HGIG or does it still tonemap?
S95c can do 2000 nits with the mod..
I have C3 with HGIG on. Should I put maximum brightness to 800 or 2000? I watched the whole video. Still its not clear. Thank you.
Just use 2000. At least you get a little bit more punch
@@GamingTech-TH-camThank you! I appreciate it.
Brighntess 6 / Luminance 1000 / Saturation 6 / HGiG
These were always my settings.
What TV? LG CX?
@@GamingTech-TH-cam correct
Is this setting also good for Lg C1?
These good for the C1 right?
Great video thanks
PlayStation 5 players, what’s your HDR settings with OLED?
Brightness 5, Max Brightness 800 (or whatever fits your tv), saturation 7 in base game, 5 in DLC
@@ThatGumYouLiked thanks 🙏 I’ll check it out
lg g4 55"，use hgig ，5－1500－7，as the same color of elden ring trailer
Tv set warm 50
77in LG C1 HGIG - 5 - 1000 - 7. Color temp set to warm 50 of course. I had it at 800 but after watching this video I bumped it up a couple notches. But I will try it at max brightness and DTM on to see if I like it better.
Team DTM On for this one. LG C3.
HGIG is waaaaaay too dim.
What your ingame HDR settings ? I have C3 too
@@WhisCODM
Edit - I 1000/1000’d the game on Xbox and Platinum’d on PS5
The settings below were the same for both consoles. But I will say that the PS5 version looks slightly less “washed out” / better blacks
I dont know why that is tbh.
In game setting (I like it bright)
Dynamic Tone Mapping On
Brightness 5
Maximum brightness 900
Adjust Saturation 7
Game optimizer settings:
Black Stab 10
White Stab 10
Game contrast 100
Game Black Level 50
Sharpness 10
Color 61
Fine Tune Dark Area -10
This may be way too bright for most people tho
@@kaikiske7436 i use exactlly the same like you but i use HGIG instead of DTM. And 55 color depth in Game Booster and -8 fine tune DARK area. Personally i find HGiG better in DARK areas i use the lamp or the thourch.
I have a Hisense? ! Settings for that?
Use 5, 2000,7.
In-game brightness on 0 with DTM on looks way better on an lg c2....
VRR ?
Could you try to compare in-game default HDR with RTX HDR implementation?
Thank you sir
Demon souls remake had great hgig on ps5.
thank you
Rtx hdr is the way to go
disappointed with this analysis. the volumetric fog is obviously going to result in less contrast.
9 min of video for teel nothings… exactly the same tips of previus video of elder ring.
What is the use of a review if you dont enter the new areas? Some of the best composed scenerys, especially for HDR, are in the DLC and you stay in limgrave 💀
stupid developer can't even add widescreen, also their ray tracing is a complete joke.
Ausitm
I swear this game is so bad idk how yall like this sht
Skill issue
@@allymcewan8334your’e trash
I always though this game looks ugly. More like a 2015 game. HDR proves they don't really give much attention to graphical fidelity.
It's not a great looking game and even worth it's runs like crap. But gameplay is really good just too hard for my personal preference.
nah bro just use rtx hdr lol