High Definition Nvidia Driver Enhancments what they do ???

Miltion · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 10

Ive got a HD Tv conected via component. But what do these enhancments
do. I can't see anything different in the drivers.Settings and such ??

Any ideas ?

Thanks.

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johns · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 104

If you are talking about HDR, it is pretty flawed on the nVidia cards.
I have an
nVidia 6800 256 pci-e, and HDR generates garrish reds and blues and
white-outs, and corrupts any 3D apps or games I run that can enable it.
I don't
think HDR has any effect on HDTV. The closest thing I have to what you
are talking about is the image enhancements I can change on my
Hauppauge
WinTV 350. I have cable TV coming in to my PC, and I can alter the
quality
of the TV video image quite a bit ... brightness, color, color
saturation. So
far, I have not tried the s-video out to a HDTV, but I'm pretty sure I
could
change that image a lot. Still makes no sense to do it, because I could
just
run another cable connect to the TV.

johns

Miltion · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 10

Where is this HDR in the drivers located. Might try it might work
better on a HD TV.

Ill keep messing arround thanks.

On 13 Jan 2006 10:47:06 -0800, "johns" wrote:

>If you are talking about HDR, it is pretty flawed on the nVidia cards.
>I have an
>nVidia 6800 256 pci-e, and HDR generates garrish reds and blues and
>white-outs, and corrupts any 3D apps or games I run that can enable it.
> I don't
>think HDR has any effect on HDTV. The closest thing I have to what you
>are talking about is the image enhancements I can change on my
>Hauppauge
>WinTV 350. I have cable TV coming in to my PC, and I can alter the
>quality
>of the TV video image quite a bit ... brightness, color, color
>saturation. So
>far, I have not tried the s-video out to a HDTV, but I'm pretty sure I
>could
>change that image a lot. Still makes no sense to do it, because I could
>just
>run another cable connect to the TV.
>
>johns

deimos · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 410

Miltion wrote:
>
> Where is this HDR in the drivers located. Might try it might work
> better on a HD TV.
>
> Ill keep messing arround thanks.
>
>
> On 13 Jan 2006 10:47:06 -0800, "johns" wrote:
>
>> If you are talking about HDR, it is pretty flawed on the nVidia cards.
>> I have an
>> nVidia 6800 256 pci-e, and HDR generates garrish reds and blues and
>> white-outs, and corrupts any 3D apps or games I run that can enable it.
>> I don't
>> think HDR has any effect on HDTV. The closest thing I have to what you
>> are talking about is the image enhancements I can change on my
>> Hauppauge
>> WinTV 350. I have cable TV coming in to my PC, and I can alter the
>> quality
>> of the TV video image quite a bit ... brightness, color, color
>> saturation. So
>> far, I have not tried the s-video out to a HDTV, but I'm pretty sure I
>> could
>> change that image a lot. Still makes no sense to do it, because I could
>> just
>> run another cable connect to the TV.
>>
>> johns
>

HDR is not any particular option in the control panel, rather it is a
hardware supported feature set of the card. HDR stands for High Dynamic
Range lighting and in games it is usually one or more features normally
associated with HDR lighting systems:

* Dynamic range (lighting expressed in 16-bits per component or greater)
* Bloom (blurred highlights and overbright effects)
* Dynamic exposure ("eye" automatically adjusts for light/dark areas)
* Enhanced precision (total lighting calculations)

HDR is supported in games via Pixel Shader 2.0+ or SM 3.0. Proprietary
implementations exist for OpenGL and OpenGL 2 support.

I think the original poster is confusing HDR with some other setting or
has problems with a certain game. It is in no way related to HDTV.

deimos · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 410

deimos wrote:
> Miltion wrote:
>>
>> Where is this HDR in the drivers located. Might try it might work
>> better on a HD TV.
>>
>> Ill keep messing arround thanks.
>>
>>
>> On 13 Jan 2006 10:47:06 -0800, "johns" wrote:
>>
>>> If you are talking about HDR, it is pretty flawed on the nVidia cards.
>>> I have an
>>> nVidia 6800 256 pci-e, and HDR generates garrish reds and blues and
>>> white-outs, and corrupts any 3D apps or games I run that can enable it.
>>> I don't
>>> think HDR has any effect on HDTV. The closest thing I have to what you
>>> are talking about is the image enhancements I can change on my
>>> Hauppauge
>>> WinTV 350. I have cable TV coming in to my PC, and I can alter the
>>> quality
>>> of the TV video image quite a bit ... brightness, color, color
>>> saturation. So
>>> far, I have not tried the s-video out to a HDTV, but I'm pretty sure I
>>> could
>>> change that image a lot. Still makes no sense to do it, because I could
>>> just
>>> run another cable connect to the TV.
>>>
>>> johns
>>
>
> HDR is not any particular option in the control panel, rather it is a
> hardware supported feature set of the card. HDR stands for High Dynamic
> Range lighting and in games it is usually one or more features normally
> associated with HDR lighting systems:
>
> * Dynamic range (lighting expressed in 16-bits per component or greater)
> * Bloom (blurred highlights and overbright effects)
> * Dynamic exposure ("eye" automatically adjusts for light/dark areas)
> * Enhanced precision (total lighting calculations)
>
> HDR is supported in games via Pixel Shader 2.0+ or SM 3.0. Proprietary
> implementations exist for OpenGL and OpenGL 2 support.
>
> I think the original poster is confusing HDR with some other setting or
> has problems with a certain game. It is in no way related to HDTV.

Rather the first reply I meant.