@bekopharm I was very confused when Half Life demo with HDR first game out as the screenshots looked arguably worse.

I think I came to realize that HDR really only stood out for me in game, or at least with moving footage, as I think it was more about how the lighting would change depending on where I was looking.

I do really like some of the ReShade FX on some games like Elite Dangerous though - just a bit of a shame settings get lost when either Reshade or the game itself gets an update.

@bekopharm I'm not sure, I gather you can lock files and mark them as read-only to prevent it from happening.

I think maybe the ED patcher removes files it is not sure about from the gamedir after a large update (but I think not for small patches; not certain).

@bekopharm I'm still really curious about HDR monitor support and how much that adds. I have a couple of Acer Predator monitors, and one has okayish SRGB support (but not quite 100%).

After I'd had it for a year or two I stumbled on a setting - I think in the Nvidia control panel and/or in the monitor itself - that really improved how games looked (especially stars and the galaxy in ED) - with deeper blacks and brighter lights but it wasn't just whacking the contrast up across the board.