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cybereality
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So I have two new displays, one is 10-bit native and the other 8-bit + dithering.
In games (especially in HDR) I believe I see a difference (like in the smoothness of the sky gradient) but I'm wondering if it is placebo.
For example, if you have a desktop wallpaper, the JPEG image must be saved in a particular format which is almost surely 8-bit per channel. How could Windows introduce additional colors that aren't in the source image?
Or, for non-HDR games, I know when you allocate a swap chain (like in DirectX) you have to specify the bit-depth. Although 10-bit is an option, I'm not sure many games account for it or even support dithering.
So is it bogus or is there something I'm missing?
In games (especially in HDR) I believe I see a difference (like in the smoothness of the sky gradient) but I'm wondering if it is placebo.
For example, if you have a desktop wallpaper, the JPEG image must be saved in a particular format which is almost surely 8-bit per channel. How could Windows introduce additional colors that aren't in the source image?
Or, for non-HDR games, I know when you allocate a swap chain (like in DirectX) you have to specify the bit-depth. Although 10-bit is an option, I'm not sure many games account for it or even support dithering.
So is it bogus or is there something I'm missing?