--- title: I dismissed the Nvidia App until RTX HDR turned my SDR... description: RTX HDR, a feature in the Nvidia App, uses Tensor Cores to convert SDR games to HDR in real time, offering a better result than Windows Auto HDR. Unlike... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-dismissed-the-nvidia-app-until-rtx-hdr-turned-my-sdr-games-into-hdr-masterpieces-v5kasbjro twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I dismissed the Nvidia App until RTX HDR turned my SDR games into HDR masterpieces | daily.dev og:description: RTX HDR, a feature in the Nvidia App, uses Tensor Cores to convert SDR games to HDR in real time, offering a better result than Windows Auto HDR. Unlike... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-dismissed-the-nvidia-app-until-rtx-hdr-turned-my-sdr-games-into-hdr-masterpieces-v5kasbjro og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/v5kaSBjRO.png og:image:alt: I dismissed the Nvidia App until RTX HDR turned my SDR games into HDR masterpieces og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I dismissed the Nvidia App until RTX HDR turned my SDR games into HDR masterpieces **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary RTX HDR, a feature in the Nvidia App, uses Tensor Cores to convert SDR games to HDR in real time, offering a better result than Windows Auto HDR. Unlike Windows' piecewise SRGB curve, RTX HDR uses a gamma-based tone curve that produces more natural blacks and provides finer control over middle gray, contrast, and saturation. The tradeoff is a 7–10% FPS hit and potential input lag, making it unsuitable for competitive titles but worthwhile for older or single-player games on OLED displays. The author also found RTX Video HDR and RTX Video Super Resolution similarly impressive for SDR video content. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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