One of the best PC gaming features that is exclusive to Windows 11 is Auto HDR--a software solution to applying HDR to games that don't natively support it. It's been a big feature on Xbox, bringing ...

If you’ve recently found yourself the owner of a shiny new HDR monitor, but find that outside of a few games, there’s not much you can use those high dynamic range capabilities for, you’re in luck. On ...

Microsoft is adding Auto HDR to Windows 10. The new setting, borrowed from the Xbox Series X/S, adds HDR (High-Dynamic Range) color and brightness levels to DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 games that ...

Microsoft unveiled Windows 11 earlier today, giving us our first look at the new operating system. During the presentation, the company went over all of the new features and enhancements that would be ...

The Windows 11 2022 Update is now rolling out to PCs. The update includes several gaming improvements, including a new Controller bar, optimizations for windowed games, and a wider range of HDR ...

For years, brightness-boosting high-dynamic-range (HDR) tech has been bumpy in Windows. Has Microsoft smoothed the ride with its Auto HDR function? Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 ...

Windows 11, the next version of Microsoft’s operating system, will offer a number of features targeted toward PC gamers, led by Xbox Game Pass directly within Windows’ new Xbox app, Microsoft ...

At this year's CES, what did many of the most exciting PC monitors we saw have in common? Support for high-dynamic range (HDR) color encoding. You may have heard of it. Maybe you even spotted it on ...

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