Can a DP1.2 monitor support HBR3?

[ecologist]

@greatnull

It means that your dispay pipeline can output 10b at given res@freq AND that your display accepts it (it advertises itself as capable of receiving 10bit signal).

It changes effectively nothing in the end, as you have 8bit+FRC display. It can receive 10 bit signal, it will then transform it into dynamic 8 bit pattern via FRC magic, that approximates native 10bit output.

yes I got that part, I was asking if anyone tried it. Looking online, it appears this dithering feature is not officially supported on nvidia and is buggy when forced via a driver hack. Seems not worth the trouble.

@greatnull

Not as good as native 10bit, not as bad as plain 8 bit all else being equal. Most people are not capable of telling the difference

Yes. so in your opinion is it worth returning the GB for another 8bit+frc monitor like the MSI to get 10bit 170Hz?

@greatnull

and absolute majority of consumable content is mastered to 8 bit.

even games that support HDR? or games in general?

[greatnull]

FRC transformation should be performed at monitor level, so no driver hack should be needed at all.

GPU sends normal 10bit signal, display device does its own thing.

RE: return
Try it out first, its niche concern. Panel quality also matters, bad 10bit panel might be worse in the end than very goo 8bit+frc. So test it with your own eyes.

Otherwise its kind of like 4k monitors, once you get used to them, you cant go back.

I had personal experience with semi-pro photography and had pro monitor, now I cannot unsee those graphical artifacts.

HDR support itself as indicator is maybe. ITS requires larger colouspace due to expanded gamma, but its not the same as 10bit mastering.
Additionally even in-game HDR support can be half assed, but despite having true HDR capable monitor, I dotn play games in HDR. So no real experience there.

I dont think I have ever seen anything consumer that was explicitly 10bit mastered. And I dont expect it, given the size of target pool.

[ecologist]

@greatnull

You can test it out for yourself. Get yourself something mastered to 10bit colour depth ( cough torrent 1080p hevc 10bit section cough) and play it in 8bit colour space, then in 10 bit colour space.

If you don’t see meaningful difference on your monitor, then don’t sweat it.

I found these samples at Kodi. I can’t tell the difference here.

@greatnull

HDR support itself as indicator is maybe. ITS requires larger colouspace due to expanded gamma, but its not the same as 10bit mastering.
Additionally even in-game HDR support can be half assed, but despite having true HDR capable monitor, I dotn play games in HDR. So no real experience there.

I dont think I have ever seen anything consumer that was explicitly 10bit mastered. And I dont expect it, given the size of target pool.

While searching I found one game (Alien Isolation) that claimed 10bit mastering.
but some people on reddit say 10bit makes a difference in terms of color gamut in some games.