Whats HDR

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Ok this is terrible - Im a gameing fan and i dont know what HDR is in PC games...all i know is it stands for High Dynamic Range, its a performance killer, and games are better graphics with it enabled.

But what exactley does it do ?
 
Heres what it looks like in HL2.
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To see the difference in oblivion.
Oblivion Hardware Performance Guide - Features at GameSpot
 
Basics: it makes the light brighter than the monitor can go, and the darks darker, and when coupled with dynamic lighting, it acts like your eyes would going from a dark place to light and vice versa.
 
screenshots ive done of Farcry with HDR on

Looks amazing and detailed and this is on a 3 year old game.
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