Game video studders with HDR enabled, Windows 10

[Dethen]

So after purchasing a G-Synch compatible HDR monitor, and enabling HDR in Windows 10, the game would have extremely noticeable and constant video stuttering. This issue only seemed to be a problem in Windowed or Borderless Windowed modes. Full Screen had no problems. I don't like using Full Screen though. I could not find information online or in the forums about a fix, so I figured I'd post here.

Long story short, all the issues were resolved when I didn't specify an FPS in the graphics settings. Change this to None. I will also include my other graphics settings incase those have something to do with it that may help.





Rough system specs:
Intel i7 10th gen
EVGA 2080ti
32gb ram
etc

Have fun.

[Casti_EL]

If I recall, G-Sync/Freesync acts like a variable refresh rate so would sorta make sense that having a fixed refresh rate may cause issues, whereas not specifying one would allow it to work as intended.

Nice catch and thanks for posting for anyone else having similar issues.

[Dethen]

Yeah, in my testing the lower I set the refresh, the more stuttering and video lag would occur. For example, it was a total slideshow at 60fps. Unplayable.

I had thought that I would want to make sure the game ran at the 240Hz the monitor could support, so I chose that in settings. I think this just conflicts with how G-Sync wants to handle everything.