It's not that rare now for new game to have HDR option, but as for Windows auto HDR I have it on but can't say I've noticed games look blurry because of it.
What monitor do you have?

I have the Asus PG27AQDM

Have you downloaded the hdr calibration tool from windows store?

Yes. I'm assuming if I leave HDR off in Windows and let the games engine turn it on those profiles wouldn't turn active anyway. If they do it doesn't show under the advanced tab

引用自 K1NGER1988：

I've searched up and down on the interent trying to find out why it looks so different. When enabled through Windows every game is blurry. The rare games like Far Cry 5 or Black Ops 6 that enable HDR on their own look amazing. Does anybody know what the difference is?

Windows is basically converting SDR content into HDR automatically, without knowing how each game is supposed to look. That's why many games look blurry when HDR is enabled through Windows. Meanwhile, when a game has native HDR support (like Far Cry 5 or Black Ops 6), The game is rendered directly. It will calculate lighting, highlights, shadows, and exposure in HDR from the start

hdr is a fix for a problem that should not exist in the first place

if you cant see brights next to darks the displays contrast/brightness are not set correctly to begin with

all hdr really does is cap the min/max values sent to the display

引用自 ArielNugie：

引用自 K1NGER1988：

I've searched up and down on the interent trying to find out why it looks so different. When enabled through Windows every game is blurry. The rare games like Far Cry 5 or Black Ops 6 that enable HDR on their own look amazing. Does anybody know what the difference is?

Windows is basically converting SDR content into HDR automatically, without knowing how each game is supposed to look. That's why many games look blurry when HDR is enabled through Windows. Meanwhile, when a game has native HDR support (like Far Cry 5 or Black Ops 6), The game is rendered directly. It will calculate lighting, highlights, shadows, and exposure in HDR from the start

Ahh this makes sense. Thank you for the such detailed response

I find standard definition better with rgb 10bit color. With full range

引用自 Numlock587：

I find standard definition better with rgb 10bit color. With full range

10 bit SDR only works if the software knows to use it.

引用自 ArielNugie：

引用自 K1NGER1988：

I've searched up and down on the interent trying to find out why it looks so different. When enabled through Windows every game is blurry. The rare games like Far Cry 5 or Black Ops 6 that enable HDR on their own look amazing. Does anybody know what the difference is?

Windows is basically converting SDR content into HDR automatically, without knowing how each game is supposed to look. That's why many games look blurry when HDR is enabled through Windows. Meanwhile, when a game has native HDR support (like Far Cry 5 or Black Ops 6), The game is rendered directly. It will calculate lighting, highlights, shadows, and exposure in HDR from the start

Is there a list of games that have native support like that?