I have a BenQ EL2870U HDR monitor using a Display Port cable on an RTX 2060. Whenever I switch HDR on in Windows 10, very often, the screen will freeze up, turn black and turn back on, causing games, videos and the like to crash or appear white-screen (videos—video players, youtube etc.) I thought games would automatically detect if you have an HDR-compatible monitor connected and would allow you to turn it on in game without needing to turn on "Windows HD Color", but that is not the case as I need to have Windows HD color turned on to even use HDR in anything on the PC.
I have no idea what these random crashes are. I've already tried uninstalling, reinstalling numerous display drivers for NVIDIA (including Game and Studio drivers) same results—HDR crashes. I'm currently running Game Ready Driver (451.67, recent version up to date). Yet HDR still randomly display crashes. And the more it happens the more games and other content refuse to start and just crash.
Thing about having HDR on with this monitor, is, with it off (revert to SDR), the sharpness is messed up and works improperly.
Any help figuring out this problem would be appreciated.
tl;dr
HDR on Windows 10 (Windows HD Color) causes display crashes
I have no idea what these random crashes are. I've already tried uninstalling, reinstalling numerous display drivers for NVIDIA (including Game and Studio drivers) same results—HDR crashes. I'm currently running Game Ready Driver (451.67, recent version up to date). Yet HDR still randomly display crashes. And the more it happens the more games and other content refuse to start and just crash.
Thing about having HDR on with this monitor, is, with it off (revert to SDR), the sharpness is messed up and works improperly.
Any help figuring out this problem would be appreciated.
tl;dr
HDR on Windows 10 (Windows HD Color) causes display crashes
Code:
Windows 10 (2004 build)
256 SSD
16 GB RAM
RTX 2060
NVIDIA Game Ready Driver 451.67
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