MSI is rolling out its homebrewed “EOTF Boost” mode to extra of its outgoing QD-OLED gaming screens this month, in keeping with WCCFTech. The characteristic helps enhance the brightness of MSI’s QD-OLED screens and can be arriving by means of firmware updates.
EOTF Boost is already supported on a number of MSI fashions, together with the MAG 322UP E16, MAG 272QP X50, MAG 271QP X28, and MAG 272QPW X28. MSI didn’t make clear which screens or what number of screens can be getting the brand new proprietary HDR mode, however it’s potential that we might see MSI’s complete QD-OLED lineup obtain the replace.
We reached out to MSI for extra particulars, however our U.S. contacts did not have something to supply apart from to level us to a press launch the corporate shared to Reddit last month. Perhaps the corporate is soft-launching the characteristic in particular markets earlier than rolling it out globally.
EOTF Boost is a know-how MSI developed that improves HDR efficiency on its QD-OLED shows. EOTF Boost delivers larger brightness beneath the identical APL situations in comparison with HDR 1000. As Monitor’s Unboxed put it, the mode goals to ship the very best visible expertise from the official HDR Peak 1000 and HDR True Black 500 modes concurrently. EOTF Boost gives peak 1000 nit brightness whereas nearly completely neutralizing brightness dimming.
MSI’s new mode is designed to handle visible flaws present in a number of the aforementioned official HDR modes. The official Peak HDR 1000 mode is thought to have noticeable brightness dimming relying on the scene, which may influence the visible expertise of HDR in a detrimental approach. The official HDR True Black modes are far much less prone to this subject, however do not present the upper brightness performance of the Peak HDR modes.
EOTF Boost just isn’t an official mode endorsed by VESA, so do not count on this know-how to make its solution to different distributors. Still, we might see different distributors reminiscent of Asus and Gigabyte ship their very own interpretations of EOTF Boost sooner or later.
If you’ve one of many aforementioned supported MSI screens, you’ll be able to allow EOTF Boost in your monitor’s menu choices. But when you do not, count on the characteristic to pop up this month when MSI gives new firmware updates in your screens.