GSYNC / RTX HDR doesn't work unless display fusion is closed or hidden (in the compatibility triggers) for games

by off do you mean is it lower compared to if display fusion is disabled?

I have the gsync indicator that'll show when it's active (green in the top right corner) and it doesn't show up unless displayfusion is disabled

for RTX HDR it's pretty obvious since the brightness and contrast are much greater when it's on versus just the standard SDR

No I do not have monitor fading

One thing I didn't mention is I am using 3 monitors, 2 gsync compatible with 1 gsync ultimate, main one at 175hz and other 2 at 165hz with a displayfusion taskbar on each of the non-main ones

Could this affect it in any way?

I found out just now that even if display fusion is disabled but I ENABLE windows multi-taskbar (show taskbar on all displays), it does the same thing in not enabling gsync and rtx hdr. What could be the issue?

As a holder-on of the old Nvidia Control Panel app, I don't have their indicator... but if I turn on the VRR overlay of my main screen, it says GSYNC when it should and FIXED when I manually turn it off. My second screen is a "business" 60Hz screen with no gaming features but has the DisplayFusion taskbar on. I hear that the newer Nvidia app would not allow me to try RTX HDR with this mix of monitors, so I have no idea about that.