I have a Geforce titan tx, windows 7, and a VG278h.
In standard default mode, the monitor is obvious way too bright. This is confirmed by the test in "calibrate display color", and I have turn my gamma pretty much as low as the slider goes.
Does everyone else have this problem? OR did I get a bad monitor?
I am asking because I finally found a borderless-windowed mode yet full screen program that works (because windows resets gamma when games launch in fullscreen) but unfortunately 3d vision doesn't work in windowed mode, and specifially Final Fantasy 13 is obviously washed out still in 3d mode.
I have a Geforce titan tx, windows 7, and a VG278h.
In standard default mode, the monitor is obvious way too bright. This is confirmed by the test in "calibrate display color", and I have turn my gamma pretty much as low as the slider goes.
Does everyone else have this problem? OR did I get a bad monitor?
I am asking because I finally found a borderless-windowed mode yet full screen program that works (because windows resets gamma when games launch in fullscreen) but unfortunately 3d vision doesn't work in windowed mode, and specifially Final Fantasy 13 is obviously washed out still in 3d mode.
Over at AVS forums I've seen f.lux mentioned a few times, though I never tried it.
Software like Samsung's Magic Tune were great back in the day, but Windows changed some things around and it no longer works on my syncmaster in W7.
On my VG278HE I used to use Nvidia's controls for brightness and gamma.
I know there are some full featured paid versions that allow hotkeys, which would be very handy.
But, I've been using QuickGamma for awhile now, it's alright for free. It allows me to bump down the gamma while surfing and stuff. Too often, I forget to crank it back up before launching a game though, so a hot key would be nice.
Over at AVS forums I've seen f.lux mentioned a few times, though I never tried it.
Software like Samsung's Magic Tune were great back in the day, but Windows changed some things around and it no longer works on my syncmaster in W7.
On my VG278HE I used to use Nvidia's controls for brightness and gamma.
I know there are some full featured paid versions that allow hotkeys, which would be very handy.
But, I've been using QuickGamma for awhile now, it's alright for free. It allows me to bump down the gamma while surfing and stuff. Too often, I forget to crank it back up before launching a game though, so a hot key would be nice.
I have a VG278HE and haven't had any trouble with brightness. I have had monitors in the past which required me to use the Nvidia control panel adjustments, but I haven't with this monitor. I simply use the Windows 7 calibration program and it seems to work fine.
I have a VG278HE and haven't had any trouble with brightness. I have had monitors in the past which required me to use the Nvidia control panel adjustments, but I haven't with this monitor. I simply use the Windows 7 calibration program and it seems to work fine.
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I calibrated it in Windows 7 but that doesn't carry over to full screen games, it resets.
The monitor's osd brightness control isn't a legit brightness setting, it just controls the backlight. If you were to look at a reference image with bars/boxes that are supposed to disappear/reappear depending on the monitors brightness setting, none of them would do so from max-min brightness setting, theyd just all get darker or lighter, but remain as they are.
I'm just trying to figure out if itd be worth it to get a new monitor with accurate brightness/gamma out of the box. Because thatys the only thing thatd really fix this issie. Im looking at the ph278q, not sure if thats much better though.
I calibrated it in Windows 7 but that doesn't carry over to full screen games, it resets.
The monitor's osd brightness control isn't a legit brightness setting, it just controls the backlight. If you were to look at a reference image with bars/boxes that are supposed to disappear/reappear depending on the monitors brightness setting, none of them would do so from max-min brightness setting, theyd just all get darker or lighter, but remain as they are.
I'm just trying to figure out if itd be worth it to get a new monitor with accurate brightness/gamma out of the box. Because thatys the only thing thatd really fix this issie. Im looking at the ph278q, not sure if thats much better though.
[quote="igyb5"]I calibrated it in Windows 7 but that doesn't carry over to full screen games, it resets.
The monitor's osd brightness control isn't a legit brightness setting, it just controls the backlight. If you were to look at a reference image with bars/boxes that are supposed to disappear/reappear depending on the monitors brightness setting, none of them would do so from max-min brightness setting, theyd just all get darker or lighter, but remain as they are.
I'm just trying to figure out if itd be worth it to get a new monitor with accurate brightness/gamma out of the box. Because thatys the only thing thatd really fix this issie. Im looking at the ph278q, not sure if thats much better though. [/quote]
Have you tried the color settings in the NVidia control panel itself? "Adjust desktop color settings"
I don't have that specific monitor, but changes I make there are respected in-game because the driver is the one doing the changes. It lets you tweak the brightness/contrast/gamma pretty well.
My VG248 has the same problem of being wildly too bright, and I use these settings to bring sanity to the display.
Also of note, out of the box, all monitors are badly calibrated. As far as I know only Apple takes the time to actually calibrate monitors before shipping.
If you really want the optimal image you'll want to use an external colorimeter, although I'm not sure if those settings carry over to games.
igyb5 said:I calibrated it in Windows 7 but that doesn't carry over to full screen games, it resets.
The monitor's osd brightness control isn't a legit brightness setting, it just controls the backlight. If you were to look at a reference image with bars/boxes that are supposed to disappear/reappear depending on the monitors brightness setting, none of them would do so from max-min brightness setting, theyd just all get darker or lighter, but remain as they are.
I'm just trying to figure out if itd be worth it to get a new monitor with accurate brightness/gamma out of the box. Because thatys the only thing thatd really fix this issie. Im looking at the ph278q, not sure if thats much better though.
Have you tried the color settings in the NVidia control panel itself? "Adjust desktop color settings"
I don't have that specific monitor, but changes I make there are respected in-game because the driver is the one doing the changes. It lets you tweak the brightness/contrast/gamma pretty well.
My VG248 has the same problem of being wildly too bright, and I use these settings to bring sanity to the display.
Also of note, out of the box, all monitors are badly calibrated. As far as I know only Apple takes the time to actually calibrate monitors before shipping.
If you really want the optimal image you'll want to use an external colorimeter, although I'm not sure if those settings carry over to games.
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I have tried those settings, they get ignored in certain games as well. Certain games force windows gamma to default and don't have adequate settings to cancel it out. Final fantasy 13, resident evil remaster are two off the top of my head, but there are others.
No matter what i change in windows or the nvidia control panel, it has zero effect on the ingame brightness of certain games.
Does an external colorimeter change the monitors brightness and settings directly from within the monitor itself? if so that should definitely do it.
I have tried those settings, they get ignored in certain games as well. Certain games force windows gamma to default and don't have adequate settings to cancel it out. Final fantasy 13, resident evil remaster are two off the top of my head, but there are others.
No matter what i change in windows or the nvidia control panel, it has zero effect on the ingame brightness of certain games.
Does an external colorimeter change the monitors brightness and settings directly from within the monitor itself? if so that should definitely do it.
[quote="igyb5"]Does an external colorimeter change the monitors brightness and settings directly from within the monitor itself?[/quote] I'm not sure, but I don't think so. I believe they provide a guide as to how you need to adjust the monitor, but I don't think they do it for you.
Yes, especially the cheap colorimeters will ask you to use the OSD for the monitor to tweak the settings for optimal. But you can get 85% of that using the built-in Windows tuneup. If the VG278 does not have a complete OSD that wouldn't work.
More expensive colorimeters will create a color profile for Windows itself, which is applied for all normal apps. If the NVidia settings are skipped, I'd be surprised if the color profiles weren't skipped too.
Yes, especially the cheap colorimeters will ask you to use the OSD for the monitor to tweak the settings for optimal. But you can get 85% of that using the built-in Windows tuneup. If the VG278 does not have a complete OSD that wouldn't work.
More expensive colorimeters will create a color profile for Windows itself, which is applied for all normal apps. If the NVidia settings are skipped, I'd be surprised if the color profiles weren't skipped too.
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In standard default mode, the monitor is obvious way too bright. This is confirmed by the test in "calibrate display color", and I have turn my gamma pretty much as low as the slider goes.
Does everyone else have this problem? OR did I get a bad monitor?
I am asking because I finally found a borderless-windowed mode yet full screen program that works (because windows resets gamma when games launch in fullscreen) but unfortunately 3d vision doesn't work in windowed mode, and specifially Final Fantasy 13 is obviously washed out still in 3d mode.
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Software like Samsung's Magic Tune were great back in the day, but Windows changed some things around and it no longer works on my syncmaster in W7.
On my VG278HE I used to use Nvidia's controls for brightness and gamma.
I know there are some full featured paid versions that allow hotkeys, which would be very handy.
But, I've been using QuickGamma for awhile now, it's alright for free. It allows me to bump down the gamma while surfing and stuff. Too often, I forget to crank it back up before launching a game though, so a hot key would be nice.
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|Monitors: Asus 3D VG278HE; Asus 3D VG236H; Samsung 3D 51" Plasma;
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The monitor's osd brightness control isn't a legit brightness setting, it just controls the backlight. If you were to look at a reference image with bars/boxes that are supposed to disappear/reappear depending on the monitors brightness setting, none of them would do so from max-min brightness setting, theyd just all get darker or lighter, but remain as they are.
I'm just trying to figure out if itd be worth it to get a new monitor with accurate brightness/gamma out of the box. Because thatys the only thing thatd really fix this issie. Im looking at the ph278q, not sure if thats much better though.
Have you tried the color settings in the NVidia control panel itself? "Adjust desktop color settings"
I don't have that specific monitor, but changes I make there are respected in-game because the driver is the one doing the changes. It lets you tweak the brightness/contrast/gamma pretty well.
My VG248 has the same problem of being wildly too bright, and I use these settings to bring sanity to the display.
Also of note, out of the box, all monitors are badly calibrated. As far as I know only Apple takes the time to actually calibrate monitors before shipping.
If you really want the optimal image you'll want to use an external colorimeter, although I'm not sure if those settings carry over to games.
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No matter what i change in windows or the nvidia control panel, it has zero effect on the ingame brightness of certain games.
Does an external colorimeter change the monitors brightness and settings directly from within the monitor itself? if so that should definitely do it.
More expensive colorimeters will create a color profile for Windows itself, which is applied for all normal apps. If the NVidia settings are skipped, I'd be surprised if the color profiles weren't skipped too.
Acer H5360 (1280x720@120Hz) - ASUS VG248QE with GSync mod - 3D Vision 1&2 - Driver 372.54
GTX 970 - i5-4670K@4.2GHz - 12GB RAM - Win7x64+evilKB2670838 - 4 Disk X25 RAID
SAGER NP9870-S - GTX 980 - i7-6700K - Win10 Pro 1607
Latest 3Dmigoto Release
Bo3b's School for ShaderHackers