Have two same monitors, they dont match colour

[Desolate Eden]

I have 2 msi optix mag272cqr monitors. I bought one about 2 years ago, got this 2nd one about a week back, I tried to sync the colours and brightness but it just doesnt seem to match. I dont get it. The settings are exactly the same, both in my nvidia software as well as using the button on the monitor to manually adjust all the sliders and yet, the new one is more vibrant and brighter and the old one seems more washed out or not as powerful

[_I_]

check the monitors osd menus and set them the same

then check gpu control panel for color settings

if they are still different, the backlight may be going bad on one of the displays

[Desolate Eden]

Messaggio originale di _I_:

check the monitors osd menus and set them the same

then check gpu control panel for color settings

They are the same, both on the osd settings and on my nvidia software too, no matter what I do, they wont match, even went to colour management settings in windows and it's the same.

Might just be the backlight yeah

[_I_]

go through all the monitors osd menus
one may be set to scenery or something while ht other is on game or photo
along with white balance and blue light filtering

[h_LordEC[no-VC]]

Appears to have a VA panel, so there can also be differences depending on your viewing angle.
https://www.displayninja.com/what-is-va-glow-gamma-shift-and-black-crush/

[Illusion of Progress]

In addition to the above two reasons given (age/back-lighting difference, and viewing angle differences), do consider that sometimes two of the same display won't always be exact, even at the same settings. There is some variance between them and I've seen of others not get lucky with the lottery so to speak an mention that they have multiple displays that look different too (even when new).

[Desolate Eden]

Thanks guys for all the information. I had no idea that same monitors might not have the same display accuracy side by side, didn't know there was a 'lottery' aspect to it. I also noticed in the OSD my current monitor is on version 1.5 and the new one is on 1.8. Not sure if that makes a difference though, appreciate it anyway

[r.linder]

Either wear and tear, or MSI quietly changed specifications.

[_I_]

it could be the same model display having different panel mfgs
ran into that with a few tvs of the same model different year

[Illusion of Progress]

Messaggio originale di Desolate Eden:

Thanks guys for all the information. I had no idea that same monitors might not have the same display accuracy side by side, didn't know there was a 'lottery' aspect to it. I also noticed in the OSD my current monitor is on version 1.5 and the new one is on 1.8. Not sure if that makes a difference though, appreciate it anyway

Well, consider things like IPS glow which certainly has some level of variance to it. Then you have different revisions which, while not often the case, can sometimes be the case.

For example, My U2410 is an A00 revision, which was known for a few issues. One is tinting towards certain colors (Red/Pink-ish) on most of the profiles, so it basically leaves sRGB, Adobe RGB, and Custom as the only real "usable" ones. Another issue is darker colors dither despite it being a wide gamut display (this was fixed in higher revisions) but it only effects sRGB mode (which is the mode you'd most likely want to use if you're not using it for color accuracy work).

The different revisions, or just plain some variance/"the lottery" could effect things yes.

But you should, given two identical panels of the same age (at least when new), get close enough image production that they won't stand apart as wildly different unless you just plain get bad luck. If one of yours looks dimmer and washed out and it's the older one, I'd say the back light being more aged is a good likelihood as to most/all of the difference. You can try and raise the brightness and/or contrast (and maybe some other settings as needed) of that display to compensate but it probably won't get them exact, but it should be closer.