What do you do when new monitor looks washed out?

[Nejco]

Example are dark areas. They are just too dark. Tryed setting contrast, brightness, auto mode, win calibration, control panel colour settings, nothing works. Still looked weird and worse then previous cheaper monitor.
Example how dark areas dont look ok, but others do: https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=3430C7ED5FCBD21F!193867&authkey=!ACtivmZI0HBZItI&v=3&ithint=photo%2cjpg

IGNORE COLORS! THEY LOOK FINE! MY PHONE CAMERA MADE IT LOOK BAD.


I have 27 inch samsung s27D390

[Moe]

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Example are dark areas. They are just too dark. Tryed setting contrast, brightness, auto mode, win calibration, control panel colour settings, nothing works. Still looked weird and worse then previous cheaper monitor.

I have 27 inch samsung s27D390

GPU? also are you using HDMI?

[Nejco]

460 from gigabyte. do oyu think vga is causing this ♥♥♥♥? i used stock cable they gave me, and adapter to dvi to connect to GPU. cant believe you can buy monitor without DVI in 2015. and this graphics doesnt have ♥♥♥♥♥♥ hdmi so for now im screwed if VGA makes this ♥♥♥♥

[Moe]

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460 from gigabyte. do oyu think vga is causing this ♥♥♥♥? i used stock cable they gave me, and adapter to dvi to connect to GPU. cant believe you can buy monitor without DVI in 2015. and this graphics doesnt have ♥♥♥♥♥♥ hdmi so for now im screwed if VGA makes this ♥♥♥♥

can you go into Nvidia settings and confirm its using RGB Full, and not set to Limited mode.


Limited (16-235)
Full (0-255)

[Nejco]

under waht category is this written?

[Moe]

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under waht category is this written?

should be under resolutions tab. Display -> Change resolution?

try these steps

1. Go to "Nvidia control panel"
2. Under "VIDEO" go to "Adjust Video Color Settings"
3. Under Point 2 select "With the NVIDIA settings"
4. Go to "Advanced" and look for "Dynamic Range" where you can change it between "Limited" (16-235) and Full (0-255)
try these also "Dynamic contrast enhancement" and "Color enhancement" you can fiddle with.

[Nejco]

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Nejc eredeti hozzászólása:

under waht category is this written?

should be under resolutions tab. Display -> Change resolution?

where? am i blind? https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=3430C7ED5FCBD21F!193868&authkey=!AK110OBDL0ASX7M&v=3&ithint=photo%2cpng

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Nejc eredeti hozzászólása:

under waht category is this written?

try these steps

1. Go to "Nvidia control panel"
2. Under "VIDEO" go to "Adjust Video Color Settings"
3. Under Point 2 select "With the NVIDIA settings"
4. Go to "Advanced" and to your eyes will show tab called "Dynamic Range" where you can change it
between "Limited" (16-235) and Full (0-255)
I also ticked two other options below "Dynamic contrast enhancement" and "Color enhancement"

these settings dont seem do change much. also i noticed if i tweak contrast on monitor it barely changes what is rather weird

[Moe]

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Moe Szyslak eredeti hozzászólása:

should be under resolutions tab. Display -> Change resolution?

where? am i blind? https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=3430C7ED5FCBD21F!193868&authkey=!AK110OBDL0ASX7M&v=3&ithint=photo%2cpng

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try these steps

1. Go to "Nvidia control panel"
2. Under "VIDEO" go to "Adjust Video Color Settings"
3. Under Point 2 select "With the NVIDIA settings"
4. Go to "Advanced" and to your eyes will show tab called "Dynamic Range" where you can change it
between "Limited" (16-235) and Full (0-255)
I also ticked two other options below "Dynamic contrast enhancement" and "Color enhancement"

these settings dont seem do change much. also i noticed if i tweak contrast on monitor it barely changes what is rather weird

Can you take a screenshot of what you're trying to explain as in "Too dark"
also are you sure you've checked ALL of your monitors settings? i too use a samsung and there is options for "HDMI Black Levels" there is also another setting called "Black Tone" << can be switched from normal, dark, darker, darkest. there is also "Dynamic Contrast" all of these can effect black levels.

[Nejco]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=579737051&tscn=1450728602
look right from player and his weapon. it's way too dark. it's barely visible. and i know how it looks cuz i've played this many times b4 i got this monitor today. on yours it will look as expected, on mine it looks 2dark

[Moe]

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http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=579737051&tscn=1450728602
look right from player and his weapon. it's way too dark. it's barely visible. and i know how it looks cuz i've played this many times b4 i got this monitor today. on yours it will look as expected, on mine it looks 2dark

theres got to be a setting you're missing with your monitor itself. when i first got mine i too had to adjust it for the proper black levels / contrast.

[Nejco]

maybe it wont show because i have ♥♥♥♥♥♥ vga conntor?

[Moe]

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maybe it wont show because i have ♥♥♥♥♥♥ vga conntor?

LOL. you're using VGA? you need HDMI or display port.

[Nejco]

as i said ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ graphics i have doesnt have hdmi. i have this one until next year cuz old one died

[Moe]

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as i said ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ graphics i have doesnt have hdmi. i have this one until next year cuz old one died

Using a VGA cable is not good for this high a resolution. You should use a DVI or HDMI, DisplayPort cable (a digital connection). You are using an analog connection with the standard VGA cable, even with a DVI adapter. Not optimal and can cause some of your color issues.

what about DVI? does your GPU / Monitor support DVI?

[Moe]

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as i said ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ graphics i have doesnt have hdmi. i have this one until next year cuz old one died

your gpu should have DVI connectors. that should work fine aslong as your monitor has support for DVI.

[Nejco]

monitor doesnt support dvi but has hdmi. gpu has only mini hdmi and dvi. but i dont have hdmi to mini connector