nVidia "Limited" Dynamic Range

[hishutup]

So, I don't know if people know this but I sure didn't, but nVidia cards are apparently defaulted to "Limited" dynamic range instead of "Full" for some reason.

This normally isnt a huge issue for the day-to-day user but there were several games that I just couldn't see in or were bleached out and for the longest time I thought my screen was complete s*** but it was actually because it wasn't displaying all the colors.

 

This makes a huge difference, even on my desktop.

 

To change it, open NVIDIA Control Panel

Go to "Video" -> "Adjust video color settings" 

Select "With the NVIDIA settings"

Go to "Advanced"

Select "Full (0-255)"

 

 

And now all the ENBs look fantastic :D

[Neovalen]

Interesting find, will check out my machine. :)

[TechAngel85]

Thought this was just a thing for HDMI. I'm using DVI. I'll have to look when I get home.

[Neovalen]

Thought this was just a thing for HDMI. I'm using DVI. I'll have to look when I get home.

That's what I find in my reading too... I use DVI also, not HDMI.

[hishutup]

Thats what I thought, but when I purchased the 980ti, I had DVI, I then switched to a DVI/HDMI cable so that I can use the PS4 on my monitor and then I switched back to DVI/DVI because I couldnt get my monitor accurately calibrated.

[TechAngel85]

At default, mine is set to "With the video player settings" option.

[hishutup]

At default, mine is set to "With the video player settings" option.

I believe that is limited because that is what mine was set on.

Follow what I wrote in OP and tell me if you see a difference.

[TechAngel85]

I believe that is limited because that is what mine was set on.

Follow what I wrote in OP and tell me if you see a difference.

I did. No difference in the few tests I did. I opened up several images and programs and never seen a difference. Haven't tried a game yet. I'll be installing an ENB soon to test this.

[TechAngel85]

I did a test with it on some 1080p movies and the difference is quite noticeable. The colors are deeper and richer and the contrast is better. ...and here I thought my IPS monitor could look better! I also opened up Skyrim and it seems to be better their as well. I reinstalled ELEP on default settings and this is usually what I play with so it's more or less vanilla with some of the enhanced ENB effects.

 

Looks like this is something that needs to be done on all systems. I'll await a few more results and then add it to the Guide for the next release.

[hishutup]

I did a test with it on some 1080p movies and the difference is quite noticeable. The colors are deeper and richer and the contrast is better. ...and here I thought my IPS monitor could look better! I also opened up Skyrim and it seems to be better their as well. I reinstalled ELEP on default settings and this is usually what I play with so it's more or less vanilla with some of the enhanced ENB effects.

 

Looks like this is something that needs to be done on all systems. I'll await a few more results and then add it to the Guide for the next release.

:D

I recommend this as it is a really easy site to visually cal a display.

[TechAngel85]

That's the same site I usually use. ::

[Nebulous112]

My MSI laptop came with this "MSI True Color" software that apprently sets the display to true sRGB values. Time to test it out...

[Darth_mathias]

thanks Hishtup never noticed that probably cos i use DVI-D

[Fantomax]

Well, my control panel crashes instantly... Jeez...

[Hackfield]

I found it a while ago, and I had to calibrate my display all over again.

The worst thing: it keeps resetting to its default "limited range" each time you update the display drivers.