Gamma incorrect in Windows 10

Yes, I just did. I also used their recommended brightness, contrast, color settings as well. Not sure how they came up with a brightness setting of 9 as the recommended as that is pretty low. I was using 25 before and could still barely see in direct sunlight.

Also, NVIDIA's Reference Mode overrides any ICC profiles you use if I am not mistaken. Still tried it though.
 
Kain said:
Yes, I just did. I also used their recommended brightness, contrast, color settings as well. Not sure how they came up with a brightness setting of 9 as the recommended as that is pretty low. I was using 25 before and could still barely see in direct sunlight.
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Yeah, I dunno how they come up with those brightness settings sometimes :lol: but they are going strictly for most accurate color reproduction, not usability, if I'm not mistaken.

Also, NVIDIA's Reference Mode overrides any ICC profiles you use if I am not mistaken. Still tried it though.
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Yes, it should override any ICC profile and go to raw output. I should have said to try one, and then try the other, not try both at the same time; my bad.

I'm not sure man. Upgrade to Win11 and see if it changes, lol.
 
I can say I have zero color rendering issues on Win11 with a LG CX48 in SDR or HDR.
 
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I look screenshots of Discord on my PC and iPhone. The difference may not look like much but notice how I have selected the "Rules" category and how the small gray rectangle highlighting the "Rules" category name is brighter on PC. Also, the difference is a lot bigger in real life.

PC:

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iPhone:

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I confirmed with my Pixel 6, and my desktop screen that the difference in greys exists. Not just the light grey, but the dark one too.


I'm not certain they should be the same shade of colour.


Both screens display the various tests I linked above correctly.


For the Apex video you linked above, it feels like they have full dynamic range being outputted, and OBS or whatever also is not compensating for this. That video is definitely crushing black levels.
 
Thanks for the feedback.

That Apex video is how my game used to look like in real life while playing. Maybe it was wrong all along and some Windows and/or Apex update fixed it? But then even on my brother's PC, his lock screen picture (which he's had/used for a very long time) also has elevated/brighter grays which is causing banding. Pure blacks are still pure black though on both our PCs.
 
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Okay, I originally said in a previous post above with screenshots that the "Rules" category's small gray rectangle on my PC was a different shade to that of on my iPhone. But it seems that only happens when you click and select the category. If you just place your mouse on a category without selecting it, it is apparently the same shade as on my iPhone. See the following screenshot where I have the "Rules" category selected but my mouse hovering over the "off-topic" category:

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I may be just tripping balls here because of the difference in Apex. Maybe it was just a game update that changed that and now I am thinking everything in Windows is different as well.

Lastly, if I tap and hold a category name on my iPhone, it also turns light gray like the selected "rules" category on my PC.
 
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I think I'm going to stop worrying about this for now. :o

Will see if anyone else mentions/notices the Apex change (which I am not sure if it was because of a game update or Windows update).
 
There is a written guide with screenshots showing how to activate bots in the firing range. They specifically mention the cave is dark and recommend turning up the brightness so you can see better. They have provided screenshots as well where you can see how dark it is (you can barely see anything besides the cave's exit).

Inside the cave, you’ll spot a metal rafter (a hanging sheet or pole) near the ceiling. You can turn up the game’s brightness slightly to better differentiate it from the wall since the area is pretty dark.
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I wonder since to activate the bots in the firing range you have to use the cave, they just upped the brightness in that location or the overall game?

https://www.alphr.com/turn-bots-apex-legends/

Anyone, I'm going to stop worrying about this for now I guess.
 
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Yes there is banding in that screenshot. No it's not your monitor. You're obsessing. Stop it. :)
 
Banding is normal, though, especially on a screen like that where it's doing extremely minor gradient shifts.

I'm on an OLED and I see grey banding every now and then. No panel, not IPS, VA, OLED, AMOLED, etc, is going to be immune.
 
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