I can see pixels which I shoulnd't be able to see

[Slime123]

In the following picture, look at the bottom left and right corner. You can see those grey pixels. I am experiencing these things on youtube videos as well. I first thought it was a monitor issue but now it has to be my graphics card. What could be the issue/cause? This is HD btw 1080p. GPU: RX 480, CPU: ryzen 7 1800x, ram 16gb 3200mhz, ssd, mainboard: asus rog strix x370-f gaming

 

 

 

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

Do you mean the small grey spot on the left of the desk, right where the floor meets the wall?  And the one small pixel right next to the rigfht side of the desk? 

 

I downloaded the picture and had to zoom in to see those.  Not seeing anything anywhere near the corners though. 

 

[truemax]

I do see on the right, nothing on left

[Slime123]

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

Magnified 5x, pixels pointed out.

 

Left

 

 

 

 

Right

[Slime123]

3 minutes ago, Captain Chaos said:

Magnified 5x, pixels pointed out.

 

Left

 

 

 

 

Right

Do you not see the 2 big areas? 

 

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

Nope, those are all black to me

 

Well ... black ... my PC says the RGB codes are 12, 12, 12 for the left corner area and 14, 14, 14 for the right one.  I'd hardly call that grey.

[Slime123]

Just now, Captain Chaos said:

Nope, those are all black to me

 

Well ... black ... my PC says the RGB codes are 12, 12, 12 for the left corner area and 14, 14, 14 for the right one.  I'd hardly call that grey.

Is it a monitor issue then? I can clearly see grey areas, big grey areas

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

Must be, perhaps your balance is way off.  Hang on a sec ...

 

 

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It should be very difficult to read the text in the above pic.  If it clearly looks grey to you, either your brightness or your contrast is way too high.

[Slime123]

2 minutes ago, Captain Chaos said:

Must be, perhaps your balance is way off.  Hang on a sec ...

 

 

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It should be very difficult to read the text in the above pic.  If it looks grey to you, you have a serious issue

it is grey

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

It should be real close to black.  Lemme cook something else up real quick

 

 

Between those 2 lines should be an even transition from black to white.  Does it turn grey real fast?  There should not be any abrupt color change compared to the rest of the transition.

 

EDIT : do you think maybe you could grab your phone and take a picture of the dreamhack screenshot?  It's kinda hard to judge how messed up something is with only screenshots provided by the PC's own screenshotting tools.

[Snadzies]

I'm not seeing grey in the areas you circled either.

[Slime123]

I will try another gpu and we will what's the problem

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

The screenshot you provided in post 1 is what the GPU is sending to the display.  If we are seeing nothing wrong with that, it means your GPU is putting out the correct colors.  In that case it's probably the display (or the display cable) that is to blame rather than the GPU.  

But if you happen to have another GPU on hand, it never hurts to try that.

[ProfBrown]

I see the areas you are posting about calling grey and you are saying is a big area. Im pretty sure its both out monitor settings. They aren't set up right somewhere along the lines. The black isn't black essentially. Least that is what I am thinking/seeing on my end.

 

Edit: I could also be a stupid idiot and will be corrected if so lol.

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

10 minutes ago, ProfBrown said:

Edit: I could also be a stupid idiot and will be corrected if so lol.

Ooh, that is so tempting ...

 

You're right, they aren't black but rather a very very dark grey.  having large dark areas with the exact same color is normal in videos, very similar colors are encoded like that to save space/bandwidth.  Normally you won't notice it, but if the colors (or in this case greys) aren't displayed correctly you will. 

My guess is that the OP's display is simply struggling with the very dark shades of grey, causing them to show up a lot brighter than they should be.    

[ProfBrown]

 

Just now, Captain Chaos said:

Ooh, that is so tempting ...

 

You're right, they aren't black but rather a very very dark grey.  having large dark areas with the exact same color is normal in videos, it is encoded like that to save space/bandwidth.  Normally you won't notice it, but if the colors (or in this case greys) aren't displayed correctly you will. 

My guess is that the OP's display is simply struggling with the very dark shades of grey, causing them to show up a lot brighter than they should be.    

This is my thinking too lol. And on my screen, it only showed when I clicked on the initial image. I had also though that it might be like some back light bleed through, or the fact that since I know my display isn't an OLED monitor the blacks aren't as rich... But that seemed like a stretch lol

[Slime123]

 

Can you see the pixels in the black area? 

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

1 minute ago, ProfBrown said:

I had also though that it might be like some back light bleed through

hmm ... didn't even think about backlight bleed. 

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

1 minute ago, Slime123 said:

Can you see the pixels in the black area? 

Yup, those grey areas on the right are very obvious.  RGB codes for those are in the high 20s to low 30s, so 2.5-3 times as obvious as in the first pic.,

[ProfBrown]

1 minute ago, Captain Chaos said:

hmm ... didn't even think about backlight bleed. 

Newb thinking can help from time to time lol

[Slime123]

1 minute ago, Captain Chaos said:

Yup, those grey areas on the right are very obvious

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

Nope, the area you circled is nearly black. 

 

 

Do you have a smartphone or tablet nearby?  Open this page on that, see how different the pictures look compared to your PC screen.

[ChernobilChuck]

I didn't see anything on either of my monitors, i maxed the brightness and contrast on both and it's terrible. It seems to be monitor dependant, on one it appeared at around 50%brightness 50% contrast on the other it appeared at 100% brightness and 90% contrast and the second one is brighter at the same percentage. You could try lowering contrast.

 

PS: both my monitors have TN panels

[Slime123]

I don't know why it would be my monitor. My monitor is just displaying what the gpu sends. If it sends those clearly visible pixels, the monitor just displays it or?