Colour banding

[elusivehedgehog]

I just "upgraded" to an LG 24GL600F for 144hz and FreeSync and I'm noticing terrible colour banding everywhere. Every single pattern I make using this: https://www.css-gradient.com/ shows banding, looking up at the sky in games shows banding, and Youtube and other videos show banding. I know videos aren't best example because of compression, but the monitor does seem to be making things worse than it already would be. I've played around with every setting my monitor has and Windows and NVIDIA colour settings with no change.

I've used an eye dropper tool to analyse the RGB values of these images, and there does seem to be small changes in values that the actual screen output doesn't reflect. I know I've bought a lower priced monitor, but I thought being able to show colours would be a basic function of a monitor in 2020, and in trying to Google the problem I've seen plenty of results from people complaining about the same thing on higher priced monitors with IPS panels. What exactly is the problem here and what should I be looking for to avoid it in the future?

[GoodBytes]

1. Please use DisplayPort. 
2. Make sure that under the Nvidia Control Panel, you colors range is set to "Full (0-255)" and not "Limited".

 

[elusivehedgehog]

2 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

1. Please use DisplayPort. 
2. Make sure that under the Nvidia Control Panel, you colors range is set to "Full (0-255)" and not "Limited".

 

Sorry, already connected via DisplayPort I should have said - and range is also set to full.

[GoodBytes]

18 minutes ago, elusivehedgehog said:

Sorry, already connected via DisplayPort I should have said - and range is also set to full.

You are then probably using a software to adjust colors, such as F.lux, or Windows Night Mode or using your Nvidia Control Panel.

Disable/Uninstall such software/option

 

 

[elusivehedgehog]

1 hour ago, GoodBytes said:

You are then probably using a software to adjust colors, such as F.lux, or Windows Night Mode or using your Nvidia Control Panel.

Disable/Uninstall such software/option

 

 

Not using anything like that, and I've played around with all of the settings in the Nvidia Control Panel. I'd like this to be a software issue that I could fix but right now it seems like it's a limitation of the monitor itself.