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Another one of Linus' gems. Where he tells half the story and lets his forum explain the rest.

 

What are you going to use the ICC profile for? The problem is that calibrated profiles only really suit that particular screen. Yours could have colordrift in a completely different direction, and loading the ICC profile will only make things worse. Or mess with the gamma control.

 

Secondly, videogames or other fullscreen applications load their own profiles and gammacontrol (to create darker scenes for example, when entering a tunnel). And the default profile with color correction gets overruled once you launch a game. 

 

It's a mess. Either get the hardware and calibrate the monitor on a hardware level or don't bother.

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Another one of Linus' gems. Where he tells half the story and lets his forum explain the rest.

 

What are you going to use the ICC profile for? The problem is that calibrated profiles only really suit that particular screen. Yours could have colordrift in a completely different direction, and loading the ICC profile will only make things worse. Or mess with the gamma control.

 

Secondly, videogames or other fullscreen applications load their own profiles and gammacontrol (to create darker scenes for example, when entering a tunnel). And the default profile with color correction gets overruled once you launch a game. 

 

It's a mess. Either get the hardware and calibrate the monitor on a hardware level or don't bother.

Pascal Undervolting topic, get more out of your card with less power!

Why high refreshrate monitors look better even without Freesync/G-sync in one image.
Stutters, framedrops, "lag". How to provide detailed information with your "bottleneck" question, as well as a few solutions.

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2 minutes ago, Majestic said:

Another one of Linus' gems. Where he tells half the story and lets his forum explain the rest.

 

What are you going to use the ICC profile for? The problem is that calibrated profiles only really suit that particular screen. Yours could have colordrift in a completely different direction, and loading the ICC profile will only make things worse. Or mess with the gamma control.

 

Secondly, videogames or other fullscreen applications load their own profiles and gammacontrol (to create darker scenes for example, when entering a tunnel). And the default profile with color correction gets overruled once you launch a game. 

 

It's a mess. Either get the hardware and calibrate the monitor on a hardware level or don't bother.

I'll just not bother then haha thanks anyway

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5 minutes ago, Puhtutz said:

I've got a Dell U2415 or something. Set it to "gaming" and forgot all about it.

I don't like the dynamic contrast at all. I have my 2515 set to complete default.

Pascal Undervolting topic, get more out of your card with less power!

Why high refreshrate monitors look better even without Freesync/G-sync in one image.
Stutters, framedrops, "lag". How to provide detailed information with your "bottleneck" question, as well as a few solutions.

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