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xDylanio
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Hello there, today I was playing some casual minecraft. When I was looking at my fps and it was around 500. I was like, wow that's wierd. I usually get around 700+, so I decided to tweak some settings and boom 600 fps. Still didn't feel the same. All of a sudden the sun shined thru my blinds and it made the screen harder to see. So I put the brightness on the monitor to 100 and wow. Dramatic difference. I get 700+, but the thing is, the games feel different. Overall my whole pc feels, more, better.

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1 minute ago, xDylanio said:

Overall my whole pc feels, more, better.

solid 

 

Its probably all just coincidence unless you are going to do some scientific tests. 

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Just now, DrMacintosh said:

solid 

 

Its probably all just coincidence unless you are going to do some scientific tests. 

Yeah I don't know, what I was thinking was maybe the gpu was using more power to brighten the screen? and that made it better somehow :D

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1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

ts probably all just coincidence unless you are going to do some scientific tests. 

I agree. No way it can affect the game.

i5 6600k and GTX 1070 but I play 1600-900. 1440p BABY!

Still, don't put too much faith in my buying decisions. xD 

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Just now, xDylanio said:

Yeah I don't know, what I was thinking was maybe the gpu was using more power to brighten the screen? and that made it better somehow :D

No, screen brightness is independent of the GPU. If it were in game it would affect it tho.

i5 6600k and GTX 1070 but I play 1600-900. 1440p BABY!

Still, don't put too much faith in my buying decisions. xD 

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1 minute ago, YedZed said:

I agree. No way it can affect the game.

i did little "experiments", first I turned the brightness to 0 and i got around 500, turned it to 100 and 700+

 

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I'm just going to guess trolling, but no - screen brightness is on the monitor only, the GPU is unaware.

 

High screen brightness actually decreases the color accuracy of monitors (and the ability to correct it) so if you're running calibrated you'll drop down to 75% brightness or less.

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Just now, xDylanio said:

i did little "experiments", first I turned the brightness to 0 and i got around 500, turned it to 100 and 700+

 

Using buttons on the monitor or in game?

i5 6600k and GTX 1070 but I play 1600-900. 1440p BABY!

Still, don't put too much faith in my buying decisions. xD 

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Java is strange, dont question it.

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17 minutes ago, YedZed said:

Using buttons on the monitor or in game?

monitor

 

8 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

Java is strange, dont question it.

Will do :D

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