CONTRAST RATIO 3000:1...??? and SH4

Tok · 08-30-07, 10:47 AM

I just bought a Samsung SyncMaster Monitor, it's a Analog/Digital 21.6" wide with a contrast of 3000:1. When it's night the moon and moon light looks really bad and the fog looks really strange as well. The sun looks good and everything else looks good. The moons light has really bad rings around it. I was wondering if it's the 3000:1 contrast. I put my old Samsung 19" with 700:1 contrast and the moon and moon light and fog looks ok again. Is there anybody else that has the 3000:1 contrast monitor with this problem...? FSx looks good with this monitor and my other games as well. Thanks for any info. My video card is a 7950 GT and the driver is 162.18 Motherboard Intel D975xBx2, CPU = intel 2 Duo 3.00 GHz.

WernerSobe · 08-30-07, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Tok

I just bought a Samsung SyncMaster Monitor, it's a Analog/Digital 21.6" wide with a contrast of 3000:1. When it's night the moon and moon light looks really bad and the fog looks really strange as well. The sun looks good and everything else looks good. The moons light has really bad rings around it. I was wondering if it's the 3000:1 contrast. I put my old Samsung 19" with 700:1 contrast and the moon and moon light and fog looks ok again. Is there anybody else that has the 3000:1 contrast monitor with this problem...? FSx looks good with this monitor and my other games as well. Thanks for any info. My video card is a 7950 GT and the driver is 162.18 Motherboard Intel D975xBx2, CPU = intel 2 Duo 3.00 GHz.

I have SyncMaster 204B. No problems here.

Try to disable light beams in game options. If that helps then youre just seeing what you couldnt see with 700:1 contrast, the crossover between light and dark appears sharpened and less smoth.

SteamWake · 08-30-07, 12:16 PM

Funny on my machine on a moonles night I cant see a damn thing

seafarer · 08-30-07, 01:02 PM

I have the Samsung 216BW, running via DVI connection off a GeForce 8500GT card. Since I'm not at home right now, I cannot recall exactly what I did, but I remember having to play with the monitor settings a bit to get it to look right for SHIV. I don't think I'm using one of the built-in calibrations - I remember playing with colour and brightness on a custom setting. Oh, and I did not install any of the Samsung colour sync software - didn't see the need to have it running in the background. Out of the box though, the monitor was not set up well - WAY too bright, contrast set too low - it takes some playing to get setup right.

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Acer - AMD Athlon 64x2 4800+ (2.5GHz version)
2GB RAM, 400GB SATA HDD
PNY GeForce 8500GT 512MB
Samsung 216BW
Vista Home Premium 32-bit

Tok · 08-30-07, 04:28 PM

Thanks for the replys. This is my Nvidia settings

Desktop Color Settings:

Brightness = 46%
Digital Vibrance = 17%
Contrast = 37%
Imaga Sharpening = 14%
Gamma = 4%

The Gamma is the big one for me, at 4 % in the Desktop Color Settings and also set low in SH4 the moon and fog look not to bad but still not as good as it did in my old monitor. I did uncheck the Light shaft so there is no moon light rays coming down to the water, that looked really bad with this monitor so far.

In Display Properties/Settings/Advanced/Color Management and under { Color Profiles Currently Associated with this Device is:

Sm223BW
SRGB Color Space Profile

I have tried both of these and it did not do any change that I could see. I also have uninstalled the color management program that came in a CD for this Monitor and still did not see any change for me. I am running the monitor in Analog not Digital right now but did not see any change as well.

Thanks for any help on this.

Lafferty · 08-30-07, 05:38 PM

wow i won't even post mine cuz they suck very badly.

08-30-07, 10:47 AM	#1
Tok Sailor man Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 44 Downloads: 309 Uploads: 0	CONTRAST RATIO 3000:1...??? and SH4 I just bought a Samsung SyncMaster Monitor, it's a Analog/Digital 21.6" wide with a contrast of 3000:1. When it's night the moon and moon light looks really bad and the fog looks really strange as well. The sun looks good and everything else looks good. The moons light has really bad rings around it. I was wondering if it's the 3000:1 contrast. I put my old Samsung 19" with 700:1 contrast and the moon and moon light and fog looks ok again. Is there anybody else that has the 3000:1 contrast monitor with this problem...? FSx looks good with this monitor and my other games as well. Thanks for any info. My video card is a 7950 GT and the driver is 162.18 Motherboard Intel D975xBx2, CPU = intel 2 Duo 3.00 GHz.

08-30-07, 12:16 PM	#3
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Funny on my machine on a moonles night I cant see a damn thing

08-30-07, 01:02 PM	#4
seafarer Commodore Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 622 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I have the Samsung 216BW, running via DVI connection off a GeForce 8500GT card. Since I'm not at home right now, I cannot recall exactly what I did, but I remember having to play with the monitor settings a bit to get it to look right for SHIV. I don't think I'm using one of the built-in calibrations - I remember playing with colour and brightness on a custom setting. Oh, and I did not install any of the Samsung colour sync software - didn't see the need to have it running in the background. Out of the box though, the monitor was not set up well - WAY too bright, contrast set too low - it takes some playing to get setup right. -- Acer - AMD Athlon 64x2 4800+ (2.5GHz version) 2GB RAM, 400GB SATA HDD PNY GeForce 8500GT 512MB Samsung 216BW Vista Home Premium 32-bit

08-30-07, 04:28 PM	#5
Tok Sailor man Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 44 Downloads: 309 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the replys. This is my Nvidia settings Desktop Color Settings: Brightness = 46% Digital Vibrance = 17% Contrast = 37% Imaga Sharpening = 14% Gamma = 4% The Gamma is the big one for me, at 4 % in the Desktop Color Settings and also set low in SH4 the moon and fog look not to bad but still not as good as it did in my old monitor. I did uncheck the Light shaft so there is no moon light rays coming down to the water, that looked really bad with this monitor so far. In Display Properties/Settings/Advanced/Color Management and under { Color Profiles Currently Associated with this Device is: Sm223BW SRGB Color Space Profile I have tried both of these and it did not do any change that I could see. I also have uninstalled the color management program that came in a CD for this Monitor and still did not see any change for me. I am running the monitor in Analog not Digital right now but did not see any change as well. Thanks for any help on this.

08-30-07, 05:38 PM	#6
Lafferty Officer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hot Springs Arkansas Posts: 245 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	wow i won't even post mine cuz they suck very badly.