Saturated/dark colors on XL2546K

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omusubi0216
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Saturated/dark colors on XL2546K

Post by omusubi0216 » 06 Sep 2022, 10:43

I've been feeling like something was wrong about my monitor. And today I found out what it is. It's the brightness/color vibrance. From the youtube logo and in-game crosshairs, everything looks more saturated and darker than I remember they used to be and they kind of look depressing. One thing that made me notice about the issue is the huge difference in brightness and vividness between when the monitor is set to 60hz or 240hz that my monitors used to have. I experienced it with both XL2546 and XL2546K. But now I don't see any color-wise difference between 60hz and 240hz.
So I assume that my PC doesn't recognize my monitor properly and frame rate is not set to 240hz even though both monitor and PC say they are.

I've tried:
Installing color preset from zowie
Making sure RBG range is 0~255
Checking NVIDIA control panel and windows display settings to make sure it's actually running at 240hz
Trying different cables
Resetting monitor's settings
Reconnecting cables

And of course I'm using the same settings as before - DyAC off, AMA high, brightness 88, color vibrance 12.

striker333
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Re: Saturated/dark colors on XL2546K

Post by striker333 » 06 Sep 2022, 12:02

Do u have sRGB mode . is is better than what u have . I have problem with my monitor too .the new one and the previous one the G7 . I don't know if it is like yours or no . the different u see between 60HZ and 240HZ maybe because when u switch to 60HZ the color range is limited and with 240 is in full range . I have this problem too in apex . check the link . ill put it and I don't know if it is allowed or no . but an admin will deal with it . https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/co ... s_problem/

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