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From: carollo@cis.ohio-state.edu (christian carollo)
Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
Subject: Re: Gamma Correction: How dark should Doom be?
Date: 30 Jul 1994 11:15:21 -0400
Organization: The Ohio State University
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Message-ID: <31dqq9INNeb1@gecko.cis.ohio-state.edu>
References: <RICHV.94Jul29151830@hpingll.cup.hp.com> <genghis.775523954@ilces> <31c9da$9tp@hermes.unt.edu> <CtqGp8.Hss@metronet.com>
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In article <CtqGp8.Hss@metronet.com>,
Scott Kephart <skephart@metronet.com> wrote:
>Actually, it has nothing to do with the age of the monitor. I've got a
>17" Nanao monitor that is quite bright in Doom, even though it's two
>years old, and a new 17" Viewsonic monitor that is really dark. It's
>really a combination of the monitor, and the voltage output by the video
>card. Some video cards are really, really bright. (For instance, the ones
>made by STB tend to be really bright.) I'm currently running one of the
>ATI mach 64 cards, and it's a bit darker. The reference voltage put out
>by the card has a lot to do with brightness. You are right that as
>phosphors age, they tend to dim. Come to think of it, the same thing can
>be said of many of us...
I've got a Western Digital card (wd90c33 chipset) and the brightness in SVGA
modes changes depending on whether I've most recently done a cold or warm
boot. If I've just turned it on or hit the reset button, SVGA is really
dark, but if I do a Ctrl-Alt-Del, SVGA will brighten right up. Strange,eh?
As far as gamma, when I deathmatch, I usually do it via serial cable, so we
can check each other's gamma before we start. Usually we go no higher than
the first gamma setting, and that's mainly because we've got anti-glare
filters that darken our screens.
-Chris