D3D Gamma settings won't save

[LuDaCriS66]

Everytime I enter a D3D based game, my gamma settings will revert back to its original setting. I have 2 computers so the monitor I'm using for this computer is pretty ancient so the gamma is be darker than it should be. I understand that... I don't understand however why this is happening though. It doesn't happen with OpenGL based games like Counter Strike... unless I enter a D3D game first. If I do that, all my games will be dark until I reboot. Then OpenGl games will run normally. D3D games like Diablo 2 just change my gamma settings back to a value of 1.0.

I'm using the 28.32 Drivers and Windows XP home edition (upgrade cd). Yes I have tried 3rd party software such as rivatuner and nvmax. It doesn't help.

Oh yeah.. and it doesn't matter which driver set I use either..

 

[BFG10K]

I've had similar issues with gamma settings not staying attached with certain 27xx drivers and it's pretty damned annoying sometimes.

What I suggest is to either Alt-Tab back to the desktop from the game, raise the gamma again and try switching back to the game. Or you can use PowerStrip to set up a custom gamma level and attach a hotkey to it which you can then use in the game.

 

[LuDaCriS66]

<< I've had similar issues with gamma settings not staying attached with certain 27xx drivers and it's pretty damned annoying sometimes.

What I suggest is to either Alt-Tab back to the desktop from the game, raise the gamma again and try switching back to the game. Or you can use PowerStrip to set up a custom gamma level and attach a hotkey to it which you can then use in the game. >>



Thanks. I've tried Alt-Tabing back to the desktop but it doesn't make a difference. It just switches back again when I go back into the game. I'll try powerstrip though.

 

[BFG10K]

In fact you don't even need to use hotkeys at all - PowerStrip does a marvellous job at forcing gamma levels, even when nVidia's drivers "forget" to apply the settings or when they run games that are unnaffected by higher gamma levels. Just set up some custom gamma levels in PowerStrip and you can quickly switch to them just like you used to with nVidia's QuickTweak control panel.

Also you can lock refresh rates with PowerStrip which makes it an excellent general purpose video card utility.