Dual (different) monitors - color difference issue

[Muse]

My new main monitor is an Acer S231HL bid, a nice 23" LED/LCD. I have it on the "Warm" color temperature setting, which is the "default."

The secondary monitor is a Hyundai L90D+ 19" LCD. Both monitors are being fed by DVI. The main monitor's color temperature can be Warm, Cool or User. The default was Warm. The secondary monitor's color temperature is adjustable only via its VGA input, not the DVI. The secondary monitor's picture is very cool compared to the primary. The primary monitor's Cool setting is way way too blue, so I tried using the User (adjustable RGB) adjustments but even setting the it to 100% Blue, it's not blue enough, not nearly compared to the secondary. :\

Can I make adjustments in the OS and/or graphic card's configurations? IOW, is there some way I can change the color temperature going from the 2nd DVI out from my BFG 6600 GTOC AGP video card to the secondary monitor? I poked around and couldn't find it, but figure it might be there. I could live with this, but it's annoying.

 

[ShintaiDK]

You cant really change it individually from the GFX cards settings. Its the issue of having 2 different monitors and different calibration.

 

[Subyman]

Yes you can. I had two different monitors with my 470 and was able to calibrate the color settings individually. I did it through the nvidia control panel. I had the option to choose which display to calibrate when I went to the nvidia control panel and selected desktop color settings or something similar. I'm not at my gaming computer right now, so you'll have to poke around. You need to do it through the nvidia control panel though, not windows.

 

[Yuriman]

I had this issue a while back. I picked up a Spyder2 (the latest at the time) to calibrate the color on my screens. Two birds, one stone.

 

[Muse]

Yes you can. I had two different monitors with my 470 and was able to calibrate the color settings individually. I did it through the nvidia control panel. I had the option to choose which display to calibrate when I went to the nvidia control panel and selected desktop color settings or something similar. I'm not at my gaming computer right now, so you'll have to poke around. You need to do it through the nvidia control panel though, not windows.

Excellent, thank you! Yeah, I didn't think about my nVidia driver, I used to mess with different versions in Windows. I have a bunch of them stashed including one that's said to be the best for my card. I'll check it out!

 

[Muse]

Yes you can. I had two different monitors with my 470 and was able to calibrate the color settings individually. I did it through the nvidia control panel. I had the option to choose which display to calibrate when I went to the nvidia control panel and selected desktop color settings or something similar. I'm not at my gaming computer right now, so you'll have to poke around. You need to do it through the nvidia control panel though, not windows.

I do have nVidia 8.4.2.1 installed, the version I was told was best for my card. Went into nView Desktop Manager. It's complex, can't find where I can set the colors for the displays. These displays look sooooo different! Could you post me? Thanks.

 

[Subyman]

I do have nVidia 8.4.2.1 installed, the version I was told was best for my card. Went into nView Desktop Manager. It's complex, can't find where I can set the colors for the displays. These displays look sooooo different! Could you post me? Thanks.

Sure, I'll post a screenshot when I get to my computer. I'm on a MBP right now.