my monitor is very dark

[tokamak]

in order for it to look like it should, i have to put brightness and contrast at 100%. even that looks dark in games sometimes. is there anything i can do to fix this other than buying a new monitor?

 

[Broadkipa]

Get Powerstrip, then you can adust the gamma while you play a game using the hotkeys. You can even set up custom gamma settings for different ga,es.

 

[ISAslot]

I have a similar problem.

What monitor and vid card do you have?

 

[dakata24]

have you tried adjusting it in the display properties --> advanced settings?

 

[tokamak]

wow thanks dakata24, i never thought of that. problem solved.

by the way, ISAslot, i have a 'Gemstar' brand (crappy bought it at fry's) monitor and an asus geforce1 ddr 64mb, v6800 i believe is the model number

 

[dakata24]

no prob tokamak..

hehe. gemstar.. those arent too bad. a friend got one of those from frys as well when i helped build his k6-2/550 system for him.. only prob was the low refresh rate at higher resolution.