Digital Vibrancy on Radeon?

[Spare-Flair]

One thing I really miss from my GeForce 4 (which is more literally incapacitated than I've ever used as a description - broken capacitor), is the digital vibrancy option.

On my LCD, the colors seem so much more washed out, bland, and boring on the 9800PRO than they were with level 1 vibrancy enabled on the GF4. I can't get even remotely suitable results with only brightess, gamma, and contrast controls in the ATI control panel. Everything just turns out washed out, overexposed, or bland/colorless.

Are there any 3rd party apps out there that could help me with this? I need something that can give me digital vibrancy - probably a setting that allows me to directly adjust color saturation on the desktop rather than just gamma.

Any ideas?

 

[DJDishwateR]

Download the color profile of your monitor from the manufacturers website. I think ATI cards already look better in those areas compared to a GeForce without the DV enabled.

 

[Spare-Flair]

But with the DV enabled, everything is so much more vibrant and alive. The colors jump out at you. I already have the Samsung definitions for my monitor. They only provide one color profile and after the GF4's colors, I'm a little spoiled and disappointed. It really makes an LCD shine.

-edit- okay admittedly, I was running in Analog and not DVI mode but if I use the DVI, it locks the contrast setting from the hardware. It would still look better with Digital Vibrancy/Color Saturation IMHO.

 

[merlin704]

If you like the Digital Vibrance of a GeForce card, then you should go back to one. Other than that, ATi doesn't have it and doesn't require it.

 

[Spare-Flair]

I'm just look for a 3rd party app with similar functions...Like Powerstrip for example as a 3rd party app that can change your video settings.

And if you can repair my GeForce4 sure I'll go back lol. (Sarcasm)

 

[ameoba]

Have you tried adjusting the Contrast/Brightness on the monitor rather than the ATI control panel? LCDs can be picky & look wrong if the contrast is too far away from the middle.


I'd assume you had, but your post seemed to indicate that you hadn't...

 

[Spare-Flair]

The funny thing about digital mode (DVI) is that it locks out all of the manual controls on the LCD so I literally cannot adjust contrast, etc. from the display on my own. Still, there are no color saturation specific controls.

 

[thesmelliestsock.]

I agree, I truely miss the Digital Vibrance setting of my Geforce4, everything seems so bland and plain now. I love the speeds that my games run at, but they just don't look nice and have that shine without the setting after I used it for so long

 

[emorphien]

Man, you guys must have hazy eyes. My monitor doesn't need digital vibrance.

ATI doesn't have it, which is fine by me (since I calibrate my displays) but 3rd party apps may have a feature.

My laptop has the option (GeForce 2) but I don't like to use it. The colors look too bright and fake.

 

[leukotriene]

My laptop has the option (GeForce 2) but I don't like to use it. The colors look too bright and fake.

I had the same opinion running my GeF3 & 4, it looked odd with DigVibe enabled. Different strokes for different folks I suppose.

 

[BooyaAchieved]

Well, I don't need Digital Vibrance, I've got UltraBrite on my monitor . Absolutly lovin' this ViewSonic E90f+ SB.

 

[Particleman]

I think someone wrote a DV Smartshader, search the Rage3D forums for it. Personally I don't like DV though, I prefer things to look the way they are intended to look instead of oversaturated.

 

[anotherguy159]

Where can one download color profiles?

 

[emorphien]

Originally posted by anotherguy159
Where can one download color profiles?

Just google ICC profiles for your monitor model. Or see if your monitor came with a disk. These canned profiles aren't great but they're better than nothing. You may have to readjust once you get it loaded.