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Downsampling messes up brightness

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  • byge
     
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    Feb 9, 2013 7:52 am GMT

    In every game i downsample it gets darker, I have to tinker in the settings and even then the brightness doesn't look as good as it was in 1080 resolution. Any fix for this? Thanks.

    In every game i downsample it gets darker, I have to tinker in the settings and even then the brightness doesn't look as good as it was in 1080 resolution. Any fix for this? Thanks.

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  • XaosII
     
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    Feb 9, 2013 11:11 am GMT

    What do you mean downsampling? Lowering the resolution?

    You will almost always want to play at the highest resolution and then lower other settings to get acceptable performance.

    What do you mean downsampling? Lowering the resolution?

    You will almost always want to play at the highest resolution and then lower other settings to get acceptable performance.

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  • byge
     
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    Feb 9, 2013 8:48 pm GMT
    No downsampling is a method to render the game at a higher resolution and scale it down to fix your screen. I'm running the game in 2560 x 1440 and scaling it down to fit my 1080p monitor.

    No downsampling is a method to render the game at a higher resolution and scale it down to fix your screen. I'm running the game in 2560 x 1440 and scaling it down to fit my 1080p monitor.
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  • C_Rule
     
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    Feb 9, 2013 8:52 pm GMT
    byge wrote:
    No downsampling is a method to render the game at a higher resolution and scale it down to fix your screen. I'm running the game in 2560 x 1440 and scaling it down to fit my 1080p monitor.

    Isn't the idea to double the horizontal and vertical resolution? I don't see how squashing 2560x1440 onto a 1920x1080 display is going to give you a better picture.


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    [QUOTE="byge"]No downsampling is a method to render the game at a higher resolution and scale it down to fix your screen. I'm running the game in 2560 x 1440 and scaling it down to fit my 1080p monitor.[/QUOTE] Isn't the idea to double the horizontal and vertical resolution? I don't see how squashing 2560x1440 onto a 1920x1080 display is going to give you a better picture.
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  • mitu123
     
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    Feb 9, 2013 10:10 pm GMT

    C_Rule wrote:
    byge wrote:
    No downsampling is a method to render the game at a higher resolution and scale it down to fix your screen. I'm running the game in 2560 x 1440 and scaling it down to fit my 1080p monitor.
    Isn't the idea to double the horizontal and vertical resolution? I don't see how squashing 2560x1440 onto a 1920x1080 display is going to give you a better picture.
    It'll reduce jaggies and is great for pixel density.

    [QUOTE="C_Rule"][QUOTE="byge"]No downsampling is a method to render the game at a higher resolution and scale it down to fix your screen. I'm running the game in 2560 x 1440 and scaling it down to fit my 1080p monitor.[/QUOTE] Isn't the idea to double the horizontal and vertical resolution? I don't see how squashing 2560x1440 onto a 1920x1080 display is going to give you a better picture.[/QUOTE] It'll reduce jaggies and is great for pixel density.

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  • z3zim4
     
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    Feb 10, 2013 1:41 am GMT

    Make sure you don't have anti aliasing on

     

    Or just play in 1080p with AA

    Make sure you don't have anti aliasing on

     

    Or just play in 1080p with AA

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  • mitu123
     
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    Feb 10, 2013 9:25 pm GMT
    z3zim4 wrote:

    Make sure you don't have anti aliasing on

    What's wrong with that?

    [QUOTE="z3zim4"]

    Make sure you don't have anti aliasing on[/QUOTE] What's wrong with that?

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  • Plagueless
     
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    Feb 11, 2013 12:45 am GMT
    Term for that is supersampling, not downsampling.

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    Term for that is supersampling, not downsampling.
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    Feb 11, 2013 12:46 am GMT
    mitu123 wrote:
    z3zim4 wrote:

    Make sure you don't have anti aliasing on

    What's wrong with that?


    no point with the higher pixel density running at a higher res gives you. Anti-Aliasing is a waste because you can't see the jaggies to begin with.

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    [QUOTE="mitu123"][QUOTE="z3zim4"]

    Make sure you don't have anti aliasing on[/QUOTE] What's wrong with that?

    [/QUOTE] no point with the higher pixel density running at a higher res gives you. Anti-Aliasing is a waste because you can't see the jaggies to begin with.
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    Feb 11, 2013 8:39 am GMT
    Plagueless wrote:
    mitu123 wrote:
    z3zim4 wrote:

    Make sure you don't have anti aliasing on

    What's wrong with that?


    no point with the higher pixel density running at a higher res gives you. Anti-Aliasing is a waste because you can't see the jaggies to begin with.

    Mitu has to do something to justify his addiction to vram
    [QUOTE="Plagueless"][QUOTE="mitu123"][QUOTE="z3zim4"]

    Make sure you don't have anti aliasing on[/QUOTE] What's wrong with that?

    [/QUOTE] no point with the higher pixel density running at a higher res gives you. Anti-Aliasing is a waste because you can't see the jaggies to begin with.[/QUOTE] Mitu has to do something to justify his addiction to vram
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  • byge
     
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    Feb 11, 2013 8:43 am GMT

    So is there actually a fix for the brightness issue or not?

    So is there actually a fix for the brightness issue or not?

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  • mitu123
     
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    Feb 11, 2013 4:08 pm GMT

    kraken2109 wrote:
    Plagueless wrote:
    mitu123 wrote:
    What's wrong with that?

    no point with the higher pixel density running at a higher res gives you. Anti-Aliasing is a waste because you can't see the jaggies to begin with.
    Mitu has to do something to justify his addiction to vram
    Just showing how far games can go with VRAM and I'm glad quite a bit of games go over 2 some even 3GB VRAM.

    [QUOTE="kraken2109"][QUOTE="Plagueless"][QUOTE="mitu123"] What's wrong with that?

    [/QUOTE] no point with the higher pixel density running at a higher res gives you. Anti-Aliasing is a waste because you can't see the jaggies to begin with.[/QUOTE] Mitu has to do something to justify his addiction to vram[/QUOTE] Just showing how far games can go with VRAM and I'm glad quite a bit of games go over 2 some even 3GB VRAM.

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  • Ben-Buja
     
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    Feb 11, 2013 6:32 pm GMT

    byge wrote:

    So is there actually a fix for the brightness issue or not?

    Try setting your digital color format to YCbCr 444, If it's set to RGB it might change the RGB ratio to 0-255 which not all TVs support.

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    [QUOTE="byge"]

    So is there actually a fix for the brightness issue or not?

    [/QUOTE]

    Try setting your digital color format to YCbCr 444, If it's set to RGB it might change the RGB ratio to 0-255 which not all TVs support.

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  • byge
     
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    Feb 12, 2013 7:46 am GMT

    Ben-Buja wrote:

    byge wrote:

    So is there actually a fix for the brightness issue or not?

    Try setting your digital color format to YCbCr 444, If it's set to RGB it might change the RGB ratio to 0-255 which not all TVs support.

     

    That seems to have worked, Thanks!

    [QUOTE="Ben-Buja"]

    [QUOTE="byge"]

    So is there actually a fix for the brightness issue or not?

    [/QUOTE]

    Try setting your digital color format to YCbCr 444, If it's set to RGB it might change the RGB ratio to 0-255 which not all TVs support.

    [/QUOTE]

     

    That seems to have worked, Thanks!

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