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    Optimus Nvidia Control Panel Needs Color Saturation

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Allamar, Jul 9, 2010.

  1. Allamar

    Allamar Notebook Geek

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    The NVidia control panel needs a saturation setting to change the color effects when going into a 3D game. Most of games look alot duller without this option and I have to end up tinkering with my monitor color.


    Note that this can normally be done via the NVIDIA control panel on a normal GPU that has full control, but the color options are missing from the optimus nvidia control panel.


    This is just a suggestion.
     
    Allamar, Jul 9, 2010
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  2. slickie88

    slickie88 Master of Puppets

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    They aren't there by design. You need to change those settings using the Intel IGP control panel. The IGP always handles delivering video output to your LCD.
     
    slickie88, Jul 9, 2010
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  3. Allamar

    Allamar Notebook Geek

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    The intel color saturation settings are not available when using an external monitor and they are also disabled when you enter an application rendered by the GPU full screen as far as I know.
     
    Allamar, Jul 9, 2010
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    slickie88 Master of Puppets

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    Are you sure about that? I never use driver color settings, but when I've been setting up external displays with my R2 there have been color settings in the Intel control panel. You have to select the external monitor from the display drop down list. Are you saying that the Brightness, Contrast, Gamma, Hue and Saturation controls are grayed out when you select the external monitor?

    I can't verify this until tomorrow as I'm out of town atm.
     
    slickie88, Jul 10, 2010
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  5. Allamar

    Allamar Notebook Geek

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    Just Saturation is not available. Also, even on the LCD display I do not believe the saturation settings hold when loading a full screen app that uses the GPU.
     
    Allamar, Jul 10, 2010
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