x3100 Color Saturation

Hey guys,

I just received my m1330 with x3100 integrated graphics (I ordered it this way to avoid most of the 8400M GS related issues and since I never plan to game anyhow).

I absolutely love the machine, but I have just one complaint. The colors are too dull, and I would like to be able to adjust them similar to the way you can with the Nvidia cards. Is there anything I can do to enliven the color palette a bit? If drivers are not available to correct the problem, perhaps there is some freeware software out there that accomplishes the same thing? Or, perhaps even a way to adjust these things through Color Management in Windows Vista?

Thanks!

Steve

 

Right-click on the desktop > Graphics properties... > Color Correction

 

Hey swarmer,

Thanks, but this isn't what I am looking for. I'm hunting for a way to increase the saturation of the colors. Any adjustments made to the individual hues through this method are pretty ugly.

There's got to be a way to do this. I'm sure someone else has encountered this problem as well!

Steve

 

The X3100 does have a (rather basic) color management option available, just right click on the desktop, click Graphics Properties, and click Color Correction. You can change the individual colors, gamma, etc there. At first I did notice a different transition in color with my two M1330s, but both of them have different screens (first had LPL0000 or something to that extent, can't remember; and my current one has the Toshiba LCD2306, which I think looks fantastic).

Edit: Ah saturation of colors. No idea, but there's probably calibration tools out there, like that Spyder suite.

 

Spyder suite eh? Maybe I'll look that up. Yeah, I have fooled around some with the built-in calibration options for the Intel chip, but it has left me a bit underwhelmed.

Either way, it's no big deal, but nice color is always a bonus. Love the laptop by the way!

Steve

 

Woah!

I believe I have just found a half-solution to my problem.

"Intel Display Power Saving Technology" makes things look terrible when you switch brightness on the fly. I disabled this feature to dramatic effect; everything already looks much better.

Steve

 

Ah yes, that feature. That also was the reason why my screen was flickering as well. And also the odd gradual fading effect when disconnected from battery. The third problem that I encountered with X3100 was that if I upgraded to Intel's latest drivers, it manages brightness levels differently (less dramatic gaps between brightness), so Quickset became inaccurate. On lowest brightness (depends on battery BIOS setting, default at 3), I was able to distinguish the individual 10 LEDs lighting up the screen. Dell's drivers are fine, and I have no intention on upgrading them.

 

I think you're pretty much stuck with what you have. Though personally, on my girlfriend's laptop i don't find the colors to be very bad at all on the brightest setting.

 

Yeah; they're actually not that bad now that I have disabled the aforementioned power saving feature and adjusted the contrast/brightness slightly. Basically, I turned brightness down to -52 and contrast up to 52. Now the colors look somewhat better and the blacks are nicer as well.

I still wish I could find a color saturation adjustment tool, but I'll keep looking I suppose. Thanks for the help regardless.

Steve