Thanks for your reply.

I tried lowering the brightness using the Display properties Color
Correction tab. This causes the screen to become muddy and the color palette
becomes skewed. Changing the color depth to 16 or 32 bit makes no
difference.

I upgraded to the latest nVidia drivers. This made no difference.

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"Han" wrote in message
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My Best Data 5600 FX 256 video card is way too bright.

I've played with my monitor adjustments, turning the brightness all the
way
down. I've fiddled with the display control panel, experimenting with
the
brightness, contrast and gamma settings. This causes the screen to
become
muddy and skews the color palette.

I tried contacting Best Data tech support, which has been completely
unhelpful. I only get half-baked response written in broken English.
They
offered to test the card at their repair facility, but that doesn't do
me
any good. I make my living with my computer and can't afford to be
without
it.

You should be able to adjust the brightness/contrast/gamma settings in
software. What nvidia driver version
is installed? Is there an icon in the system tray called NVIDIA Settings
from which you can select "Desktop
Colour Settings"? When you go to Display
Properties-Settings-Advanced-{card name} and open the side panel,
is there an entry named "Colour Correction"?

Tony.

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