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My Best Data nVidia Card Sucks
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. My monitor is a Sony G400 19" has served me well for over three years and worked flawlessly with my previous computer and video card, a VisionTek Xtasy 4200. I feel very let down by Best Data. I bought the card in September and now am forced to buy another one. Needless to say my next card will not be from Best Data. All comments/suggestions are welcome. |
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TBH the problem you describe doesnt sound like the result of a faulty video
card. Have you tried this card on a different monitor and/or in a different PC ? Overbrightness can be a sign of a failing monitor. Alternatively, it could be a conflict in windows, possibly caused by remains of your previous cards driver settings in the registry, so a completely fresh install of windows may be a good idea. "Han" wrote in message news:vaoNb.69003$8H.108456@attbi_s03... 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. My monitor is a Sony G400 19" has served me well for over three years and worked flawlessly with my previous computer and video card, a VisionTek Xtasy 4200. I feel very let down by Best Data. I bought the card in September and now am forced to buy another one. Needless to say my next card will not be from Best Data. All comments/suggestions are welcome. |
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"Han" wrote in message news:vaoNb.69003$8H.108456@attbi_s03... 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. By "display control panel" do you mean the monitor's OSD or Display Properties? Tony. -- 3GHz P4 (HT enabled) Asus P4C800-E Deluxe PDC20378 IDE/SATA controller ADI AD1985 audio MSI FX5900U-VTD256 (BIOS 4.35.20.22.0) 2x 512MB Kingston PC3500 2x 36.7 SATA WD Raptors 52/32/52 LiteOn CD-Writer 16x Pioneer DVD-120S Enermax 550W PSU Windows XP Pro & Linux Fedora PC-70 Lian Li case w/ side window Hitachi 174SXW B 17" LCD To email me, replace org.nz with net.nz |
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"Han" wrote in message news:vaoNb.69003$8H.108456@attbi_s03... 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. -- 3GHz P4 (HT enabled) Asus P4C800-E Deluxe PDC20378 IDE/SATA controller ADI AD1985 audio MSI FX5900U-VTD256 (BIOS 4.35.20.22.0) 2x 512MB Kingston PC3500 2x 36.7 SATA WD Raptors 52/32/52 LiteOn CD-Writer 16x Pioneer DVD-120S Enermax 550W PSU Windows XP Pro & Linux Fedora PC-70 Lian Li case w/ side window Hitachi 174SXW B 17" LCD To email me, replace org.nz with net.nz |
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Thanks for your message.
As stated, the monitor is three years old and worked perfectly with another computer. The current computer is only four months old and has a fresh Windows XP installation. No other video card has been used in the system. The latest nVidia drivers are used. "anon" wrote in message ... TBH the problem you describe doesnt sound like the result of a faulty video card. Have you tried this card on a different monitor and/or in a different PC ? Overbrightness can be a sign of a failing monitor. Alternatively, it could be a conflict in windows, possibly caused by remains of your previous cards driver settings in the registry, so a completely fresh install of windows may be a good idea. "Han" wrote in message news:vaoNb.69003$8H.108456@attbi_s03... 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. My monitor is a Sony G400 19" has served me well for over three years and worked flawlessly with my previous computer and video card, a VisionTek Xtasy 4200. I feel very let down by Best Data. I bought the card in September and now am forced to buy another one. Needless to say my next card will not be from Best Data. All comments/suggestions are welcome. |
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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. "The Black Wibble" wrote in message ... "Han" wrote in message news:vaoNb.69003$8H.108456@attbi_s03... 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. -- 3GHz P4 (HT enabled) Asus P4C800-E Deluxe PDC20378 IDE/SATA controller ADI AD1985 audio MSI FX5900U-VTD256 (BIOS 4.35.20.22.0) 2x 512MB Kingston PC3500 2x 36.7 SATA WD Raptors 52/32/52 LiteOn CD-Writer 16x Pioneer DVD-120S Enermax 550W PSU Windows XP Pro & Linux Fedora PC-70 Lian Li case w/ side window Hitachi 174SXW B 17" LCD To email me, replace org.nz with net.nz |
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"Han" wrote in message news:cQDNb.62657$5V2.70044@attbi_s53...
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. Yeessh... In other words you were given a dunger of a card. You have my condolences. -- 3GHz P4 (HT enabled) Asus P4C800-E Deluxe PDC20378 IDE/SATA controller ADI AD1985 audio MSI FX5900U-VTD256 (BIOS 4.35.20.22.0) 2x 512MB Kingston PC3500 2x 36.7 SATA WD Raptors 52/32/52 LiteOn CD-Writer 16x Pioneer DVD-120S Enermax 550W PSU Windows XP Pro & Linux Fedora PC-70 Lian Li case w/ side window Hitachi 174SXW B 17" LCD To email me, replace org.nz with net.nz |
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I've been doing some research and you might be right. My Sony G400 monitor
is most likely is failing. I connected to my old computer and the image is still too bright. This is extremely disappointing because it's only three years old. I have a SF17-2 that's twice as old and is still going strong. I have incorrectly blamed Best Data for my image problems. However, I still wouldn't buy another Best Data product because the after-purchase customer service is ****-poor. "anon" wrote in message ... TBH the problem you describe doesnt sound like the result of a faulty video card. Have you tried this card on a different monitor and/or in a different PC ? Overbrightness can be a sign of a failing monitor. Alternatively, it could be a conflict in windows, possibly caused by remains of your previous cards driver settings in the registry, so a completely fresh install of windows may be a good idea. "Han" wrote in message news:vaoNb.69003$8H.108456@attbi_s03... 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. My monitor is a Sony G400 19" has served me well for over three years and worked flawlessly with my previous computer and video card, a VisionTek Xtasy 4200. I feel very let down by Best Data. I bought the card in September and now am forced to buy another one. Needless to say my next card will not be from Best Data. All comments/suggestions are welcome. |
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