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I have a 3x1 setup and I'm wondering if there is some kind of process or best approach I can use to get all screens matching with regard to contrast, temp, brightness, gamma etc...

My three screen are identical Asus models but when all set to defaults via the monitors OCD they are wildly different, so I have to compensate via a combination of the monitors settings and the Catalyst settings. It takes ages to get them roughly the same just my trial and error, raising temp on one, dropping gamma on another, then discovering that raising one variable has thrown of something else...

Is there a process I can use, like setting all the color related stuff to minimum and just working on contrast and brightness with black and white test cards, and then when those two variables are sorted then moving on to colour

Is there some kind of order to follow, should I sort out Temperature first, then gamma then brightness for example.

Basically I'm looking for a kind of measured approach as opposed my current process of frantically moving sliders around at random until everything looks roughly similar.

I have a 3x1 setup and I'm wondering if there is some kind of process or best approach I can use to get all screens matching with regard to contrast, temp, brightness, gamma etc...

My three screen are identical Asus models but when all set to defaults via the monitors OCD they are wildly different, so I have to compensate via a combination of the monitors settings and the Catalyst settings. It takes ages to get them roughly the same just my trial and error, raising temp on one, dropping gamma on another, then discovering that raising one variable has thrown of something else...

Is there a process I can use, like setting all the color related stuff to minimum and just working on contrast and brightness with black and white test cards, and then when those two variables are sorted then moving on to colour

Is there some kind of order to follow, should I sort out Temperature first, then gamma then brightness for example.

Basically I'm looking for a kind of measured approach as opposed my current process of frantically moving sliders around at random until everything looks roughly similar.

First of all, why not create a Profile once you get the settings you want and like? Then, when you want to go back to Eyefinity it's just a couple of clicks and you're done with it.

Depending on which version of the CCC you're using, this will be found in the Profiles or Presets option.

I created my own profiles for Eyefinity as well as for a Single Screen and pasted the shortcuts to my Windows Desktop. Now, I don't even have to open CCC to change between them.

Also, I'm actually puzzled as to why the identical monitors are so different that this needs such an extensive configuration to get it done? How about going into the Device Manager, expand the Monitors and then REMOVE all of them. (No, you won't lose the display!) Put a check in the box to Uninstall the Drivers. Click OK all the way out and reboot and let Windows completely redetect all your monitors again. That "might" straighten out the differences you're seeing.

Good luck!

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I have hotkey profiles for Eyefinity and Extended Desktop set up already. I just not particularly happy with the colour matching of the existing profiles. I'm not re-tuning the monitors each time I switch to Eyefinity or anything.

Unfortunately the monitors are quite different, the weren't all bought at the same time so I guess the differences are down to different manufacturing runs and slightly different components used on different runs.

I'll give you an example, I tuned the eyefinity profile to look pretty bang on when on Desktop... cool, I start a dark game like Amnesia and discover that one screen is virtually black with a bluer tint than the other two, so I screen shot the game and back to desktop and fiddle about until the screenshot looks even across the 3 screens. I save the profile. Then I start Bad Company 2 and discover that one screen is over bright and a bit yellowish..... I just end up going around in circles.

Games have such a varied set of colour palettes and brightness levels that using any particular game to tweak the colours is pointless. Amnesia is virtually greyscale, BC2 is very bright with snow and desert. LOTRO is all greens and browns.

Is there a really good colour card available, I've found some but they are quite small.

Some games have a darkness tweak when installed, AVP3 for example asks you to tune the darkness until you can't see a particular dark shade of grey. I'm hoping there is a similar process or a set of test cards I can use to set RGB, Saturation, Brightness, Contrast, Gamma, Hue, Temperature and get them all bang on so that when I've done the process I can be reassured that any game I start is going to look bang on too.

Is there any hierarchy to the various variables, should I set them in any particular order, i.e. get saturation right first and when thats right work on hue or temperature.

I just have a feeling that there must be a more organised approach to this other than just fiddling around setting things by eye only to discover what looked right for one game is completely wrong in another.

Any help would be appreciated.

Best thing you can do is buy a good calibration tool, and do each monitor when they are not in eyefinity.

I am lucky I have a buf with a calibration tool I can borrow. Its old school with the spider, but it works and its free. :cheers

Unless you do this, you may always have some differences.

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