Increased Contrast, Decreased Gamma = More FPS?

[Shponglized]

Last night, out of curiosity, I decided to boost my display's contrast level to 105, drop the gamma level down to .95, and drop the brightness down to -1. All of this was done in ATI's Catalyst Control Center. This color curve is exactly what is seen in Photoshop or Lightroom.

The reasoning behind doing this was to brighten my whites and highlights, darken my blacks and shadows, all while still having accurate greys. I figured that since many photographers do exactly this in Photoshop or in camera during post-processing, that the benefits would apply directly to PR and any other video game. Now, while this does make a photo's color "pop" a bit more, the trade off is that you lose detail in your light and dark areas as the non BW colors become less flat. Too much of this will cause "clipping" in the color, where you basically destroy color information, resulting in pure whites and pure blacks, which for the most part do not exist in real life. Never the less, many photographers do this on purpose, and most non-photographers probably don't even consider this.

When I played PR last night, I was seeing a 10-15 FPS boost, in Fallujah with 90+ players. Now this could just be incidental, or there could be a real benefit here as a result of having less of a color spectrum to display. I have not played this game long, but I have not seen any pure blacks on any texture in game, nor have I seen any pure whites in the game, with maybe the exception of the sun, but do you really look at that while playing?

So, from a photography perspective, if PR were a photo, it could do with some post-processing.

I will experiment with this some more to be sure.

In the meantime, what is everyone's opinion on this?

[Shponglized]

On second thought, perhaps I need to calibrate my display's color space. Either way, I'm sure doing one of these things or both will result in better performance, or at least a better display.

[matty1053]

WOW. I tried and it worked.
I had about 5-15 more FPS then normal! I don't know if it will work for others. (Nvidia Card users in specific)

[Shponglized]

As with photography, your image will look different wherever you view it. This is all dependent on make, model, color profile. Color management is nasty business in photography. For instance, on your camera you can choose Adobe RGB, or sRGB for instance. aRGB has a more accurate range of color but is more "dull." sRGB has a smaller range of color but is more vibrant. If you choose sRGB on Camera A and sRGB on camera B, both cameras will display the image differently on their built in screens. When you upload an image to the computer, your display settings and selecting color profile will also change its appearance. If you upload it to the internet, say, to Flickr, people will yet again see the image differently depending on what browser they are using.

sRGB is the "universal" color profile, as most browsers use it, but some do not.

Then, there are your eyes...long story short beauty is indeed in the eyes of the beholder, or machine.

So basically what I am saying is that if this works, then your device's settings and hardware will dictate how much you need to change these settings.

[Careless]

You serious?

[spawncaptain]

This needs some scientific testing.

[ElPube]

If I put on colored sunglasses my car go faster ? I don't think so.

[Spec]

There appears to be evidence that it works, so... I don't understand it either, but there's only one way to find out ;P

[mat552]

There is a very good reason that DICE chose to implement such a heavy blue filter between beta and release of BF3...

[Brainlaag]

How can this possibly be working, it makes no...sense.

[Careless]

However, last time I also did change my gamma and contrast, and ingame recordings suddenly got lower FPS for some reason, but now by reading this, I think there might be a chance that there's something about it..

[heldro]

Since i am playing on pretty low FPS i would love to gain some extra FPS by doing this.

My gamma is set on 1,0, brightness on 0. Changing these two does not change alot. My contrast is set on 50 by default, i can put it on 100 max but that way its way too bright to even see anything. Any tips on how i could change my settings to boost my FPS?

[LITOralis.nMd]

These sneakers added 10 inches to my vertical
http://cdn.solecollector.com/media/snea ... mvp-04.jpg

[Murphy]

Also gained a few on the horizontal I hope?

[Tarranauha200]

Your screen settings DO NOT affect your FPS in any way.

Couple cases are not enough evidence.

[Shponglized]

Your screen settings DO NOT affect your FPS in any way.

Couple cases are not enough evidence.

I should clarify that I change the color management settings in CCC, not my display settings in CCC. For instance, color management brightness at lowest level results in a dark, washed out screen that is still viewable. Lowest display brightness results in an all black screen. The reverse is true as well. Display brightness all the way up is a pure white screen for example. Both have contrast settings, and again, they are different.

There is also the LCD brightness, which controls the backlight, and I am also not talking about this. Both have contrast settings, and again, they are different.