novideo_srgb app fow windows?

smilem

Hello, has anyone tested the novideo_srgb app to disable dithering?

Sunspark

This tool is just for colour calibration.

AgentX20

Sunspark This tool is just for colour calibration.

It is, but as per the screenshot above, and this below from the documentation, it does have dither controls that might be worth a look:

Dithering

Applying any kind of calibration on the GPU-level usually results in banding unless dithering is used. By default, NVIDIA GPUs do not apply dithering to full range RGB output. Therefore, it is recommended that you use the dither controls to enable and configure dithering. "Bits" should be set to match the bit depth of your GPU output, and "Mode" can be set to whatever looks best to you. Note that "Temporal" works by rapidly switching between colors, which some people's eyes are sensitive to.

AgentX20

Sadly it doesn't launch on my W10 1511 setup, throwing an exception at startup, so I cannot do any testing on this one.

EDIT: I'm playing with Win 10 2004 and the app runs. Trying it now…

smilem

So what are you results?

AgentX20

Hard to say…

My testing Windows 10 builds has hit a roadblock in that they're no longer willing to activate Windows using my old Win 7 licenses. I have several that have previously completed the free Win 10 upgrade, but MS are being bastards and I cannot activate these new builds. This will make thoroughly testing new Win 10 builds difficult I reckon.

I tried it (NoVideo) on a fresh Windows 10 2004 and it seemed to maybe make things a bit easier on my eyes but it wasn't an "Ahah!" moment. In the end I still felt like I was getting eye strain. Note that I'm doing this because I think an Nvidia driver update has changed either my motherboard (BIOS) or graphics card so that they're no longer "ok" and generally cause eye-strain. That's not a great baseline for testing this utility.

I was then going to try it on Windows 20H2, but without activation that one wouldn't even deign to install an Nvidia driver or even half the device drivers. It was very odd.

I got annoyed at that point… and I'll come back to it again shortly. Maybe I just have to buy a Windows 11 license, even though my PC doesn't support it, as I gather Windows 10 will activate with Win 11 keys - and you cannot buy Win 10 keys any more.

jordan

AgentX20 honestly I buy my keys here never had any issues lol

https://officekeys.store/

Also you can make win11 compatible with your PC with a registry edit. If you were wanting to test different win11 builds..

JTL

AgentX20 I concur Microsoft's policies for backward/forwards compatibility is moronic. But installing without a key should be fine for evaluation.

Also a reminder not to discuss methods of hypothetical "piracy" on this forum.

smilem

I use keygen no problems either. Paying for eyestrain to M$ are you serious?

Sunspark

Why ever pay for Windows? The only PC I ever bought myself that came with Windows was in 1995, and that one was an OEM CD.