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After much forum reading on the Radeon, I have upgraded from the GeForce2 GTS to the Radeon VE. This mostly for the multiple VGA and S-Video output flexibility - and PQ (and cheap). However, I have not seen a post on the following:
I've found a color (temperature) descrepancy between the two VGA ports. Was first noticed upon installation (defaults to clone mode) where the basic Windows desktop on one port was much more blue -- and overall a bit darker -- than the other. Eventually loading the drivers (and various driver versions), resolutions, etc., make no difference.
Subsequent viewing of a colorbar BMP confirms the difference. The DVI/VGA port looks closer to normal than the dediciated VGA port. Switching to TV out seems to match the DVI port (probably the same DACs) and also looks good.
I setup two identical monitors, same cables, exact same setting parameters. When swapping connectors, the problem follows the port! So I exchanged the card and have the EXACT same results. Again, this can be seen even before drivers are loaded (operating in standard VGA) so it appears a h/w issue.
The obvious concern is had I not noticed this now, I would have eventually plugged my PJ into the screwy port and been inadvertantly compensating for it in PJ gamma, etc.
Has anyone noticed this? Any thoughts?
Thanks.
I've found a color (temperature) descrepancy between the two VGA ports. Was first noticed upon installation (defaults to clone mode) where the basic Windows desktop on one port was much more blue -- and overall a bit darker -- than the other. Eventually loading the drivers (and various driver versions), resolutions, etc., make no difference.
Subsequent viewing of a colorbar BMP confirms the difference. The DVI/VGA port looks closer to normal than the dediciated VGA port. Switching to TV out seems to match the DVI port (probably the same DACs) and also looks good.
I setup two identical monitors, same cables, exact same setting parameters. When swapping connectors, the problem follows the port! So I exchanged the card and have the EXACT same results. Again, this can be seen even before drivers are loaded (operating in standard VGA) so it appears a h/w issue.
The obvious concern is had I not noticed this now, I would have eventually plugged my PJ into the screwy port and been inadvertantly compensating for it in PJ gamma, etc.
Has anyone noticed this? Any thoughts?
Thanks.