Fullscreen games change Pixel Format on HDMI Monitor

[William Barcelos]

Hello community,

I've been facing this problem since I upgraded to Windows 10 (I was using Windows 7 Ultimate x64). All the fullscreen games that I play opens in this weird resolution, like when you change your monitor Pixel Format to YCbCr, even though the game is set in their own video settings to the right resolution and refresh rate (1080p @ 60Hz).

If I play it in Window Mode, the resolution in the game looks fine, or if I lower the game's resolution, the colors look Ok, not very saturated and with high contrast like the YCbCr Pixel Format.

In the AMD forums, I've found this guy with the same problem, but no responses: https://community.amd.com/thread/171006


Hope you guys can help me, here are the pictures of my CCC settings and the screenshot of a fullscreen game showing the problem:

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UPDATE:

I've managed to correct the proportions of the image at full screen by changing this setting on my Monitor/TV menu:

Now the only problem is the weird colors. I was looking in the Display Adapter settings and noticed that when I change the Refresh Rate from 60Hz to 59Hz, the colors become exactly like the image of the full screen game. Maybe it has something to do with Refresh Rates...

I'm still waiting for an answer guys!

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

What do you mean by the colors? Refresh rate has nothing to do with colors. 59 Hz and 60 Hz is the same thing. Some apps display the real value, some round up. There's no such thing as a 60 Hz display, that's a marketing thing. Have you tried calibrating your monitor? If you don't know how to, then change the picture preset to Movie/Cinema/Theater, as that's the closest to accurate out of the box. Reset your monitor before you do, and make sure you use "Just Scan". An overscan of 5% can cut the resolution (simplified: detail) in half. Is there anything I'm missing?


All the best!

 

[William Barcelos]

What do you mean by the colors? Refresh rate has nothing to do with colors. 59 Hz and 60 Hz is the same thing. Some apps display the real value, some round up. There's no such thing as a 60 Hz display, that's a marketing thing. Have you tried calibrating your monitor? If you don't know how to, then change the picture preset to Movie/Cinema/Theater, as that's the closest to accurate out of the box. Reset your monitor before you do, and make sure you use "Just Scan". An overscan of 5% can cut the resolution (simplified: detail) in half. Is there anything I'm missing?


All the best!

I don't know, it is a HDMI TV/Monitor and it has to be set in the PC to Full RGB Pixel Format so the colors and resolution are right. If it is on YCbCr, the colors look weird as I showed in the images.

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

The second image which you say displays correct color, and well one you're obviously happy with, is in my eyes, a blurry mess, in comparison to the first image. I'm trying to figure out if you prefer the first, or second image. The first is closer to accurate than second, however it seems like you prefer the second. Then use that, it's preference. But the amount of detail that is completely gone is night and day between the two.

Follow my quick guide here, please:

Aspect Ratio: Just Scan
Desktop Resolution: Native
Refresh rate: Native
Picture Mode: Movie/Cinema/Theater, whichever is available - if it defaults contrast to 100, drop it down to 90, never use 100
Sharpness: 0 - you don't want or need artificial sharpness, it's enhancing edges for content that is not HD. Use 1 if 0 turns out it blurs the image

Now try playing your game again, your images will be closest to accurate possible without calibrating the display. And again, what (I think) you prefer, is the washed out, huge detail loss, white ball clouds. ;-)



All the best!

 

[William Barcelos]

The second image which you say displays correct color, and well one you're obviously happy with, is in my eyes, a blurry mess, in comparison to the first image. I'm trying to figure out if you prefer the first, or second image. The first is closer to accurate than second, however it seems like you prefer the second. Then use that, it's preference. But the amount of detail that is completely gone is night and day between the two.

Follow my quick guide here, please:

Aspect Ratio: Just Scan
Desktop Resolution: Native
Refresh rate: Native
Picture Mode: Movie/Cinema/Theater, whichever is available - if it defaults contrast to 100, drop it down to 90, never use 100
Sharpness: 0 - you don't want or need artificial sharpness, it's enhancing edges for content that is not HD. Use 1 if 0 turns out it blurs the image

Now try playing your game again, your images will be closest to accurate possible without calibrating the display. And again, what (I think) you prefer, is the washed out, huge detail loss, white ball clouds. ;-)



All the best!

Thanks man, it helped but it still not the same as on window mode... It seems like the monitor sets itself to another mode when in fullscreen. Hard to explain, but I'm still looking for a solution! 🙁