Graphics Settings Question.

Fruhstuck

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I recently built a new gaming PC and I've noticed some of my games have a cloudy flat look to them. I've played with the monitor and graphic settings which hasn't really led to any improvement. The games are running fine at 60 FPS. When I'm not in games browsing the web etc the display looks fine. I recently was playing Max Payne 3 and went to change the resolution for the game display. It was set default at 1280x1024 at 60hz. The game image wasn't as sharp because my monitor has a resolution of 1920x1080 but the graphics didn't have the cloudy flat look to them. I changed the settings to the native resolution of 1920x1080 and the image quality was perfect but it had the cloudy flat look to it again. I don't know if it's because newer HD monitors do that because of the new lighting effects in games or it may be a setting that I'm not aware of. Any help would be appreciated and below you will find the spec to my computer. I also will post a screen shot of Max Payne 3 showing the cloudy flat image.

Thanks

Screen Shot:



specs are as follows:

GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 670.
CPU: Intl i5 3570k.
Mobo: Asus P8Z77
PSU: Corsair 750TX
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
HD:Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
Monitor: Asus VS248H-P Black 24"

(If you need more spec like case idk why but if you need it let me know.)
 

weaselman

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It will be one of the setting in the advanced Graphics option of the Game in question.
People tweak these on there own preference, changing how the game looks, HDR for example or FXAA options. just have a play around with the advanced graphics option in the game most have them. It looks like you have a blurring option, or a depth of field setting you may want to check that out if the option exists in the advanced graphic option menu of the game. The last option as far as i am aware does this like your eyes do over a greater distance things become blurry and less defined in the real world and most new games try to emulate this. Ambient occlusion is another thing to take a look at and its settings.
 

Fruhstuck

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I just was playing around with the settings of my monitor and found out that Asus has a lot of settings for how the monitor looks. They have a "splendid" setting that automatically has preset ratios for contrast, brightness, and so on. I was using the Standard and Gaming mode previously. This blocks you out of tweeking certain settings under these modes. When I switched to different preset modes it opened these settings. So I figured out that I had to put my monitor on Scenery mode or Theater mode which allows you to tweek the saturation levels which led to my games having a richer and more vibrant look which is what I wanted rather than a dull flat look.

Thank you for the reply though.