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Terepin
So I tried QuickGamma and frankly I don't see much of a difference. But still, how can a software mess up with cards's gamma?
Changing the gamma should make a huge difference. Are you sure the profile is enforced in Windows?
When you say everything is darker it sounds like your gamma is off, i'm sure you know about your contrast and brightness, so it's probably not that i'm assuming.
The more likely thing is you are overlooking something simple. Or that you have some slider in NV control panel off, or it is in the right spot but not actually engaging. Or a setting in your monitors osd.
Since you stated it's on two different monitors we lean towards the target machine.
The how or why is unknown, but in the end it's not some mystery of the universe that cannot be fixed. If you created a profile in quick gamma, and did it right, you should notice a difference in something, that is for sure.
You can create a profile that's total garbage on purpose just to see exactly what it is doing.
I would just do again, one thing at a time. First unload all profiles, and or just use the Eizo one then for starters or a standard srgb profile which i believe Windows has in System 32/drivers by default. Mines does anyway. Then in your osd of your monitor. Is there a gamma setting? Set it to 2.2 or close to that. Some monitors just give you the choice of gamma 1 , 2 or 3. You may have to look up what that means if so. Some give you nothing and if the gamma is off you need to calibrate it or you will never get a proper picture. Quick gamma allows you to do that, and it should make a big difference in that case. Or a small difference if it was never that bad in the first place. That program has been around for like 10 years, it works.
So set your preferred brightness and contrast in your monitor osd. I generally change brightness but not contrast, or if i change contrast it's usually only by a small amount.
Make sure you have nothing touched in your nvidia control panel, everything is set to default.
How does it look? If it's still dark, like black is encroaching on your color, shadows ect crushing it, adjust the contrast on your monitor a little. If it's dull and or just flat like the screen is greyish and not vibrant. Then it's probably your gamma. Use quick gamma to set your gamma and make sure the profile is loaded in Windows properly. If it doesn't work 99.9% you are doing something wrong.