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Just looking to confirm that the x34 should be set to full dynamic range (0-255) as there is no option in the menu to switch between both.

I have calibrated my display is play with the i1 display pro and pretty certain I should be calibrating in full and not limited but can't find any info anywhere.

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This option is only in the control panel for AMD/NVIDIA. The default is usually full. If you have the NVIDIA Control Panel, then I can help you.
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Hi and thanks, But I am aware of the option in the nvidia control panle but that only changes the output from the pc, the monitor still needs to match whatever you set in the nvidia control panel otherwise you end out with crushed blacks if you have full set in the nvidia control panel (0-255) and the monitor is expecting limited (16-235), or you will get blown out whites if you have the nvidia control panel set to limited and the monitor is expecting full.

Hence my question , what is the acer x34 expecting as there is no OSD option for the monitor to change dynamic range and the monitor doesn't appear to be switching automatically from limited to full when I change it in nvidia control panel.
 
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Hi and thanks, But I am aware of the option in the nvidia control panle but that only changes the output from the pc, the monitor still needs to match whatever you set in the nvidia control panel otherwise you end out with crushed blacks if you have full set in the nvidia control panel (0-255) and the monitor is expecting limited (16-235), or you will get blown out whites if you have the nvidia control panel set to limited and the monitor is expecting full.

Hence my question , what is the acer x34 expecting as there is no OSD option for the monitor to change dynamic range and the monitor doesn't appear to be switching automatically from limited to full when I change it in nvidia control panel.
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Where are you changing that? What part of the NVIDIA Control Panel are you in? Are you in "Change resolution"? Or are you in "Adjust video color settings"? If you're in "Adjust video color settings", then you're in the wrong area. The setting for this that's in "Adjust video color settings" is for video playback in video playback software and you're not going to see a difference otherwise (like in video games, or at the desktop, on YouTube, etc).

I would say you can stop messing with it. That's a fairly new and very high-end monitor. So I say, just enjoy it. Y'know?
 
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Where are you changing that? What part of the NVIDIA Control Panel are you in? Are you in "Change resolution"? Or are you in "Adjust video color settings"? If you're in "Adjust video color settings", then you're in the wrong area. The setting for this that's in "Adjust video color settings" is for video playback in video playback software and you're not going to see a difference otherwise (like in video games, or at the desktop, on YouTube, etc).

I would say you can stop messing with it. That's a fairly new and very high-end monitor. So I say, just enjoy it. Y'know?
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Thanks for the reply but I think you are misunderstanding the problem.

I am aware of the nvidia control panels dynamic range settings and they are doing what they are meant to do. But the actual monitor needs to match whatever you set in the nvidia control panel or you will have crushed blacks or blown out whites.. and since the acer predator x34 doesn't say what it outputs (limited or full) then there is no way to know what should be set in the nvidia control panel.

After calibrating with the i1 display pro I can say that calibrating in limited results in a terrible contrast ratio of 300:1 while calibrating in full results in a contrast ratio of 1000:1.

Based on that I can only ASSUME that setting it to limited in the nvidia control panel changes nothing on the monitors end and it's still actually expecting a full pc level range of 0-255 and is blowing out the whites.

But it would be nice to see some documentation or discussion to confirm for sure!
 
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Why not just take a step back and judge it for yourself with your eyes and your mind? Does it look good? Yes? No? Are your blacks crushed and whites blown out? I think you're making this way too complicated and difficult.
 
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