7 Settings I Change on Every Monitor

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A quick-fire guide for getting the best settings out of any gaming monitor.

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[hipperooni]

0:00 - Intro
0:27 - Brightness
1:06 - Correct White Point
3:09 - Correct Gamma
3:31 - Correct Colour Space
4:56 - Pixel Overdrive
6:20 - Backlight Strobing
8:08 - Adaptive Sync
9:42 - Black EQ

[Andreloooooo]

Keep in mind some people are very sensitive when it comes to ULMB/DyAcc/Backlight strobing and don't even know about it.
When I turn it on, I get extreme eye-strain which eventually turn into a huge migraine.
If you ever have sore eyes or some sort of headache while gaming, turn Backlight strobing off.

[BUCCIMAIN]

While a bright monitor might not damage your eyes permanently, it can screw with your vision for days and in extreme cases up to a few weeks. If you play in a dim room with a really bright monitor for 8 hours a day it can cause problems with recognizing depth, focusing on objects further away and it can cause pain in general. You really don't need to have a super bright monitor as in most cases it won't actually help you see enemies better, try to find a good balance between bright enough and not too bright, on most monitors its around 40-70, I personally use 45. Other settings like contrast affect the perception of brightness but always try to balance things out and find what feels good for you and not copy whatever settings some pro player might use as they were already better than you without them.

[egocd]

I've never understood why people want displays super bright. I run my LG monitor at 10% brightness. If I'm in the dark I'll sometimes set it to 0%. I don't think I've ever had it above 20-25%. Even on a bright sunny day I can still see it perfectly and comfortably. I also hate when my iPhone automatically switches over to HDR on YouTube or Reddit, especially if I'm in bed. it's blinding.

[bikewrecker]

Great video as always! One thing you didn't mention, probably because it's so basic, but that I think is super important is making sure in the advanced display settings in windows, that the monitor refresh rate is adjusted. With my monitor, windows set the refresh rate to 60hz by default and I didn't notice for a long time. Figuring this out and fixing it made a world of difference in my fps aiming ability.

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[malderoni]

You're really one of a few reviewers that is actually playing on a high level in competitive games, so you know what you're talking about. Also great quality content as always!

[krakentortoise]

This couldn't have come at a better time!! Just got a new monitor arriving in a few hours! You rock Optimum

[uhZahn]

Thought I had my monitor fully optimized already, went and made a few adjustments and every game I play now feels brand new. Thank you so much for this!

[courier]

Thank you so much Optimum never really delved into my monitor settings but this helped me a lot. Have a AW2518H and noticed tearing a long time ago but thought it was just part of the monitor. Turns out the pixel overdrive in their settings is called "Response time" and I set my response time to Super fast obviously! Having it on Superfast caused trailing and murky images. Then looked up a professional color tutorial for it and after playing around with what they recommended the blues and colors on my monitor look really nice. Love your videos only found your channel like 4 days ago and been watching a ton of your videos!

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[UnsettlingDwarf]

Cap your frame rates with rtss to 3 hz under monitors maximum then you won’t get screen tearing and it’s more responsive than overloading your monitor with frames. Your gpu has a smaller render queue which means your frame time doesn’t move and is stable and it’s actually more responsive.

[GrimReaper..]

What I found really helpful is that having some bright light behind the monitor, like an RGB strip will help prevent eye strain....

[WigneyR]

I was just sitting at my desk fiddling with the settings on my new monitor after purchasing a 3080ti and was wondering what settings would be best, and here you are again reading my mind with uploads as per usual 😅😌

[pigeonman]

This video is amazing, recently got a new monitor, just want to say this was greatly appreciated. :)