ATI x1950 pro Brightness goes up and down

[kgwanchos 0]

Just wondered if anyone else has this happen with their ati card. If I look down towards the ground the whole scene goes bright after slight delay. When I look back up again it dims after delay. Looking into the sun is also way overdone on brightness. Is this, as I suspect, a driver issue or game issue.

cheers

[fasad 1]

That is the HDR effect. It is meant to simulate the way your eye reacts to different light levels = game feature.

[kgwanchos 0]

Oh ok so everybody sees that...... is there any ways to turn this off, its really distracting and not realistic, I would go see a doctor if my eyes started doing that !!

[walker 0]

Hi kgwanchos

HDR cannot be turned off it is fundamental to the engine.

Try altering your Gamma and brightness.

Kind Regards walker

[max power 21]

Your eyes sort of do do that but you don't notice it, just like you don't really notice the world going sideways when you tilt your head a few degrees (well, I don't). It's all features of the glorious biomechanical machine that I feed cheesies and beer way too often.

[NeMeSiS 11]

Your eyes sort of do do that but you don't notice it, just like you don't really notice the world going sideways when you tilt your head a few degrees (well, I don't).

IRL its noticable at night though, look in a bright lamp at nigth and then turn off all the lights, at first you wont see anything but after a few minutes you will be able to see different shades.

In ArmA its a bit overdone IMO. (Although it seems better in 1.05, but may have been related to me messing with the 8/16/32bit thingy)

[dwringer 45]

I thought the HDR in ArmA was subdued and tasteful, just as I thought the same for Oblivion, but apparently many are more sensitive to these things (I guess?)... However...

If the brightness/fading appears too jerky/unnatural/etc, it might be the onboard color correction in your monitor, if you have such a monitor. My LG 19" LCD display has a feature called "f-engine" which dynamically adjusts color balance, brightness, contrast, and gamma based on the image currently on the screen. When I play non-HDR games, it's great and helps me see, but it's VERY distracting when combined with HDR. Sometimes it goes crazy and even flickers light/dark/light/dark until I look in a different direction in-game.

So just make sure that's not the issue; if you really are referring to the HDR effect then never mind...