So who's thinks their predictions were right about the nV40?

[KimB]

You can't really see the true effect of the Camma correction unless you see it on your monitor "live".

While the effect of gamma correction may be monitor-dependent, it is still properly captured in screenshots, and therefore screenshots can be used to determine whether or not there is a benefit for your monitor.

Of course, like all aliasing, the lack of gamma correction (or improper gamma correction for a specific monitor) will be more obvious in motion. To counteract this, synthetic analysis is necessary for proper testing of whether or not the gamma correction is a true benefit for a particular person's setup.

 

[Joe DeFuria]

You can't really see the true effect of the Camma correction unless you see it on your monitor "live".

While the effect of gamma correction may be monitor-dependent, it is still properly captured in screenshots, and therefore screenshots can be used to determine whether or not there is a benefit for your monitor.

Yes and no.

Yes, the effect is "captured", but no...unless your monitor is calibrated similarly to the user who took the shot, you will not get the same effect on your monitor. So you will see a difference between a gamma corrected shot and a non gamma corrected shot on any monitor, but you won't see the "true" difference. (At least, that's how I understand it.)

 

[Seiko]

You can't really see the true effect of the Camma correction unless you see it on your monitor "live".

While the effect of gamma correction may be monitor-dependent, it is still properly captured in screenshots, and therefore screenshots can be used to determine whether or not there is a benefit for your monitor.

Yes and no.

Yes, the effect is "captured", but no...unless your monitor is calibrated similarly to the user who took the shot, you will not get the same effect on your monitor. So you will see a difference between a gamma corrected shot and a non gamma corrected shot on any monitor, but you won't see the "true" difference. (At least, that's how I understand it.)

Although I think the 6xFSAA on my 9700PRO is cool I wonder if my Sony X52 TFT monitor is gamma calibrated? I've never really bothered with the settings as the FSAA seemed such a step up even from my V5 I took it for granted. Is it possible I can improve it even further with a little fine tuning? Any monitor calibration programs about?

 

[KimB]

Yes and no.

Yes, the effect is "captured", but no...unless your monitor is calibrated similarly to the user who took the shot, you will not get the same effect on your monitor. So you will see a difference between a gamma corrected shot and a non gamma corrected shot on any monitor, but you won't see the "true" difference. (At least, that's how I understand it.)

ATI's gamma-corrected FSAA is for one specific gamma value. There is no user calibration.

 

[KimB]

Although I think the 6xFSAA on my 9700PRO is cool I wonder if my Sony X52 TFT monitor is gamma calibrated? I've never really bothered with the settings as the FSAA seemed such a step up even from my V5 I took it for granted. Is it possible I can improve it even further with a little fine tuning? Any monitor calibration programs about?

Well, monitor calibration programs won't work with current drivers (without registry tweaking).

You'll need to do the calibration yourself. There are websites that have pictures and instructions for proper gamma calibration. I'm sure google can helpy ou find one.

I don't think this will help FSAA, though. Gamma-correct FSAA is set at a fixed specific gamma value.

 

[Xmas]

Yes and no.

Yes, the effect is "captured", but no...unless your monitor is calibrated similarly to the user who took the shot, you will not get the same effect on your monitor. So you will see a difference between a gamma corrected shot and a non gamma corrected shot on any monitor, but you won't see the "true" difference. (At least, that's how I understand it.)

But you do not want to see the same effect as other people could see on their monitor. You want to see what it's like on your monitor.
When you take a screenshot, you (hopefully) get exactly what is in the framebuffer after downscaling. So you look at a screenshot and adjust the gamma value in the control panel until the brightness/contrast/color in the picture seems right in your eyes. Just like you do in a game. Then you check whether the edges look better with "gamma-correction". If they do, ATI has the advantage, if they don't, it doesn't matter (you can disable it via a registry key, can't you?).