9800 pro black out

Emptyevergreen · 08-18-2004, 07:17 AM

i own a 9800 pro 256 card and lets set up a scenario here....ok lets say i was playing call of duty and while i was playing one of my friends in aim or xfire decided to instant messag eme, at this moment the screen will darken and it wont go back to normal until i go into the graphics settings and tough the brightness slider bar,i dont have to move it i just have to touch it as if to indicate to the game that thats where the brightness was. friends of mine with similar cards are haiving the same problem anyone have any fixes or ideas?my idea is to get rid of this troublesome card and go nviidia you know...the way its meant to be played

**Praetor** · 08-18-2004, 12:30 PM

LOL nvidia cards have the same "problem" so to speak. The reason this happens is because you have two brightness/contras settings active: (1) windows and (2) game. When you go to windows, it switches to that one and when you ALT+TAB back to your game, since the video engine isnt reloaded (i wouldnt think so but i dont own the game), then the brightness/contrast will remain as "windows" mode.

Games with badass graphics will tend to reload the entire graphics engine when you ALT+TAB back as to avoid that "problem"

Emptyevergreen · 08-18-2004, 05:34 PM

well thats the thing that throws me off, it will reload the game every time i quit out and go back in, but its not even when i fully leave the game. if i just get an im while i am playing, even if i have the intention of ignoring this im the game will darken. gets kind of annoying after a while

**Praetor** · 08-19-2004, 05:34 AM

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it will reload the game every time I quit out and go back in, but its not even when I fully leave the game. if I just get an im while I am playing, even if I have the intention of ignoring this im the game will darken

Yes i know... when that popup thingy comes up, it uses "Windows" brightness. And since the video engine isnt being reloaded the game will henceforth use "Windows" brightness

You'll note on games that do reload their video engine, that in fact, Windows will (sometimes) use "game" brightness and not the other way around

Emptyevergreen · 08-19-2004, 04:57 PM

wow your right...its all making sense now thanks for the help

08-18-2004, 07:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
Emptyevergreen Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 37	9800 pro black out i own a 9800 pro 256 card and lets set up a scenario here....ok lets say i was playing call of duty and while i was playing one of my friends in aim or xfire decided to instant messag eme, at this moment the screen will darken and it wont go back to normal until i go into the graphics settings and tough the brightness slider bar,i dont have to move it i just have to touch it as if to indicate to the game that thats where the brightness was. friends of mine with similar cards are haiving the same problem anyone have any fixes or ideas?my idea is to get rid of this troublesome card and go nviidia you know...the way its meant to be played

08-18-2004, 12:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 24 Posts: 19,946	LOL nvidia cards have the same "problem" so to speak. The reason this happens is because you have two brightness/contras settings active: (1) windows and (2) game. When you go to windows, it switches to that one and when you ALT+TAB back to your game, since the video engine isnt reloaded (i wouldnt think so but i dont own the game), then the brightness/contrast will remain as "windows" mode. Games with badass graphics will tend to reload the entire graphics engine when you ALT+TAB back as to avoid that "problem" __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

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08-18-2004, 05:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
Emptyevergreen Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 37	well thats the thing that throws me off, it will reload the game every time i quit out and go back in, but its not even when i fully leave the game. if i just get an im while i am playing, even if i have the intention of ignoring this im the game will darken. gets kind of annoying after a while

08-19-2004, 04:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
Emptyevergreen Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 37	wow your right...its all making sense now thanks for the help