Hey guys I have a problem. I am pretty experienced with installing ENBs, so I am positive wrong installation is not the culprit here, though there may always be something I might have overlooked. However, I am sure I installed everything correctly.

So let me get to the point. I have two computers now, one is a laptop, and the other is desktop, which I built recently for heavy gaming. My laptop is also pretty capable. I first installed ENBs on my laptop and they would look gorgeous however I would get 20-25 FPS average so at some point I concluded that it was unplayable. When I installed ENB on my desktop, I got good frames, so I was happy about that, however, NONE of the ENBs I tried look as good as they did on my laptop screen.. Except Vividian ENB, but other ENBs which previously would make my jaw drop, looks relatively unimpressive here and it's not just my eye getting used to them. They all just look so... bland and hideously sharp. (Even on the lowest sharpness setting)

Now I am thinking it's a monitor issue. Since I don't have a PC monitor as of now, I am using a Samsung Plasma TV and a VGA cable connected to a VGA to DVI adapter (Also tried HDMI, same results). I tried calibrating it, playing around with its settings for hours, and while I did get a small improvement on the overall quality of the picture, it was not even close to being enough. So here's a stupid question. Will the kind of display device I have, affect how the ENB looks? I am sure my brightness, contrast and gamma settings are right, but it just never looks right, so I can't decide if it is an issue with my Plasma TV, or if it is an internal issue. What do you guys think? Should I get a legit PC monitor?

Here's a screenshot I took using T.A.Z Visual Overhaul. Not sure if it is enough to describe the problem, or if you have to see it in person to understand.

http://i.imgur.com/rmyWYNl.jpg

The output device can very well impact the look of your game, for example: PC Monitors usually have the full dynamic color range of 0-255 while TVs have a limited 16-235 range which impacts your colors. Furthermore your resolution can also have an impact as higher resolutions usually mean sharper images (depends on the dpi/ppi) and lastly the used panel in a Monitor/TV affects your colors/brightness.

I assume the mods/settings you use are identical for your laptop and your computer ? Otherwise that can also have an impact of course

That screen sample is good enough. High contrast, but nothing wrong with it. Try attached effect file with image for it, it will show full screen output to detect is it driver/display gamma. For most modern displays gamma seems 1.8 must be set (instead on 2.2 in old times), so adjust the game gamma first, then in driver to make all lines of the image lookalmost identical as their sides, while looking from distance and not focusing on the image.

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Damn it, each time someone answer when other write the post, attached files are not linked. Here it is:

EDIT: files deleted as not needed to the topic starter

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i5-4690k, 16Gb RAM, GTX 1060 6Gb, X-Fi Titanium, Win7 x128
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