NoobusExtremus Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 LOL. Did you wait for the CRT to fully warm up? Is the brightness/contrast set correctly? Is it properly calibrated? I think you are having a placebo moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyZ0G Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 yea, I spent a while setting it up LOLI'd forgotten how much fun it was degaussing :D truth is, CRT does have a better quality image but the monitors are HUGE in comparison to LCD and the available resolutions aren't as high as LCD my desktop LCD only went up to 1280 x 1024 and this CRT is 1280 x 1024 so the resolution is the same but the game looks better (to me, sat here in front of it) at lower settings and because of these settings it runs faster and smoother. like I said, if you've got one in a cupboard or somewhere dig it out and have a look.you may surprise yourself ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrowjuice Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 yea, I spent a while setting it up LOLI'd forgotten how much fun it was degaussing :D truth is, CRT does have a better quality image but the monitors are HUGE in comparison to LCD and the available resolutions aren't as high as LCD my desktop LCD only went up to 1280 x 1024 and this CRT is 1280 x 1024 so the resolution is the same but the game looks better (to me, sat here in front of it) at lower settings and because of these settings it runs faster and smoother. like I said, if you've got one in a cupboard or somewhere dig it out and have a look.you may surprise yourself ;) Yea I prefer the picture quality on CRT monitors too but a lot of new games are too dark for my old one, it has no gamma adjustment of it's own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyZ0G Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 agreed, gamma correction is the hardest part of the set up and I do find myself adjusting the brightness/contrast when going in or out of dungeons and some of the poorly lit buildings, but that is a 2 second tweak.I'm back on the HDTV now, just to see if I was imagining it but the same settings that made Skyrim seem vibrant, alive and solid on the CRT make it look like Borderlands on a console LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiegril Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 I read somewhere recently that most of the shadowing on skyrim uses the computer RAM not the VRAM. I can't remember where I read this or I would give cred. I also havent tried to test this theory. But if it is true, then turning off self shaowing might make more sense for those maxing out their RAM... Just wondering, have you looked at the effects on FRAPS or CPU-Z or something similar to see what is being affected? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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