monitor too dark when playing madden 2003

[TorontoKid]

Hi guys,
I'm having a problem when I play madden 2003. The screen is too dark, so I go to the control panel and click "display", I go to andvanced properties and adjust the brightness under the "color" tab, but when I open up madden 2003 it resets my brightness to a level that is too dark. I can't figure out why the game keeps reseting the brightness everytime I open it. Here's my system:

Athlon 750
Rage 128 32mb
Windows XP

PS, I already have the newest ATI winxp drivers for the video card.

Thanks in advance

[Force Flow]

Have you tried to physically changed the brightness and contrast settings on the monitor?

[Cpt.Kirk]

When you are in the options menu in the game does it have any video sub menus??? Most games have either a brightness or gamma setting that you can adjust that should help you.

[TorontoKid]

There's no adjustment for brightness in the game itself. I just tried adjusting the brightness via the Video card's control in control panel. I can also change it using Adobe Gamma ( I have photoshop) This makes everything very bright...including my desktop, but as soon as I open madden 2003 all the setting reset. Even when I close madden, my desktop is back to the darker setting

[Force Flow]

Have you adjusted the monitor settings on the monitor using the buttons/knobs?

[TorontoKid]

yes, I have the brightness and contrast adjusted on the monitor all the way up

[wolfie]

how old is your monitor? sound's like its on its last leg

wolfie

[TorontoKid]

it's about 6 months old and I'm only having problems with this one game

[liquid_cool]

I have a similar problem except it's with most games and movies I use, the brightness and contrast on my monitor are all the way up, and when i set the gamma under my video card's advanced settings everything is fine with my desktop, but when i play a movie or game the gamma corection doesn't have any affect and it's way too dark. this happens on my old computer with an nvidia TNT2 and the new one i just built with a radeon 9800 (though the 9800 is even darker then the old one, and therefore harder to see) is the only way to fix this to get a new monitor (i was planning to anyway but it could be a few months) or is there some kinda driver or program that will apply the gamma corrections to videos and games like it is applied to the desktop?

[redbaron_snoopy]

I have the same problems using the onboard Intel Xtreme graphics on a new built . Desktop and everything else fine but not 3D games. Everythings dark or too dark.

[glc]

I dunno about the Rage, but the Catalyst 3.6 drivers for my Radeon have separate profiles (gamma, etc.)available on the Color tab for desktop and full screen 3D.

[liquid_cool]

yeah I just figured out how to correct the game with the catalyst 3.6 driver, thanks! I had already tried setting the 3D settings but the game would just reset them, but after I figured out that I should set the hot keys so I can adjust all the settings in game it was better... when i adjust the screen so it's bright enough to see everything seems "washed out" if you know what I mean, like everything is kinda lightened and foggy or something, I guess maybe I have the settings too high or something but that's the only way it's light enough to see... maybe it really is time for a new monitor... mine is 5 years old after all... guess i better start saving up!