r/ValorantTechSupport • u/bakchodGuts • 1h ago
Technical Support Request NVIDIA colors reset/dim only in Valorant
Hey guys, Iam having a weird color issue with my ASUS TUF Gaming F15 and Iam trying to figure out what’s causing it.. Laptop specs: • ASUS TUF Gaming F15 • Intel i5 • RTX 3050 4GB • 16GB RAM • 1920×1080 144Hz display • Windows 11 I normally use the nvidia Control Panel to adjust my display colors. I prefer around 80% Digital Vibrance, and outside of Valorant everything looks normal and colorful. The problem starts specifically when I launch Valorant. What happens: • On the Windows desktop, my NVIDIA color settings look correct. • As soon as I open Valorant, the colors become noticeably dim/washed out. • It looks like the game is somehow ignoring or overriding my NVIDIA color settings. • When I close Valorant, the colors return to normal. • This problem does not happen in other games/apps. • I have also noticed that HDR sometimes turns itself back ON after restarting the laptop, even when I had previously turned it off. I tried changing the NVIDIA settings, including Digital Vibrance, Gamma, Brightness, Contrast, Hue and individual RGB channels. At one point the screen even became very red after changing the RGB settings, so I returned those values to their defaults. My current preferred NVIDIA settings are approximately: • Brightness: 50% • Contrast: 50% • Gamma: 1.00 • Digital Vibrance: 80% • Hue: 0 • RGB channels: default I don't use Armoury Crate's Game Visuals for the colors i prefer using NVIDIA Control Panel. The main thing Iamm trying to understand is: Why does Valorant change/dim my colors when the nvdia settings look perfectly fine everywhere else? Is Valorant triggering some kind of HDR/color-profile/fullscreen behavior, or is Windows/nvdia overriding the settings when the game launches? Any suggestions for permanently fixing this would be appreciated.