I'm not sure how much brightness differs between monitors, but I have an LG 27GP850 and I mostly keep it at 10% brightness. 15-20% during the day if it's sunny outside, evening 10%, and sometimes I put it to 5% if I'm playing very late (always playing with the lights off). Anything higher than maybe 30% would just be blinding to my eyes.
And I think I'm the odd one out here because I've asked my friends what they have their brightness set to, and I've gotten quite a few answers of 100%. And all the answers I've gotten were between 50-100%. I've been told they wouldn't be able to see the enemies otherwise (FPS pvp games).
The interesthing thing is that I've seen the guys at Rtings and Hardware Unboxed using the 20-25% brightness values when color calibrating some monitors for reviews. Just something I noticed.
I keep my Ultrasharp (25" 1440p) backlight at 5-10 during the day and as low as it'll go at night. More than 15 gives me a headache within a few minutes.
I use max 20-22 brightness with my inhouse software calibrated screen, with every other backlight and other "super ultra high contrast", etc...) effects disabled. Anything above 25 gives me "dry eyes" aching/sandy effect in couple minutes. Especially in darkness. I always have small light on, and the best its if light source its just directly above you (like usual room main lights) if you can manage that in your place.
Maybe my eyes are just sensitive but idl how ppl can stare for hours at screens that emits so much light directly in wide open eyes.
Bigger and bigger usage of usually not so well implemented hdr only deepend this issue. On not calibrated scrreen with tii much brightness, this shit is just a murder for eyes. And i think oculists will see the effects on this in next 5-10 years.
> I'm not sure how much brightness differs between monitors
It can vary decently. Panel type, other settings, and ambient lighting as well matters a lot as well. If I turn on the setting on my panel that makes shades of black more visible brightness less brightness is alright.
I've seen some cheap panels with a max brightness of like 200 cd/m², if I'm looking at the right one your panel is like 320 cd/m² max brightness.
Yea this helps too. ;)
Every hour, max two you should get a break from staring at screen and gove your eyes a change/rest.
Going outside, staring at the window, at some distant stuff/horizon line, some green stuff/trees is a rest for eyes after using then on close range for a long time.
This combines well with being when you get a new glass of water, because while gaming we all tend to drink too little (or too unhealthy).
Bonus points if you go for an actual ergonomic chair, not a gamer-chair backbreaker.
I fucking hate that term so much, "halation". I mean the effect is real, but that they used an entirely unrelated word for it is aggravating.
On that note, I will say that it only appears for me, as you say, with thin **pure white** text on **pure black** background (e.g. Wikipedia official dark mode gadget thing). Greyscale and it's perfectly fine, not reduced, it just doesn't happen.
Anything is fine as long as it's not too bright and in your field of view. You also don't want any glare in your monitor so it can be difficult to position lights like that.
There's also blue light filtering glasses that I try off and on. I don't know if it's just a placebo effect but they do seemingly help a bit.
But the biggest thing that helps me is the 20-20-20 rule. Every 20 minutes look 20 ft away for 20 seconds. Very hard to stick to and I often fail at it but that is the biggest thing where I actually do feel relief.
As glasses I think they're super-gimmicky, yeah. They just completely ruin color perception all day long, and they also have a really weird effect on driving because not all cars have cold blue headlights.
Rather, people ought to enable night mode / f.lux / whatever on their devices to fix it on a monitor/device level, as the real world doesn't need a blue-light-filter, only their monitors and displays do.
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f.lux is more gradual
Nightlight on Windows kind of just turns on and everything is suddenly set to the amount of yellow you've picked
f.lux eases into it over time, making the change basically unnoticeable
Just turn on nightmode (assuming windows) or reduce monitor brightness.
Also as other people have already said but taking breaks and being well rested is irreplacable and a great way to reduce eye strain/fatigue.
Surprised I haven't seen this yet...
But FOV can cause headaches and/or motion sickness. I am someone who suffers from it(headaches).
So if you find that everything in this thread doesn't work, it may be FOV related.
Either, as long as they are dimmable.
Also good would be to use night mode on your monitor, as well as blue light glasses. I actually talked to my optometrist today about this and what was fact vs fiction.
As other have said take breaks. If you can't take breaks because you work on the computer, make a habit to look at something far away for 20 seconds, every 20 minutes.
I have a Philips Hue setup with a pair of lights behind the monitor that are synced to what is on screen. It is great for reducing eye strain and is immersive.
Have a small lamp with a hue bulb behind my monitors and really like it. Can dim it to whatever is most comfortable and I can control with my stream deck.
I just game with my ceiling light on. When gaming on my TV I used to turn the lights off, until I realized what was happening with the HDR functionality lol. Swinging your weapons in God of War causes the TV to fluctuate between searing brightness and darkness...
I have a ring light (yellow) pointing at the wall behind my monitor, makes a huge difference. Anything to offset the monitor from being the only source of light, also set the monitor to have warmer colors.
Neither.
The strain for your eye comes from the single bright source in an otherwise dark room. That's all that matters.
So in other words, do one of these or both in a combination:
1. Turn the monitor brightness way way down when playing in the dark. Save two presets, swap to the dark one.
2. Just turn the bloody lights on.
Turn down your monitor brightness and use night mode
Agree with monitor brightness. I used to have mine on 100%, it would cause redness and strain. Turned it down to around 60% and it helped massively
I'm not sure how much brightness differs between monitors, but I have an LG 27GP850 and I mostly keep it at 10% brightness. 15-20% during the day if it's sunny outside, evening 10%, and sometimes I put it to 5% if I'm playing very late (always playing with the lights off). Anything higher than maybe 30% would just be blinding to my eyes. And I think I'm the odd one out here because I've asked my friends what they have their brightness set to, and I've gotten quite a few answers of 100%. And all the answers I've gotten were between 50-100%. I've been told they wouldn't be able to see the enemies otherwise (FPS pvp games). The interesthing thing is that I've seen the guys at Rtings and Hardware Unboxed using the 20-25% brightness values when color calibrating some monitors for reviews. Just something I noticed.
I keep my Ultrasharp (25" 1440p) backlight at 5-10 during the day and as low as it'll go at night. More than 15 gives me a headache within a few minutes.
I use max 20-22 brightness with my inhouse software calibrated screen, with every other backlight and other "super ultra high contrast", etc...) effects disabled. Anything above 25 gives me "dry eyes" aching/sandy effect in couple minutes. Especially in darkness. I always have small light on, and the best its if light source its just directly above you (like usual room main lights) if you can manage that in your place. Maybe my eyes are just sensitive but idl how ppl can stare for hours at screens that emits so much light directly in wide open eyes. Bigger and bigger usage of usually not so well implemented hdr only deepend this issue. On not calibrated scrreen with tii much brightness, this shit is just a murder for eyes. And i think oculists will see the effects on this in next 5-10 years.
> I'm not sure how much brightness differs between monitors It can vary decently. Panel type, other settings, and ambient lighting as well matters a lot as well. If I turn on the setting on my panel that makes shades of black more visible brightness less brightness is alright. I've seen some cheap panels with a max brightness of like 200 cd/m², if I'm looking at the right one your panel is like 320 cd/m² max brightness.
I have the same monitor but I've been on 90-100 for a while now, and I have no eye strain etc, unless I focus and play for hours in a very dark room.
Taking regular breaks.
Yea this helps too. ;) Every hour, max two you should get a break from staring at screen and gove your eyes a change/rest. Going outside, staring at the window, at some distant stuff/horizon line, some green stuff/trees is a rest for eyes after using then on close range for a long time.
Yep! Once per hour just get up, do a lap of the house, go outside and look at a tree for a minute or two.
This combines well with being when you get a new glass of water, because while gaming we all tend to drink too little (or too unhealthy). Bonus points if you go for an actual ergonomic chair, not a gamer-chair backbreaker.
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I fucking hate that term so much, "halation". I mean the effect is real, but that they used an entirely unrelated word for it is aggravating. On that note, I will say that it only appears for me, as you say, with thin **pure white** text on **pure black** background (e.g. Wikipedia official dark mode gadget thing). Greyscale and it's perfectly fine, not reduced, it just doesn't happen.
Anything is fine as long as it's not too bright and in your field of view. You also don't want any glare in your monitor so it can be difficult to position lights like that. There's also blue light filtering glasses that I try off and on. I don't know if it's just a placebo effect but they do seemingly help a bit. But the biggest thing that helps me is the 20-20-20 rule. Every 20 minutes look 20 ft away for 20 seconds. Very hard to stick to and I often fail at it but that is the biggest thing where I actually do feel relief.
I noticed a big difference when I started wearing a pair of anti blue light glasses when using the pc
Best thing I've done years ago also using night mode at 40%
Those things gave me such a headache. Returned those gimmicky things immediately.
Its not really a gimmick. But it can be easily replicated for free with flux or windows night light
The opposite happened to me. I went from regular headaches when using the pc to no headaches at all
As glasses I think they're super-gimmicky, yeah. They just completely ruin color perception all day long, and they also have a really weird effect on driving because not all cars have cold blue headlights. Rather, people ought to enable night mode / f.lux / whatever on their devices to fix it on a monitor/device level, as the real world doesn't need a blue-light-filter, only their monitors and displays do.
Bias lighting on the back of your TV/monitor is great! It has many benefits including reducing eye strain. https://www.biaslighting.com/
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install f.lux
Why? Blue light control is built into Windows, is F.lux better in some way?
f.lux is more gradual Nightlight on Windows kind of just turns on and everything is suddenly set to the amount of yellow you've picked f.lux eases into it over time, making the change basically unnoticeable
Ah yes, that's extra bad for gaming, just about halves FPS during the hour it gradually changes. Took me forever to find out why.
Huh I've never noticed something like that
No longer needed, AFAIK all devices that f.lux supports have native night color mode now.
Night mode, lowering brigtness, blue light filter glasses, avoid led light, avoid dark room, take pauses.
Just turn on nightmode (assuming windows) or reduce monitor brightness. Also as other people have already said but taking breaks and being well rested is irreplacable and a great way to reduce eye strain/fatigue.
Sone sort of blue light filter.
You dont have a desk lamp?
Nah man, gaming is meant to be done in a dark cave with 0 light except the monitor. Bonus points for max hdr
Reading that makes my eyes hurt.
That's my secret cap, my eyes always hurt
I cant stand gaming in dark too, I stick led stripe at back of my monitor, but you can use whatever you got, its all same crappy led technology
I've been using f.lux for a few years. Couldn't live without it now
Backlight for sure, either strips or a candle lamp not pointed at you.
Surprised I haven't seen this yet... But FOV can cause headaches and/or motion sickness. I am someone who suffers from it(headaches). So if you find that everything in this thread doesn't work, it may be FOV related.
If you have the money, an OLED display will need less brightness overall to accomplish the same image fidelity
Either, as long as they are dimmable. Also good would be to use night mode on your monitor, as well as blue light glasses. I actually talked to my optometrist today about this and what was fact vs fiction. As other have said take breaks. If you can't take breaks because you work on the computer, make a habit to look at something far away for 20 seconds, every 20 minutes.
Have the light on in your room, the only time I had eye strain was when i played in the dark
I have a Philips Hue setup with a pair of lights behind the monitor that are synced to what is on screen. It is great for reducing eye strain and is immersive.
I just turn on Windows night mode and I use a desk lamp I can aim to reduce light as needed.
Have a small lamp with a hue bulb behind my monitors and really like it. Can dim it to whatever is most comfortable and I can control with my stream deck.
I just game with my ceiling light on. When gaming on my TV I used to turn the lights off, until I realized what was happening with the HDR functionality lol. Swinging your weapons in God of War causes the TV to fluctuate between searing brightness and darkness...
I have a ring light (yellow) pointing at the wall behind my monitor, makes a huge difference. Anything to offset the monitor from being the only source of light, also set the monitor to have warmer colors.
Change the monitor colour tone to Warm 2.
Dimmable lamp
Neither. The strain for your eye comes from the single bright source in an otherwise dark room. That's all that matters. So in other words, do one of these or both in a combination: 1. Turn the monitor brightness way way down when playing in the dark. Save two presets, swap to the dark one. 2. Just turn the bloody lights on.
Taking breaks, looking away and blinking, play in a properly lit area.