Setting the brightness of your computer screen too high or too low can cause eye strain. If you frequently work in such conditions, your vision is likely to deteriorate over time. Most devices with graphics cards like NVIDIA or ATI contain a control panel for adjusting brightness, along with other settings such as contrast and color temperature. Hence, some users can easily fine-tune the screen brightness to their preference. However, not everyone is aware of this simple trick. That's why this article from Mytour will guide you on how to adjust the brightness of your desktop computer screen.
Effective Ways to Adjust Brightness of Desktop Computer Screen
Note: Before adjusting the brightness of your computer screen, make sure you have installed all the necessary drivers for your device.
1. Adjusting Brightness of Screen with NVIDIA Graphics Card
Step 1: To open the NVIDIA Control Panel, right-click on the empty space on your desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel from the menu.
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Step 3: Adjust the Brightness setting by dragging the slider to the left (to decrease) or right (to increase).
Step 4: Once you've achieved the desired screen brightness, press Apply changes and close the NVIDIA Control Panel window to complete the process.
2. Adjusting Brightness of Screen with ATI Graphics Card.
Step 1: To open the ATI Control Center, right-click on an empty space on your desktop and then select Catalyst (TM) Control Center from the top of the menu. A window with three control sliders will appear.
Step 2: Adjust the Brightness setting by dragging the slider left or right.
Step 3: Click Apply, then press OK to save the settings and close the control panel window.
3. Adjusting Screen Brightness Using Hardware Buttons on the Monitor.
Step 1: Open the monitor settings window. Each monitor has a different method for doing this, but typically, there's a button on the front of the monitor or a control panel next to it that will bring up a hardware settings menu.
Step 2: Adjust the brightness settings. These settings are typically found in the Contrast/Brightness or Display Settings panel.
Step 3: Press the button on the control panel again to close the settings window.
Here are some ways to adjust the brightness of your desktop computer screen that Mytour wants to share with those who may be unfamiliar with this simple trick. Hopefully, with these methods, you can adjust the screen brightness reasonably to help prevent eye strain while using it. Best of luck.
Additionally, for those using laptops, adjusting the screen brightness is quite straightforward, especially for devices running Windows 10 operating system. For details on how to do this, if you're new and unsure, you can refer back to our guide on enabling automatic brightness adjustment on Win 10 that we shared earlier.