Video Card and Monitor Calibration

[sheldonnalos]

This is sort of an odd question, but maybe someone here can help me

answer it...

 

If I calibrate my monitor using someone else's PC and video card,

then copy the ICC profile over to my computer, will the profile

remain accurate? Or, does each individual video card have a differing

effect on how the color on a monitor is displayed?

 

What I am thinking about doing is having my monitor calibrated by a

different PC, then copying and using that same ICC profile on my

machine. I do have a reason (long and difficult to explain) for

having to do it this way. I am concerned that the profile (of the

same physical monitor) done on a different PC won't be accurate if

copied over to my machine because of some difference in how the video

card/drivers work.

 

Is there any computer/color guru who can tell me if this would work

or not, and why?

 

Thanks!

[erickpro]

I guess that if you had the same video card and driver it would not make a difference.

 

But if you do not have the same hardware, then I see it useless.

[jespdj]

The video card definitely has an influence on how the image on the monitor looks.

 

I think it doesn't make much sense to calibrate and profile on one computer and use the profile on a different computer with a different video card.

[digitmstr]

Their video card, room lighting and other factors will affect the calibration. Once you bring the monitor home all of that will be useless...

 

I have a monitor with a KWM switch (3 PC one Mac). Two of the PCs are *exactly the same*, in every way. Still, I had to calibrate each differently because the images looked different, for some reason. I do know it's not the KVM because I switched them around and it was the same thing, the same PC was consistently higher on the RED channel. It could be that the cards, even though they are exactly the same model, might be slightly off from each other.

 

In short, there are too many variants and the best thing to do is calibrate the monitor on the PC to which it is meant to stay connected, in the same room in which it will be used.

[sheldonnalos]

Thanks for the help guys. I'll have to find another way to figure this out...