Non-Smooth Gradients on Multiple Monitors and Computers

techguy11

Distinguished
Apr 21, 2013
24
0
18,510
I have two computers which both have Samsung Monitors and Nvidia discrete graphics cards and often when I am web browsing or watching videos or playing games I notice that the gradients are not smooth but rather some where along the line the gradient gets split into large bars of colour with noticeable differences between each bar. The newer samsung monitor used to be connected to a HP Envy desktop PC which had an ATI (Now AMD) graphics card in and I didn't notice this issue, it was only when I switched to a new computer because the graphics card kept dieing that I noticed it, this time the graphics card was Nvidia. Am I drawing a false connection or is there more going on behind the scenes??
Thanks
 

techguy11

Distinguished
Apr 21, 2013
24
0
18,510

Generally I notice it when using the steam store and when looking at shadows in games.