Re: Blurry Text

Of historical note on Tue, 27 May 2008 00:15:50 GMT
" JCO" <J.Oliviero@xxxxxxxxxxx> scribed:

|1680X1050 works great. I don't understand why, nor do I understand what
|"ClearType" (Leonard Grey's reply) means but it is working great now.
|
|"blank" <null@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
|news:Xns9AAA8208368491h6y23@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|> Leonard Grey <Leonard@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
|> news:O8lwFp1vIHA.3484@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
|>
|>>> I'm having issues with my computer. The text always seems to be
|>>> blurred. I have a high resolution setting, 1600X1024. My video card
|>>> is a 512 MB, 128 bits, GeForce 8600GTS (which is a very good card).
|>>> Reading news on the Internet, emails using outlook and even pop up
|>>> dialogs are difficult because the letters (text) are not sharp. My
|>>> monitor is a Samsung SyncMaster 2053.
|>>>
|>>> I've already made sure that I'm running the proper drivers for my
|>>> monitor and the video card. What else can I do? Thanks
|>>>
|>>
|>
|> If it is the 2053BW, you should be running at the resolution 1680x1050
|> Any other resolution will make text look bad.
|> Always run an LCD monitor at its native resolution. Getting "close" will
|> actually often be worse than something further away.
|

You may be interested in reading more about the Clear Type Tuner here:

ClearType Tuner
<http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ClearType/tuner/tune.aspx>

PowerToys for Windows XP
<http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx>

hth
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I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid.
Terry Bradshaw
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