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Problems desktop sharpness with nvidia 8800 GT card

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Hi

I've recently upgraded my system and, as with most things of this nature, there are problems.

If someone could spare a little time to help me to find a solution to a particular problem i'd be very grateful :)

The problem is with the display.

I'm using:
nvidia 8800 GT (latest drivers)
hyundai imagequest Q17 monitor(latest drivers)
windows vista 32bit

Basically, the output from the monitor looks slighty blurred; i can see a bit of colour around the edges on the letters.

I have used this monitor, with the same drivers with a ge6 card and the display was fine.

Personally, i believe it's the fact that (for some unknown reason) image sharpening has been disabled on the ge8 series. I recalled that the image sharpening setting was at 50% when i was using the ge6 card, and i believe that is why i didn't have a display problem. Now that i have a ge8 card, with the setting set to 0 i'm getting this problem.

So, does anyone know of any third party software i could use to change the sharpness the display? I've googled some answers but was only able to find one solution, which failed to work.

I would just get used to it but i use my computer alot for work and it causes too much of a strain on my eyes.

Anyway, thanks for reading and i hope you can help.

Regards,

Martin

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by john_h

Just wanted second the motion. I have had a similar experience with a new Dell that came equipped with the 8800 GT. On a 22-inch LCD the fonts are essentially illegible. I tested the monitor on an old computer equipped with an (antique) ATI card, and the fonts became legible, quite a bit better. I conclude the problems are inherent in the 8800. It may be the card was intended for gaming primarily, rather than word processing or spreadsheets. I intend to send it back.

However, here are the troubleshooting steps I followed before I gave up on it -- you might find it helpful to run down the list.

1) made sure the native resolution, 1680 x 1050 and 32-color was selected on Properties/Settings
2) set "Effects" to Clear Type
3) Downloaded the tweak for Clear Type tuning, and tuned the font.
4) Downloaded the latest drivers/nTune from nVidia, install, etc.
5) Tuned the monitor itself to its sharpest image setting, using the monitor buttons and menu.
6) in Settings/Advanced set dpi to 96

None of this corrected the problem. The type is illegible.

by Former member

Make text easier to read using ClearType on a monitor.

To tune ClearType
You can use the online tuner to further adjust the legibility of on-screen items.
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Open Appearance Settings by clicking the Start button ,
clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization,
clicking Personalization, and then clicking Window Color and Appearance.
If the Appearance Settings dialog box is not displayed, at the bottom of the page,
click Open classic appearance properties.

Click Effects.

In the Effects dialog box, select Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts.

Select ClearType in the list, and then click OK.
NoteWhether you select Standard or ClearType from the list,
you must have a video card and monitor that support a color setting of at least 256 colors.
You'll get the best results with High color (24-bit) or Highest color (32-bit) support.
You can change color quality in Display Settings in Control Panel.
Open Display Settings by clicking the Start button ,
clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization,
clicking Personalization, and then clicking Display Settings.

Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.

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