Windows Vista seems some what Blurry

[CrazyCrusher]

I don’t know if its me or not but my windows Vista seems slightly blurry, I didn’t notice at first until my wife said it to me, so I checked my Monitor refresh rate set to 75 changed it to 60 and back up again still seems a little blurry, my monitor looks fine running windows XP, has anyone else seen this before? Nvidia Driver Problem maybe?

[Sterling_Aug]

What kind of monitor? LCD or CRT?

LCD should always be run at 60 Hz. Never run higher than 60 Hz refresh.

CRTs should always run at the highest refresh rate that it supports. I try to run CRTs at 85 Hz or higher.

[CrazyCrusher]

I'll try run it at a high refresh its a CRT flat panel, if my wife hadnt of said anything I wouldnt have noticed now I notice it, so let me try that I'll post back. thanks Sterling.

[Cygnus-X1]

I have my 19inch monitor at 75hz 1280 by 1024, would i get some flicker if set at 60hz? It seems fine and it looks like that is the highest (75) hz that my monitor supports.

its on a DVI digital connection to my PNY GTX 8800.

[CrazyCrusher]

Moved it up to 85 seems much better, Thanks for the help.

[Greymack]

Sterling can i ask about your statement relating to LCD monitors should always be set to 60hz

Whats the thinking behind that as i've had mine at 75hz for 3 years now and all seems well?

[Sterling_Aug]

Being a Dell certified technician, I used to have documentation from the Dell website that claimed that LCD monitors should always be set to "native mode" which is 60 Hz refresh. I do not have the documentation anymore because I changed to a different contract site.

Do a google search, you should find lots of info on native mode.


Here is one article:

http://www.microcenter.com/random_ac...n_the_lab.html

[porsch1909]

I noticed that initially. But it seemed to have fixed itself.

I use XP at university and vista at home and I don't notice any difference.

[richard_cocks]

I you have an LCD screen it could be that you have cleartype but that it is incorrectly tuned for your monitor;

ClearType Tuner

[chriswhitelaw]

with my lcd monitor when I flip to a screen on the internet and back to the desktop it's blurry then it clears itself up.

[rraehal]

I have a Dell LCD. It is a 19" LCD - Model 1907FP.

It works fine at 75Hz but when set to 60 Hz the entire screen is fuzzy. I tried several PC's. The various PC's I tried had Intel, nVidia, and ATI cards. The Intel ones were all AGP or integrated. The other brands were a mix of PCI, AGP, and PCIx. All yield the same results. The monitor simply is not as crisp at 60Hz when set to 1280x1024.

[Sterling_Aug]

Did you use the DVI cable or a standard VGA analog cable?

[Imperion1]

I have a Norcent 19" LCD that I received as a birthday present, there is no real noticeable difference on mine. Whether the Refresh Rate is set to 60 or 75 @ 1280 x 1024. And this is using the vga cable. I'm waiting for the DVI cable I ordered to arrive, then we'll see.

[rraehal]

I use a DVI cable. ClearType is on. If I turn it off I can see a differnce in the font but not the blurry parts of the screen. Everything including graphics are affected. A screen shot viewed on another PC reveals that the monitor is at fault when set to 60Hz.

If someone thinks this should become its own thread, I will gladly move.

[Sterling_Aug]

I would start your own thread please.