Windows 7 is blurry

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metalrulz

Discussion Starter · Dec 3, 2009

Well i just installed my new windows 7 home premium 64 bit and i have to say that i like the way it feels but it seems like all of the text and images are blurry to me.I googled it and other people are having this problem and have fixed it but for me none of the fixes work.I have tried clear type,different resolution's,the windows glass effects fix,several different driver builds and nothing fixes it.My monitor is a polaroid 19 inch and i'm using the vga cable to my vid cards which are 2 xfx 5770's.The highest resolution on this monitor is 1440x900(which is what it's set to) but sometimes when i look @ my desktop it seems that it's not actually using that resolution and It even looks like it carries over to my games a bit.

I'm lost and i have no idea what to do about it.

Does the text or images look blurry to any of you?

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/7172/desk1x.jpg

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/5121/desk2d.jpg

I may get that monitor from the first image if it's that windows 7 just doesn't like my 1440x900 res.If i forgot anything like other important pc specs let me know but most are in my sig.

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Evostance

· #2 · Dec 3, 2009

Yeh it does.

Check the resolution is right, try turnin on cleartype or whatever its called that smooths the text

wiggy2k7

· #3 · Dec 3, 2009

Those ss's look fine to me

Evostance

· #4 · Dec 3, 2009

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Those ss's look fine to me

Look at the text, its all thin and scraggy.

Wouldn't say its "blurred" though

EDIT: Just noticed you said cleartype. It doesnt look blurred to me, just not smooth text

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BenRK

· #5 · Dec 3, 2009

Yeah, check your res.

Penicilyn

· #6 · Dec 3, 2009

You can't give us a jpeg to ask if it's blurry, jpegs suck

The_0ctogon

· #7 · Dec 3, 2009

They look just fine to me. Are you guys that are saying it looks blurry zooming in all the way? Chrome downsized the images for me, making them look blurry, but when I viewed them at 100% zoom, they were perfectly fine.

dham

· #8 · Dec 3, 2009

Yea looks fine to me. You just have to resize the image in firefox or whatever. Browsers tend to downsize the images like the above poster said.

The only other thing I noticed that it looks like some of your effects are turned off such as font smoothing and anti aliasing.

captthunderpnts

· #9 · Dec 3, 2009

It looks blurry because of 1440x900. Also, I've never seen a Polaroid monitor that was as crisp as a comparable Acer, Samsung, or LG.

I wouldn't sweat it too bad, and it already looks like you're ready to fix the problem with a new monitor =)

halifax1

· #10 · Dec 3, 2009

Definitely looks like ClearType is turned off. Turn that on and it should fix the "problem" you're seeing.

Right click Desktop> Personalize> Display> Adjust ClearType Text and then check it.

sccr64472

· #11 · Dec 3, 2009

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It looks blurry because of 1440x900. Also, I've never seen a Polaroid monitor that was as crisp as a comparable Acer, Samsung, or LG.

Not to get off topic, but remember that Acer doesn't make computers or monitors, so they use a lot of different manufacturers. My point being is that there are good Acer monitors and some bad ones! The one I have, for instance, sucks

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papcrap

· #12 · Dec 3, 2009

Try taking the VGA out and then up it back in this helps when this happens to me.

greydor

· #13 · Dec 3, 2009

Try this. I had the same issue with my Acer when I had it.

1) Right click on desktop > Screen Resolution > Click "Advanced Settings"
2) Click on the "Monitor" Tab
3) Change your Screen refresh rate to 59hz. Click apply.
4) If it's already on 59hz, move it to 60hz. This should hopefully fix it.

metalrulz

Discussion Starter · #14 · Dec 3, 2009

yeah both windows and ccc are saying [email protected] refresh.clear type is on and it doesn't help.Font smoothing is off because it makes it worse for me and gives me a headache in like 2 minutes.changing the refresh rate didn't fix it.I tried unplugging the vga and and plugging it back in yesterday and that didn't work.Like i said lost

Screw it i ordered that monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824236049

Hopefully there won't be any problems with this new one.I guess i have to just deal with the headaches this one gives me from reading til next week.

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Zzyzx

· #15 · Dec 3, 2009

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Try this. I had the same issue with my Acer when I had it.

1) Right click on desktop > Screen Resolution > Click "Advanced Settings"
2) Click on the "Monitor" Tab
3) Change your Screen refresh rate to 59hz. Click apply.
4) If it's already on 59hz, move it to 60hz. This should hopefully fix it.

This. On an ATI card, my monitor is only clear at 59Hz, though on a NVIDIA card, it's clear at either 59 or 60Hz. I think it's a bug with the newer Catalyst drivers or something.

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blupupher

· #16 · Dec 3, 2009

The images look fine on my monitor.

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