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Caroline1Jane
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8600 XP refresh has caused jagged fonts
Hi all,
Please help,
After XP Pro refresh the icons and font appear bold and slightly jagged, I have a trusty 8600, with high res WUXGA panel, NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5650, using latest driver from Dell. Before the refresh the icons and font were very crisp, but now they are giving me eye strain and fatigue. My res is set to 1280 by 768, this appears to be the only setting that dosn't strecth or distort the image. Also when windows first starts up the screen goes black momentarily as though refreshing or resetting its resolution. Please help if you can I am sure its only a tweak or different driver required.
Regards
Mark
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Posted May 25th, 2005 09:00
Hi bacillius,Thanks very for the reply, how do I find out what the native res should be? And where do I find the clear type, and DPI adjustment tool, sorry to be thick, to be honest my 8600 has be used leaving pretty much all the settings as shipped, I have never felt the need to adjust the image it was fantastic straight out of the box.Look foward to your reply, will try the adjustments when I get home.RegardsMark- the native resolution of a WUXGA screen is 1920 x 1200.
you are presently using a WXGA resolution of 1280 x 800 which makes icons etc bigger but at a cost to image clarity. ideally you should have gotten a WXGA screen.
to enable Clear Type go to display properties>appearance>effects & choose Clear Type under "use the following method to smooth..."
for dpi setting display properties>settings>advanced Caroline1Jane
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Posted May 25th, 2005 10:00
Emm, Really intresting, have I got to install a LCD panel driver? cus I don't think the resolution you suggested is listed in the resolution options list?You have been really helpful and I think when I get home it is going to make more sence. If the resolution isn't listed why could that be?RegardsMarkCaroline1Jane
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Posted May 25th, 2005 15:00
Can you tell me what the latest driver is or how do I find that out? I am concerened I may be using the wrong one and will do damage to my screen :smileysad: Should I use the Dell driver, Microsoft driver, or the graphics card manufacturer driver, which is best? by the way I am not a games user so not bothered about games performance tweaks available with some driver packs, just need a stable driver.Thanks again for all your help really appreciate it, can't wait to get home and try some of the points you have raised.By the way why did you say you should have chossen a different LCD, I thought I bought top spec at the time??RegardsMarkCaroline1Jane
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Posted May 26th, 2005 19:00
Hi Bacillus,Thanks for the link, I have installed and all is well, I have set the res as you suggested but the icons and web pages are a wee bit small for even my eyes, on the up side the quality when the optimal res is set is again perfect. But its still not as before the refresh. Before the icons were larger and generally the res was higher, although I cant swear to what the res was set to. When I up the res now the icons loose there clarity. I just can't understand why I can't get it back to it original state. Any futher ideas, any one else got any clues.RegardsMarkneobrucelee
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Posted May 27th, 2005 04:00
did you try system restore? may sound stupid but sometimes its little things that helps.Caroline1Jane
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Posted May 27th, 2005 08:00
Hi Neobrucelee,Thanks for the reply, I have just re installed XP Pro service packs and updates all done so restore not an option I am afraid.Mark
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Posted May 25th, 2005 08:00
That being said, there are two things you could you could look at. First off have you enabled Clear Type? This tends to improve font quality.
Secondly make sure that you are using a DPI of 96 with that widescreen panel.