I've recently purchased a new Dell 8400 and have no complaints about the PC except for the poor quality of the 2D text.  The system has a 19" M993s CRT monitor and a Nvidia GeForce 6800 w/256MB of VRAM.  In addition to all of Dell's recommended driver updates, I've specifically updated the video card drivers from Dell and found a newer one on Nvidia's website, which I installed.  I've also updated the monitor's drivers.  Through Windows, I turned on TrueType (which helped), but the 2D text in MS Office applications, Internet Explorer, etc. is still blurry and poorly defined.  I'm running the screen reso at 1024x768 at 85mhz.  My old HP system using a cheap video card and CRT monitor has 100 times better text quality.  What's frustrating is that pictures, videos, 3D graphics and games look awesome on this system, but simply writing this posting is giving me a headache.

 

I'd really appreciate any tips to help clear up this annoying and headache inducing problem.

 

Thanks.

 

Dimension 8400

Intel P4 3.2

1 GB RAM

160GB HD

Dual Drive DVD/DVD double layer RW

19" M993s CRT monitor

Nvidia GeForce 6800 w/256MB VRAM