Fuzzy Display?

[paulrockNJ]

I'm having a problem with my G4 tower and my Samsung Syncmaster flatscreen display. Everything looks kind of "fuzzy".

Small text that shouldn't be anti-aliased looks anti-aliased. At first I thought it was the setting to adjust anti-aliasing, but then I noticed that other onscreen elements are effected as well. One pixel lines -- in Photoshop for example -- that should look crisp and clear, look fuzzy also.

Is this a hardware issue? I plugged the display into my Powerbook and everything looked fine, so it's not the display. Maybe the video card?

I'm hoping there's just a random setting somewhere that I checked off that I haven't come across again.

[Raven]

Could you post back the MacOS version your using and the graphics card model you have in your G4 tower ?

[paulrockNJ]

I'm running 10.3.6 -- but I don't have the info for my graphics card with me. I'll have to post that tonight when I get home (I should have thought to write that down!)

[Raven]

If your running 10.3.6 , try to update to 10.3.7 first... may include graphics card upgrades for your specific card.. or reset your os in some way that will help fix this.

[styrafome]

I'm asking stupid questons here...you are using DVI, not VGA? You are running the Syncmaster at its native resolution on both machines?

[paulrockNJ]

I feel like an idiot...I dont know much about hardware. Let me know if this makes any sense:

ATY,Rage128:
Type: display
Bus: PCI
Slot: SLOT-C
VRAM (Total): 32 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x5245
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-57502-103

Display:
Resolution: 1280 x 960 @ 60 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Main Display: Yes

[paulrockNJ]

Jesus....forget it. I finally resolved this by setting my display to 1280x1024, 75hz

That fixed everything.

[styrafome]

yup, that's what I meant. LCDs only look good at their native hardware resolution.

[Las_Vegas]

You'd be a lot happier with the display if you upgrade to card with a DVI-D port. Even a cheap Radion card would be a vast improvement.