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April 6th, 2007 23:00

Display-SawTooth Effect

After installing a new vid card and adjusting all settings I still cannot remove the sawtooth effect from my icons and wording.does anyone have a solution.
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    Posted April 6th, 2007 23:00

    What video card?
    What monitor?
    What operating system?
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    Posted April 8th, 2007 13:00

    Dimension 8300-pentium 4  512mb-xp pro o.s.
    Radeon  x1650 pro,256mb,agp with catalyst
    M992 monitor
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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    Posted April 8th, 2007 23:00

    You've installed the Catalyst drivers, so have you set the optimal resolution of 1280x1024px?
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    Posted April 9th, 2007 01:00

    YES,along with 165dpi,85 Hertz.
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    Posted April 9th, 2007 02:00

    try changing the dpi to 96
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    Posted April 9th, 2007 22:00

    gpro,thanks but still no luck.
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    Posted April 10th, 2007 01:00

    Does this problem occur with all text or just icons on the desktop?
    Waht other settings did you adjust?
    this could help - LCD screen fonts & ClearType
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    Posted April 10th, 2007 13:00

    I'm useing cleartype,and tried adjusting settings on my monitor itself.
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    Posted April 10th, 2007 13:00

    By the way every thing on the computer has this problem,thanks for that page I'll try the online adjustments later today.
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    Posted April 11th, 2007 05:00

    hmmm, I'm running out of ideas. Did you reboot after changing the DPI to 96?

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