Sp2208WFP Refresh Rate Question

Question

Hello all, I just received this monitor and plugged it up. Looks great, but i noticed the fonts don't seem as crisp as my old Dell E193P LCD. I noticed the refresh rate will go above 60hz. My 19inch went to 75hz just fine. Not sure if this will even clear up the font thing or not, I mean it's not bad, but it's not great. Running it on a 6800GTO DVI output 1680x1050@60hz thanks!

DELL-Chris M · Answer

ozzeran,

The optimal preset resolution is 1680x1050 at 60 Hz. Try turning on ClearType and see if it helps.

* Click Start- (Settings)- Control Panel
* Clic Appearance and Themes
* Click Display
* Click the Appearance tab
* Click the Effects button
* Insert a check to Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts
* Choose ClearType
* Click OK
* Click Apply
* Click OK

ozzeran · Answer

Yeah that helped pretty good. Thanks for the quick reply, loving the monitor! As I love all other Dell stuff :D

HiLine · Answer

ozzeran : very well said ;)

df0101 · Answer

I'm having the same flurry text issue with the sp2208wfp. Turning on cleartype helped a little but still the text look a lot worse than my previous Ultrasharp1800fp. Any suggestions?

IamN41 · Answer

I've got blurry text on my sp2208wfp monitor at native resolution.   Messing with cleartype settings and contrast do not resolve the issue.   I think this is a bad monitor.   I hope Dell comes out with a solution soon or I will be returning mine.

HiLine · Answer

You should stick with the UltraSharp.

df0101 · Answer

That's what I did. I returned the sp2208wfp and am still using the 4.5 year old 1800fp.

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