Monitor sharpness?

Hi, I bought a Samsung 930B LCD monitor, I know it's not a really excellent monitor, but it's cheap :P Anyway, so far I like its color and all, but I have a problem it seems that it does not display text or photo with small details sharply, I dont know why, I can see like pixel-like graphics on small details graphics. I set resolution to 1024x768, should I set it higher? How about my pc graphics card, will it affect the the sharpness?
Please advice.
Thanks.

yea i say see what happens when you set it higher since it goes up to 1280 x 1024. some lcd monitors i know arent good with text at all. for some reason i notice that lcds perform better at their highest res. but i could be wrong on that assumption. if your vid card can do it, then it should be no problem. rendering screen typefaces isnt all that system hardware demanding.

The native resolution of the monitor is 1280x1024. I would definitely suggest running it at the native resolution. When you run it at a different resolution than the native resolution, the monitor is doing some interpolation/scaling that can have adverse effects on details.

What Jason said...run at native resolution and you should be fine!

Yep, it's the way LCD monitors work.

15" @ 1024x768
17-19" @ 1280x1024

looks like we have confirmation that native res is the best as i had suspected. so what are you waiting for? =P

Now, how does it look at native resolution?

it's better, but some pic with small details still not that good, maybe I sharpened it too much last time.... but my last 15" lcd does not have that problem though... see this pic, tell me your monitor see a clear picture or not, do you see those leaves shadow on the water a bit distorted?

http://todayistoday.co​m/index.php?showimage=​93

Also, when I view some video, the graphics is not that nice, it's a 8ms response time monitor, I wonder if it's because of my video card..... any idea?


cbtoday,
http://todayistoday.co​m

Video card mentioned twice now. Yes it could also be the video card, especially if using real cheapy one. Hate to say buy another video card and then the monitor still looks the same. Any chance of returning the monitor for another one? Maybe easier route is to hook the monitor to a computer that you know to have a decent video card. A lot of local stores may be willing to let you try that.

cbtoday wrote:
it's better, but some pic with small details still not that good, maybe I sharpened it too much last time.... but my last 15" lcd does not have that problem though... see this pic, tell me your monitor see a clear picture or not, do you see those leaves shadow on the water a bit distorted?

http://todayistoday.co​m/index.php?showimage=​93

Also, when I view some video, the graphics is not that nice, it's a 8ms response time monitor, I wonder if it's because of my video card..... any idea?


cbtoday,
http://todayistoday.co​m

im using a apple 17in studio display on dvi to a dual processor g5 and a cheapo nvidia fx5200 vid card and i dont see anything outstandingly wrong with the picture

also could you be more specific about "the graphics is not that nice." are you running the monitor with DVI or regular D-sub analog? it makes a difference

nice shots on your site btw

sorry what is dvi? I think I ran with analog.

I have seen some crappy images from on-board video connected to a LCD.

LCD monitors need higher video quality to "sync" the signal to each pixel on screen.
Which CRT doesn't have to do since they are analog.

DVI plug is somewhat better quality, but on some nVidia card, the DVI output is
below the standard for DVI and some image can be worse that analog.

Try some good video cards. Visual quality are not necessarily pricey.

And check in your display manager in the apearance tab if the CLEAR TYPE font is
enabled, works wonder on LCD screens..

if youre using analog then you are not using the maxium capabilities of your monitor. i suggest getting a video card with dvi. its all digital and what lcds are meant to do. nividias 6 series is coming waaaay down in price, check out a 6600gt.

Two cables should have come with your monitor. A VGA and DVI. VGA on an lcd monitor is just plain suckie! You really need to hook up your monitor with the DVI connector for best performance.

Sorry I am clueless on this dvi thing, how do I check if my video card has dvi capability? Where to check my video card status? It seems that the monitor requires me to buy dvi cable separately, but I want to make sure my video card has dvi capability before I buy the cable.
Thanks.