Not happy with the quality of text on my new 17" Samsung LCD, Suggestions?

[tahoedrew]

MysteryGuest, they do make ADC to DVI adapters. Apple's was cheapest in a quick google search: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/We...T2774G%2FA

~A

[Baby Tats]

OK nothing has helped.

I don't think this is a smoothing/aliasing issue since the text does not look jagged or pixelated. It looks smeared or blurry especially the vertical lines. If you look at it very closely it is that the pixels adjacent to the black pixels are illuminated but they should not be. From far away it is not noticable.

I imagine after I use it exclusively for a week or so I will not notice it. I also think that driving it via DVI would help. Rather than buy an ADC to DVI adapter I would like to buy a used video card that would fit either the AGP or PCI slot. It would be nice to have something that supports Core Graphics (Quartz). I think I have the nomencalture right. I don't need the Core Image stuff, just the quartz extreme.

Wait, I wonder if a getting Quartz extreme support alone would fix the problem. I seem to remember that it rendered text more accurately or something. Actually, I am in way over my head here so any advice would be appreciated. I can't keep all the Quartz nomenclature straight.

I tried to take a non-compressed picture (so there would be no artifacts) but I got a moire (sp?) pattern.

So should I look for a GeForce2 MX or something from ATI? Is it better to use the AGP slot or the PCI slot? And is there a flashed PC card that would fit my needs that's available pretty cheap? I will probably be buying used on eBay or if any of you have something then PM me.

Thanks for all the suggestions and help.


BT

[miK.]

Definitely go with a DVI connection. I bought my Samsung 930B 19" LCD last Christmas and use it with a B&W as well. The first VGA connection was "blurry" to my eyes as far as text was concerned. Luckily, I had upgraded to an ATI Radeon card w/DVI so I used that connection and saw a huge difference. Downside - buying a DVI cable which was not included w/the Samsung...

Also, the Samsung's limited adjustment (tilt only) did not help matters, and I thought that was the actual reason for the blurriness (not set at a correct angle) Soon after I picked up a neo-Flex stand for it for $35-40. It rocks!

good luck-
miK.

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[quote Baby Tats]OK nothing has helped.

So should I look for a GeForce2 MX or something from ATI? Is it better to use the AGP slot or the PCI slot? And is there a flashed PC card that would fit my needs that's available pretty cheap? I will probably be buying used on eBay or if any of you have something then PM me.

Thanks for all the suggestions and help.


BT
You need an AGP card if you want Quartx Extreme support (there were some hacks floating around to enable on a PCI bus, but I think it may have caused other problems).

The other issue you'll have is that most all the flashed PC Geforce cards on ebay will have a VGA port only (no DVI). And most of the Mac system pulls will have a VGA and an AGP connector (I have one in a box around here somewhere), so you may not be able to avoid getting an ADC to DVI adapter. Maybe one of the twinview cards from later Macs would have an ADC and a DVI connector ... not sure on that.