well i degaussed my monitor, and also reset it. it helped, but it still looks blurry. right now im on a regular gf3 and the text looks nothing like the text on my other computer. i upgraded from the same card, a geforce 2 mx. i also didnt totally wipe the hdd. my keyboard is broken so i did a install through the winxp cd where it fast formats for you. ill be fixing that tonight though. ill reformat tonight, and fix everything. thanks for all the great advice, you guys are wonderful.