Blury Resolution ?

[popo]

Howdy Crew,

In Summary: Question: Is it the video card that can cause "blurriness" ?

I have a beautiful 21inch Sony Trinaton [bagged Digital] monitor.
Its max resolution is: 1600x1200
It has a Horizontal Frequency of: 30-95kHz and Vertical Frequency of: 50 - 152Hz.....
however, it is a bit blury [causing eye strain].

My question is:

what causes blurriness ? The Video Card ? I am using this monitor with a Nvidia TNT card.
Could this be the reason why there is blurriness ?

Do I need a really good video card to display clear resolutions of up 1600x1200 ?

I need some advice here becuase I'm a bit disappointed with quaility of picture...for such an expensive monitor :-(

Thanks

- Alex

 

[merlocka]

I am using this monitor with a Nvidia TNT card. Could this be the reason why there is blurriness?

Yes.

Do I need a really good video card to display clear resolutions of up 1600x1200 ?

"Really good" is relative, it depends how much 3D power you need. ATI products generally have good 2D, as do the most recent nVidia cards from good manufacturers.

Some cards which might interest you are any of the Radeon cards or possibly a Geforce2/3 from Gainward or Leadtek. Other nVidia cards have good 2D as well, but these 2 manufacturers have generally been pretty safe from a 2D quality standpoint.

 

[brianp34]

Man, its a shame to have that beautiful monitor on a tnt2. Grab a cheap radeon 7000 ~$50. An nvidia card will be better for gaming, but you definately won't get a very good one for the price of a 7000...and the 2D and DVD playback wouldn't be as good anyway.

brian