Smearing - Videocard or Monitor?

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I've just built a box with a GeForce 8800 GTX graphics card and a 20
inch Videoseven monitor running at 1280x1024@60Hz. The connection
between the two is unfortunately via D-Sub not DVI.

My issue is that the I can see obvious 'smearing' of text in a browser
or document- It occurs in certain areas of the screen only, i.e. if I
move the window with the text slightly, a different bit of text will
become smeared.

Is this likely to be a videocard or monitor issue, and how would I go
about troubleshooting? I can't see any obvious smearing in full-screen
games for instance, which makes me wonder if it's the card.

Thanks in advance!
 
Original said:
I've just built a box with a GeForce 8800 GTX graphics card and a 20
inch Videoseven monitor running at 1280x1024@60Hz. The connection
between the two is unfortunately via D-Sub not DVI.

My issue is that the I can see obvious 'smearing' of text in a browser
or document- It occurs in certain areas of the screen only, i.e. if I
move the window with the text slightly, a different bit of text will
become smeared.

Is this likely to be a videocard or monitor issue, and how would I go
about troubleshooting? I can't see any obvious smearing in
full-screen games for instance, which makes me wonder if it's the
card.

Thanks in advance!
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The monitor is the smearing one, I guess..
Exactly what model is it and what is its native resolution??
As a 20 incher, I'd guess it could be 1600*1200
The smearing occurs when running a monitor NOT at its native resolution

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The monitor is the smearing one, I guess..
Exactly what model is it and what is its native resolution??
As a 20 incher, I'd guess it could be 1600*1200
The smearing occurs when running a monitor NOT at its native resolution
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That does seem to be the consenus among some other people I've asked as
well. I shall try it:- The native res is a rather odd 1400x1050.
Thanks for your time.
 
You're welcome..
That does seem to be the consenus among some other people I've asked
as well. I shall try it:- The native res is a rather odd 1400x1050.
Thanks for your time.
Click to expand...

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Tumppi
=================================
A lot learned from these newsgroups
Helsinki, FINLAND
(translations from/to FI not always accurate
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