DELL Latitude D 610 Screen Unsharp

Shep Smythe · 20-12-2005 11:17pm #1

Hi all,

I have a Dell Latitude D 610 and my screen looks 'unsharp' especially on larger graphics and fonts - any ideas on how to solve this??

Merry Bitsmas!

S

SickBoy · 21-12-2005 12:03am

What screen resolution are you using?

Stephen · 21-12-2005 10:05am

As Sickboy implies, it looks like you're running it in something other than its native resolution. Any tft screen will look crappy when running in non-native resolution.

commited · 21-12-2005 9:49pm

You probably have "smooth edges of screen fonts" on which makes everything look CACK on laptops.

right click on "my computer" -> go the "advanced" tab -> Click the "settings" button in the performance section -> Choose "Adjust for best performance"

TempestSabre · 21-12-2005 10:19pm

commited wrote:

Y...right click on "my computer" -> go the "advanced" tab -> Click the "settings" button in the performance section -> Choose "Adjust for best performance"

Thats an odd way to do it. Why not go to the display settings?

commited · 21-12-2005 10:52pm

I always do it that way because its quickest for me as My computer is on the desktop.

Stephen · 22-12-2005 12:16am

eh, so is the display control panel... right click anywhere on the desktop?

"Adjust for best performance" will affect more than font smoothing.

commited · 22-12-2005 1:10am

Obviously it will affect more than font smoothing, but its something everyone should do anyway if they want the best out of their machine.

Stephen · 22-12-2005 9:24am

That stuff will only cause a noticable performance impact if your computer is some kind of antique.

TempestSabre · 22-12-2005 12:27pm

I would have thought using the display options would be more useful as you could see what all the different options do. I'd never heard of "Adjust for best performance" before. Might be handy for clueless users. I tend to have increase the res and font size for those kinda users. But its interesting to know its there.

commited · 22-12-2005 2:21pm

Stephen wrote:

That stuff will only cause a noticable performance impact if your computer is some kind of antique.

It helps alot on machines with 256mb.

Look, he can take the advice or not - I'm not forcing it down his throat

Cerdito · 22-12-2005 4:17pm

Hi,

I have a Dell D610 lappie - it's our company standard model. My display is fine. If it helps, here's a couple of screenshots from my display setup:

Shep Smythe · 22-12-2005 9:07pm

Cheers heads - palyed around with a few things but to no avail!

Will keep at this!

Merry Caxmus!

S

DELL Latitude D 610 Screen Unsharp

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