Screen resolution is all fluffy

Technology and Gaming Help and Support
#1

I’ve had my screen resolution at 1600x1024 since I got my new computer about 2 weeks ago, and the image was nice and crisp. Today I logged in to find my desktop icons rearranged, and the display is now blurry and kind of jagged.

I checked my settings, it’s still at 1600x1024, 60 hertz, same as it ever was.

I’ve tried different resolutions, and rebooting, but no dice. Could it be that I need to download some new drivers?

#2

Check your monitor settings, with the buttons on it.
Check for … em… dunno what it is in English… moiré in French, wiki seems to say it’s the same in English, but I don’t know if they use that term in the monitors…

Someone might have played a trick on you :stuck_out_tongue:

Does the resolution still looks like 1600x1024? Can you fit as many icons on your desktop, for example?

#3

It looks the same, it’s just low detail. I’ve fiddled with the buttons on my monitor and that didn’t do squat.

I’m gonna see if I need to install some new nvidia drivers.

#4

Try pressing the auto adjust button on your screen.

If that doesn’t work you might need to uninstall the drivers with a driver cleaning program and reinstall them.

Maybe your monitor has a higher resolution and it was misreporting before?

#5

If you have a nvidia control panel try adjusting the resoultion that way, sometimes it works where the desktop options don’t.

#6

Reinstalling the drivers/adjusment via Nvidia Control Panel didn’t work. I asked a Serious Business computer wizard, he said that my monitor is too shitty and generic and that I should just buy a new one.

So I’ll probably do that.

#7

I can imagine you plugging in your new monitor and coming back here with the same problem.

#8

Yeah, if your monitor was working fine before, there is no reason for it to suddenly stop.

#9

I thought that too, but I said nothing in the hope that he’d do it and generate lulz.

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