Monitor HELP!!

[JLL_Med]

Hey, i don't know if i posted this in the correct section, if not please direct me to Monitor's R Us =). I know Tech-Forum-ites have a slight (as in slight i mean deep deep deep) hatred for all things Dell, and if you help me solve this problem you have my full permission to add this to your list of "Why I Hate Dell" items

Okay, here is my dilemma that's driving my insane. My monitor is currently a Dell SP2208WFP thats absolutely gorgeous. Its running at its optimal setting of 1680x1050 Reso with 60hz of refresh, on an nVidia GTX280, but something is wrong!!! I cant put my finger on it, but my letters aren't as crisp as they should be, and some even have a reddish slight tint/hue that drives me up the wall. I called Dell and they tried to help me but they basically said im an OCD psycho lol. I know what i am, but i ALSO know that this monitor has SOMETHING wrong. Any ideas what it could be? Maybe its the monitor malfunctioning on a hardware level, or maybe its some of the specs i have it on, but im about to shoot myself cuz i see it everywhere lol. HELP ME!! =)

 

[Luke]

it probably came with a tool to fine tune the colours, my samsung did. Do that, if it has one. What colour bit do u have it on? it should be on 32bit.

 

[JLL_Med]

The Dell dude and me tried everything lol. It is set at 32 Bit, 96 Dpi, we toyed around with an insane amount of resolution/color/gamma combos, and nada. It was so frustrating. My brightness, gamma and contrast is at 50%, for some odd reason i cannot tweak sharpness (which im SO sure is the problem), and im using the Nvidia GPU for scaling.

 

[Luke]

why can you not tweak sharpness lol. Are u trying to do it threw a program or manuely on the monitor its self?

 

[JLL_Med]

Well, the monitor itself (you know, the little buttons on the screens edge) allows me to set the sharpness at a value between 0 and 100 in increments of 75, but the program i use through the computer itself (the nVidia Control Panel) doesn't let me tweak sharpness for some reason, the slider is grayed out.

 

[Luke]

use the buttons then

 

[JLL_Med]

It doesn't fix the problem, im thinking it has to be something on a hardware level, because that dude and i literally tried EVERYTHING and tons of reso/refresh/color/gamma/brightness combo, and nothing.

 

[Luke]

Have you tried reseatting your GPU? If that does not work then perhaps it is your monitor

 

[KurrentEweser]

Have tried it on another computer? I wouldn't think a video card produce that kind of problem. A stupid question. Are you using a VGA or a DVI cable? Nobody would use a VGA cable on this nice monitor would they?

 

[Luke]

The video card could be seated badly, which could explain the bad display.