ADVANCED COMPUTER PROS ONLY.... i can't get help anywhere - resolution problem

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chicubs

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i have a slight shadow the shows up on the mouse and every Icon on the screen. its not too bad that i can't deal with it, but i want it to look perfect. i have the resolution set at 1680X1050 @ 60hertz. i also have the TV tuner set at the same resolution settings. video tower > tv tuner (VGA) and tuner > monitor (VGA)....

specs
Graphics card: Nvidia 6150 LE (onboard)
Monitor: 20" Viewsonic VX2035WM
TV Tuner: stand-alone TV box HD 1280 (made for large monitors)

also, their is no shadow when i have the OSD menu for the monitor up so i know the monitor is in good shape... its less than a year old. i checked all the cables and tightened them down.

what causes the shadow?
how can it be fixed?
could it have to do with bad conections?

SECOND ISSUE: dual monitors...
i want to get dual monitors... i used to have 2 hp "V17e"??? i think?.... but when i would play games or full screen something it would mess up the configuration and i would end up reinstalling the drivers to fix it... it was a pain so i sold the two monitors and bought this one

i don't play games anymore ha ha ha... i want to hook up a DVI from my computer to the viewsonic monitor... and a VGAfrom my tower > tv box > second monitor. My goal is to watch tv on the second monitor and use the first monitor as a single monitor computer. but if i want to switch the second monitor to my PC i can. i know this can be done because i don't even have to have my tower hooked up to the tv box to watch tv.... i also plan on getting a second TV box so i can watch 2 shows at one time

am i going to run into the same problems i did before?
Any recomendations on a GRAPHICS CARD (under $200)?
Second monitor?

i would also like to use my PC as a "TIVO"- to record shows and news clips...

Is that possible? what software would i need?

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP!!!! I CAN'T WAIT TO GET IT ALL SET UP!!!
 
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chicubs

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VoyagerBoy said:
Ummm...

On the mouse pointer, do you have enable pointer shadow unchecked? (for XP)

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yeah i do.... thats not it though.... the smile faces on this site all have.... what looks like an "echo shadow" same with my mouse pointer and all text....
 
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chicubs

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aSc1@3 said:
could you get some pics of your monitor screen?
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sorry i tried to do it with a camera but nothing showed up.... its not a very intense shadow. if it helps, the shadow shows up to the right of all objects, i can see about 3 shadows... each one getting less and less visable.

also one the left edge of my desktop (only left) their are 3-4 lines that seem to be the same as the shadows.

the shadows basicly look like "the same effect you get when you touch your monitor screen.... if its an LCD" - but about half as intense....

i had this monitor hooked up to another tower that was older.... and it worked fine... also like i said.... the monitor menu does not have this effect
 
G25r8cer

G25r8cer

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It's the drivers!! That card sucks and you will never be able to run 2 monitors and make it look good!! I had that integrated video and it is prob the worst you can get!! The support for it is crap (drivers) as they are never updated. I had a problem with it when playing a racing game. Instead of the tire smoke being white it was green. The shader for the card is crap.
 
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oscaryu1

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g25racer said:
It's the drivers!! That card sucks and you will never be able to run 2 monitors and make it look good!! I had that integrated video and it is prob the worst you can get!! The support for it is crap (drivers) as they are never updated. I had a problem with it when playing a racing game. Instead of the tire smoke being white it was green. The shader for the card is crap.
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Ha...Ha. It may of course be the drivers, but why start on the card being outdated? I totally agree on that, but if he can live with it, then leave it.

And why in the world would you game on an onboard? :eek:

I honestly doubt you can do dual monitors with onboard. You'll need a dual output/dual head GFX. Cheap solutions are the FX5200, X1550, 7300LE (some models)
 
Tuffie

Tuffie

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g25racer said:
It's the drivers!! That card sucks and you will never be able to run 2 monitors and make it look good!! I had that integrated video and it is prob the worst you can get!! The support for it is crap (drivers) as they are never updated. I had a problem with it when playing a racing game. Instead of the tire smoke being white it was green. The shader for the card is crap.
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Why would you game on onboard?

Lol

Tuffie.
 
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chicubs

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oscaryu1 said:
Ha...Ha. It may of course be the drivers, but why start on the card being outdated? I totally agree on that, but if he can live with it, then leave it.

And why in the world would you game on an onboard? :eek:

I honestly doubt you can do dual monitors with onboard. You'll need a dual output/dual head GFX. Cheap solutions are the FX5200, X1550, 7300LE (some models)
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because when i had dual monitors i was using a PNY card.... it was 512MB but i dont remember the model.... it was back when i bought my comp... but after i sold my monitors i found no use for it... i wanna say it was 7600 nvidia... something like that???
 
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