L1710S Monitor won't accept ClearType. Why?

[David Thompson]

I recently bought an LG Flatron L1710S LCD monitor which is using a NVIDIA
GeForce FX 5200 graphics card.
I would like to improve the appearance of text on screen and have been
trying to use ClearType fom the Display Properties/
Appearance/Effects dialogue box.

However, each time ClearType is selected and I click OK the Apply button is
greyed out and the ClearType is not invoked.
Can someone give me a clue about why this should be? Is the monitor (which
is VGA only ie no DVI option) incompatible with
the card with regard to ClearType or what?

Any solutions?
Thanks

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Download and install the new ClearType Tuner Powertoy:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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| I recently bought an LG Flatron L1710S LCD monitor which is using a NVIDIA
| GeForce FX 5200 graphics card.
| I would like to improve the appearance of text on screen and have been
| trying to use ClearType fom the Display Properties/
| Appearance/Effects dialogue box.
|
| However, each time ClearType is selected and I click OK the Apply button is
| greyed out and the ClearType is not invoked.
| Can someone give me a clue about why this should be? Is the monitor (which
| is VGA only ie no DVI option) incompatible with
| the card with regard to ClearType or what?
|
| Any solutions?
| Thanks

 

[David Thompson]

Carey,
many thanks. The Powertoy worked like a charm and improved things
considerably.
I may not have to revert to a CRT now.

David Thompson