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Hello,

Everytime I connect my 1920x1080p monitor to my pc I always get a blurry display, the colors are washed out and look fake, I've tried different cables (DVI and HDMI) but I get the same results. When I look at my 1080p monitor It doesn't feel like it's a full HD monitor, it isn't clear and it's fuzzy...in other words it is farrrr away from HD, hell even my 14 inch laptop screen which has a resolution of 1366x768 looks wayy better.

I've even tried with an another monitor which has a resolution of 1680x1050 and it's exaclty the same problem even with different cables, it's not crystal clear as it's supposed to be, yet I made sure that my gpu (rx 580) driver is update and as a last resort I even tried to connect my monitors to my laptop (wich has intel hd 620 that can support resolutions up to 4096x2304) but I still get the same results.

Any idea of what's going on?

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Quick summary and likely causes for the symptoms described (blurry, washed-out 1920x1080 and 1680x1050 screens on both an RX 580 desktop and an Intel HD 620 laptop): common culprits are desktop/driver scaling or mirroring, an incorrect output color range (limited vs full) from the GPU, monitor OSD/sharpness or color-mode presets, or a monitor scaler/hardware fault. was right to flag display-mode issues and rightly pointed to monitor/driver identification — the next steps should isolate which of those is happening.

Try these checks, in order:

  • Confirm each display is actually running at its native resolution and native refresh rate in the OS (Settings > System > Display > Advanced display settings). If a lower resolution is sent, the monitor will interpolate and look soft.
  • Temporarily set Windows Scale to 100% for the test. Mixed DPI scaling can make text and UI look fuzzy.
  • Verify display mode: avoid duplicate/mirror if the laptop is lower-res than the external monitor; use Extend and set each screen to its native resolution.
  • Check the GPU control panel (Radeon / Intel / NVIDIA) for scaling and color settings: look for "scaling/overscan" options and set scaling to use the display (not GPU) or to "scale to full panel"; look for "Color Range" / "Pixel Format" and choose RGB Full (not Limited or YCbCr 4:2:2). Washed-out colors often come from limited-range output.
  • Reset monitor OSD to factory and check sharpness, color temperature, and any "dynamic contrast" or "eco" presets — turn those off.

Additional isolation tests:

  • Take a screenshot of a crisp desktop (Print Screen → paste into Paint → save) and view that file full-screen on the external monitor. If the screenshot looks sharp there, the signal is correct and the blur comes from OS/driver scaling; if it’s still blurry, the monitor/cable/scaler is at fault.
  • Try a different input (DisplayPort if available) or a known-good source (another PC or console). If multiple sources/cables show the same problem, consider RMA or panel/scaler failure as the likely root cause.

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Member Avatar for rproffitt

What's changed since it worked?

Also it appears you have changed monitors and cables but not the PC. Do other PCs work fine? (Mine is fine here.)

You also didn't reveal how you setup the second monitor. Once in a while a new PC user with a 1366x768 laptop display will MIRROR the setup and it will look awful since you are sending a non-native resolution to the other monitors. DO NOT MIRROR. Extend.

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You didn't say what kind of monitor this is. Some of them have drivers as well -- will look like this if the device manager shows as "generic monitor".

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