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  • Monday, October 29, 2012 4:13 PM
     
     
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    Hi everyone,

    I recently installed Windows 8 and i noticed that the screen puts a lot of strain on my eyes compared to Windows 7. It seems like the screen/text is blurry/fuzzy a bit putting strain on my eyes. It is not as crisp as it was in Windows 7. Almost too powerful?

    Anyone else experiencing this issue?

     

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  • Monday, October 29, 2012 5:14 PM
     
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    Looks like you'd need a video driver update.

    Have you checked on both MS and your graphic card websites?

    Sebastian Sajaroff Senior DBA Pharmacies Jean Coutu

     
  • Monday, October 29, 2012 5:29 PM
     
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    See: How to adjust the Clear Type Setting in Microsoft Windows 8

    Carey Frisch

     
  • Tuesday, October 30, 2012 12:12 PM
     
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    The issue is with DPI scaling. For any program that gives you blurry font, use the following steps:

    Right-click on the program's icon -> Properties -> Compatibility -> "Disable display scaling on high  
    DPI settings".

    Then close the program and restart.

    Also check out the link below. 

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/windows-8/older-programs-compatible-version-windows

     
  • Monday, November 05, 2012 3:50 PM
     
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    I was having similar issues and the screen resolution wasn't right- turns out my graphics card just needed updating/ re-installing. Now its perfect for me so could be a resolution for others with this problem. Hope you fix it.
     
  • Wednesday, November 07, 2012 4:18 PM
     
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    I had a similar issue. Win8Pro on Asus mobo with AMD 6950 GPU. Text was a bit blurry and I fixed it but it was nothing to do with the Cleartype. What follows may help but I offer no guarantees.

    After searching through the W8 native driver options I installed the relevant Catalyst software from the AMD web site which put the drivers on for the card and also the Catalyst control centre. It was while I was messing with the control centre that I realised that the image on screen didn't quite go right to the edge of the LCD monitor.

    There is an option inside this Catalyst tool that is called GPU scaling. By moving this slider to 0% it pushed the image to the edge of the screen and obviously into the native resolution of the monitor and suddenly pin sharp image. I'm not sure what GPU you are running but I would see if you can find any options about GPU scaling and see if there is a manufacturer supplied control panel application.

    Hope this helps.

     
  • Sunday, December 09, 2012 7:15 PM
     
     
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    Looks like you'd need a video driver update.

    Have you checked on both MS and your graphic card websites?

    Sebastian Sajaroff Senior DBA Pharmacies Jean Coutu

    You know very well that this is not a driver issue. Everybody's eyes hurt since win 8. Bring back a ClearType option for Desktop computers. If i am only using win8 on a desktop, why do i have to suffer for something that is meant to improve things for tablets? Tablets can use these changes, and desktop should have the OPTION to stay with ClearType until we have displays that can handle all this.

    MY EYES HURT SO MUCHHH

     
  • Monday, December 10, 2012 7:54 AM
     
     
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    I have updated my AMD video drivers several times in an attempt to address this problem. The Microsoft driver is also useless.

    I have even tried the latest AMD beta driver but no driver has made one scrap of difference.

    I notice Arthur Xie has marked this as an answer. Well it is NOT an answer!

    It is about time Microsoft put a stop to this devious practice of marking any old garbage response as an answer.

     
  • Monday, December 10, 2012 7:57 AM
     
     
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    I tried this. It has made absolutely no difference.

    Once again, Arthur Xie, this is NOT an answer!

     
  • Monday, December 10, 2012 2:16 PM
     
     
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    Hi,

    I tested W8 Enterprise (Trial 90 days) on my desktop PC for a couple of weeks and didn't have any issues with blurry/fuzzy text.

    Sebastian Sajaroff Senior DBA Pharmacies Jean Coutu

     
  • Saturday, January 05, 2013 12:48 PM
     
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    I think I know exactly what this is. If you have an AMD graphics card the text can be blurry if the following is selected in catalyst.

    Open catalyst >> go to gaming section >> under gaming go to 3D Application settings >>

    in the anti-alising section if you select morphological filtering the text on windows 8 apps become blurred. I might post this on my website and hopefully catch people who Bing or Google this so that they are aware.

    Make sure morphological is unselected to avoid this weird blur.

    www.levifreeman.com

    • Proposed As Answer by levi3man Saturday, January 05, 2013 12:48 PM
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  • Saturday, January 05, 2013 9:56 PM
     
     
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    If you have an AMD graphics card

    I do but I still think the problem is ClearType with widescreen monitors.  My workaround for this problem is to drop screen resolution down a notch on my widescreen monitor.   Coincidentally this changes it to the same aspect ratio of my Tablet, 1.6 but I don't think that is as significant as just changing it to be something lower.   Even on W7 I use a Custom Zoom setting of 112 in IE for the same reason--trying to give ClearType more fuzziness to work with.   What I don't understand is why it is so much worse in W8 than in W7.   AFAIK I am using the same video driver in both.

     
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  • Sunday, January 06, 2013 6:58 AM
     
     
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    Please read previous posts before making the same suggestions that other posters have made.

    As I have stated previously, selecting / deselecting morphological filtering makes makes absolutely no difference on my machine.

     
  • Sunday, January 06, 2013 7:14 AM
     
     
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    I have a Samsung 1920x1200 monitor. I tried dropping my screen resolution on my 1920x1080 and the results were even worse. 

    My research also indicates a trend where ClearType is not working on large widescreen monitors.

    I have also noticed several posters on various sites, who have this blurry font problem, are using Samsung widescreen monitors.

    On Windows 7, using ClearType tuner results in reasonably clear text by time I reach the last screen.

    On Windows 8 (on the same PC) there is no way I can even get close to acceptably readable text using ClearType tuner.

    In addition, the font rendering in Windows 8 is not consistent. I have clear text in desktop Windows Explorer, but text in IE10 (and Office 2013) is dreadful.

     
  • Sunday, January 06, 2013 8:52 AM
     
     
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    I have a Samsung 1920x1200 monitor. I tried dropping my screen resolution on my 1920x1080 and the results were even worse. 

    In fact, I have a Samsung 22 inch monitor too.   But mine starts out at 1920x1080  so I had to drop down to 1680x1050.   That's the 1.6 that I was referring to.

    But I'm on W7 now at 1920x1080 and it looks Ok.   Probably not as thick as the type that the lower resolution is giving me but quite readable.

    On Windows 8 (on the same PC) there is no way I can even get close to acceptably readable text using ClearType tuner.

    That's right.   Fixing that would be a real help, I think.

    I have clear text in desktop Windows Explorer, but text in IE10 (and Office 2013) is dreadful. 

    What about Modern UI Fullscreen apps?   Since this thread is about apps.   I thought that BING wasn't as bad as IE?   Maybe a different font?

    Robert
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  • Sunday, January 06, 2013 9:37 AM
     
     
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    I think I know exactly what this is. If you have an AMD graphics card the text can be blurry if the following is selected in catalyst.

    Open catalyst >> go to gaming section >> under gaming go to 3D Application settings >>

    in the anti-alising section if you select morphological filtering the text on windows 8 apps become blurred. I might post this on my website and hopefully catch people who Bing or Google this so that they are aware.

    Make sure morphological is unselected to avoid this weird blur.

    www.levifreeman.com


    Thank you ,You solved it for me everything is perfectly clear :)
     
  • Monday, January 07, 2013 5:44 AM
     
     
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    What about Modern UI Fullscreen apps?   Since this thread is about apps.   I thought that BING wasn't as bad as IE?   Maybe a different font?

    On my setup most of the Modern UI apps display blurry text. I really cannot see any difference between and IE10 and Bing.  

     
  • Monday, January 07, 2013 5:47 AM
     
     
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    There is no Compatibility option for IE10.

    This is not a solution.

     
  • Monday, January 07, 2013 6:56 AM
     
     
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    On Windows 8 (on the same PC) there is no way I can even get close to acceptably readable text using ClearType tuner.

    In addition, the font rendering in Windows 8 is not consistent. I have clear text in desktop Windows Explorer, but text in IE10 (and Office 2013) is dreadful.

    Metro doesn't use sub-pixel anti-aliasing, nor does IE10 (desktop) or, bizarrely, Office 2013*. Avoiding Windows Store apps, switching browsers and using an older version of Office are the only workarounds.

    * Although they missed some parts: http://blog.quppa.net/2012/07/17/office-2013-further-evidence-of-the-demise-of-cleartype/


    • Edited by David Warner Tuesday, January 08, 2013 12:22 PM
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  • Tuesday, January 08, 2013 9:20 AM
     
     
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    David,

    Have you tried Office 2010 on Windows 8?   If so, does it look as clear as it does in Windows 7?

     
  • Tuesday, January 08, 2013 11:46 AM
     
     
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    Have you tried Office 2010 on Windows 8?   If so, does it look as clear as it does in Windows 7?

    Screenshots in this thread show that Office 2010 looks fine in Windows 8: http://community.office365.com/en-us/forums/146/t/75258.aspx