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I have recently replaced my hard drive, and I am going through the process of reinstalling my drivers.

My laptop used to show crisp letters, but now I feel they are slightly blurred!

So I updated my video card driver to the latest version, and double checked with Device Manager to make sure. It says: NVIDIA GeForce 315M 9.18.13.4144.

But the letters are still blurry...

DirectWrite is disabled, ClearType helps (the below screenshot is with it), but it doesn't make it go away totally. Without ClearType it is much more noticeably blurry.

I am using the recommended resolution - 1366x768.

Brand and model of my computer is: Toshiba Satellite C660-L20

Here is the image:

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What should I do from here?

Hennes
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The text in your screenshot appears normal to me.

Did you have Windows 7 on your laptop before your HDD upgrade?

I suspect the blurriness you notice is from the subpixel rendering via Microsoft ClearType. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClearType#ClearType.2C_human_vision_and_cognition http://noel.prodigitalsoftware.com/ForumPosts/Noel_ClearType.jpg

Your screenshot appears to have ClearType enabled.

Try disabling it in Control Panel, Display, Adjust ClearType Text (just uncheck "Turn on ClearType"). Toggle it while looking at the time in the System Tray. For the change to take effect in Chrome, you have to close all windows and reopen.

Steven
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