Is it my video card?

Question

Alot of pictures on my computer, other than the ones taken by my digital camera are fuzzy, and so are the ones online. How can i fix this? Do i have to get a better video card or do i need that Direct3Dx thing?

Answer 1

Most of the pictures on the Internet are usually not of the high resolution variety. Not sure how many mega-pixels your digital camera is, but it will usual produce a resolution that will display well on your computer. Many sites keep the pixel count down on their pictures because they are restricted to so much storage space, to if you down load that picture and enlarge it, it will look fuzzy because of the lower pixel count.

I love to download pictures of space, such as galaxies, and have found sites that do have high resolution pictures...some as much as 9000 x 9000 pixels, but the file sizes are huge...75 MB easily, but you can zoom in as much as you want with no distortion.

I expect the pictures you are getting from the web may not be of the high resolution variety. The more pixels the better, but it does take up space on the hard drive.

Answer 2

Hi friend,
If your digital camera pictures are being displayed properly, then it's not likely to be your video card...
If you have an accelerator program, to download web pages faster, this might be the problem... many accelerators, even ones offered by your Internet provider, reduce the resolution/picture quality to download the pages faster.
Also, sometimes your software monitor settings will not match perfectly with your monitors performance and size... Try changing settings and see if anything helps?
One more thing, DirectX is important, as well as, Java Runtime, Macromedia Shockwave and Flash Player, so make sure you have the latest installed by Google searching the download sites and updating them!
If all else fails, go to your device manager window through control panel/Systems icon/Hardware, and find the Display adapter for your computer. Right click on the adapter and try updating it (from the Internet)...
This is the best advice I can give you,
GOD Bless, wadeduck58

Answer 3

Change monitors first. It is possible you have an incampatible driver or your monitor is too old or any number of other reasons. Your digital pictures may be fine becasue you may be taking them at a lower resolution.