Remember to use the "Just Scan" picture mode and to also optimize your picture settings.DaGamingGod

okay not garbage but somethings not right here.

Tonight i bought the Samsung Touch of Color 46" (the low[er] end one, normal thickness)

The TV's at best buy show 1080i picture with factory settings, so naturally, 1080p with factory settings (or even your own settings) will look significantly better?

heres the thing though: I get it home, plug in my xbox 360 (hdmi, 1080p output) and turn on call of duty 4. SERIOUS JAGGIES. The 120Hz looks great and the color looks great, but it looks as though its being stretched when it isnt... its at native resolution.

NOW, i'm typing this on my macbook pro, connected to the TV (mini display port to dvi, dvi to hdmi) and it looks even worse, a computer displaying at 1920x1080 should look amazing and yet it has tons of jaggies too, the text i'm typing now looks like i'm on an SDTV.

Anyone who could help me out, it would be seriously appreciated.

EDIT: I'm sure anyone who could actually help knows what i'm talking about... but just to be more specific- the picture i'm looking at right now looks like a JPEG, when it should look like a PNG.

it's not a hardware problem??

kaskus

Nope, if it was a hardware problem it would be happening with everything, this is only with steam games.

Well, it can't really be a hardware issue since this only happens with Source games. I honestly don't know, when did you first notice this? Have you recently installed any new software? Try reinstalling your sound drivers, although I doubt that'll help. The PC hardware forums might be able to help you even though this sounds like a software issue.BlueBirdTS

ya... idk... i'm hoping i get some more responses here. It just stopped working, i dont know, it was a few weeks ago but i ignored it thinking it would come back next time i shut down but it never did.

Well, it can't really be a hardware issue since this only happens with Source games. I honestly don't know, when did you first notice this? Have you recently installed any new software? Try reinstalling your sound drivers, although I doubt that'll help. The PC hardware forums might be able to help you even though this sounds like a software issue.BlueBirdTS

ya... idk... i'm hoping i get some more responses here. It just stopped working, i dont know, it was a few weeks ago but i ignored it thinking it would come back next time i shut down but it never did.

sorry for the double post but this is probably going to be the final part list:

Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-P35-S3G LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

Newegg.com - XCLIO GOODPOWER 500W 500W ATX Power Supply 115/ 230 V UL, CUL, TUV, CB, VDE, FIMKO, DEMKO, NEMKO, SEMKO - Power Supplies

Newegg.com - BFG Tech BFGE88512GTOC2E GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 Wolfdale 2.53GHz 3MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - CPUs / Processors

Newegg.com - mushkin 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory

I remembered he has a 160GB drive in his burnt out old E Machine PC so i dont need a Hard Drive and same for Disk Drives. He also has a monitor / kb and mouse.

So unless theres a better graphics card for the money i think i'm pretty much good to go, no?