ATI Radeon 8500 / Blurry Text / Alternate pixel center

Wile_E on 14/9/2003 at 03:12

Hi, I just bought Morrowind and started playing it. I was having a very difficult time reading the text, as the edges seemed very blurry. Just for the heck of it, I turned on the option in my video card for Alternate Pixel Center. This made the text very clear. But it makes the pixel shaded water look different/bad. So there is a trade-off. Either ATI or Bethesda needs to please fix this problem with ATI cards. Anyone else notice the blurry text?

Why didn't the designers make the text clear, with this option disabled. The option for my card is disabled by default for all other games. It will become annoying, having to go into my options to turn it off for other games, and then turn it on for Morrowind.

adonly on 14/9/2003 at 20:44

I have ATI Radeon 8500 and I had this problem.
I have now Omega 3.2 drivers ( (http://www.omegacorner.com) ) and alternate pixel center turned OFF. I also recommend to diwnload morrowind optimizer for truform ( (http://morrowind.nm.ru/Morrowind%20FPS%20Optimizer/) )

Wile_E on 15/9/2003 at 03:21

I downloaded the latest Omega drivers, but they didn't help with the text.
The text isn't extremely blurry. It is readable, but just not sharp around the edges. When alternate pixel center is ON, it is sharp.

adonly on 15/9/2003 at 16:09

text should look like this :

Inline Image:

http://neuron.tuke.sk/~wagner/morrowind.gif
(1024x768 with 2x quality FSAA :p)

I also have water and crosshair ugly and menu text sharp with alternative pixel center ON. It should be off.

Wile_E on 16/9/2003 at 01:28

Here are some screenshots I've taken that shows the slightly blurry text. Some people may say there is not much difference, but when you are actually playing the game, the difference is very noticeable. The blurry text is hard to focus on and read. The sharper text also looks a little brighter.

Menu (blurry) - pixel center option OFF

Inline Image:

http://home.grandecom.net/~mdh4/pics/menu_pixel_center_off.jpg

Menu (Sharp) - pixel center option ON

Inline Image:

http://home.grandecom.net/~mdh4/pics/menu_pixel_center_on.jpg

Dialog (Blurry) - pixel center option OFF

Inline Image:

http://home.grandecom.net/~mdh4/pics/dialog_pixel_center_off.jpg

Dialog (Sharp) - pixel center option ON

Inline Image:

http://home.grandecom.net/~mdh4/pics/dialog_pixel_center_on.jpg

Blith_Erring_Idio on 17/9/2003 at 18:20

I had never given this a second thought... now I see I have been putting up with blurry text all the time. Thanks for pointing this out!

RyushiBlade on 17/9/2003 at 19:38

Same here. I'm just too lazy to do anything about it