Hello.  I hope this it the proper place to post this, if not i am sorry.

I recently purchased a new Acer 18.5" wide screen monitor.  Here is a link to all the technical info on the monitor.

http://www.acer.ca/public/page9.do;jsessionid=B6CC7137735D4909155CF41DE57A770D.public_a_us003?sp=page4&dau34.oid=42440&UserCtxParam=0&GroupCtxParam=0&dctx1=27&CountryISOCtxParam=CA&LanguageISOCtxParam=en&ctx3=30&ctx4=Canada&crc=3624556201

I also have a NVIDIA GEFORCE FX 5500 (256mb) video card. 

This is the first LCD Monitor i have ever had.  It did not come with any drivers, i even looked on the Acer website and i cant find any drivers there for it.  Windows XP detected it and installed drivers for it, i then UPDATED them online. 

The picture is nice, but it is a bit grainy.  And text is hard to read. 

Resolution on my computer is set to 1366x768, 32bit color, and refresh rate at 60Hz. 

Is there something i need to change in the settings, or update to get a clearer picture?

Or could it just be the monitor itself?

Thanks. 

Try changing the refresh rate...you may have to switch resolution to match.
Acer makes nice monitors...i think this is just a matter of fine tweaking.Thanks for the reply.  If i change the resolution it goes really blurry.  And at the current resolution that it is set at the maximum refresh rate is 60hz.  Have you tried any tweaking in nVidia's control panel ? ?
I't's a bit more fine tuned than the Windows settings you may be seeing...Yes i have been playing around with some of the nVidia settings in the NVIDIA Control Panel.  I tried the true type thing and that seemed to make thing's worse in my opinion LOL. 

I see a lot of other Acer Monitors come with drivers, could it just be this monitor is maby not the BEST?  Most monitors in newer versions of Windows don't even require drivers...
However if you are unhappy with it and it's still under warranty i would swap it out for a new one.Did you buy it on-line?