Text clarity issues on EK271 monitor with older samsung laptop

Humungus

I installed an EK271 27" monitor to a (oldish) Samsung laptop with Intel 4000 graphics card 75Mhz refresh rate max

Connected with the supplied HDMI cable

Pics are fine but the text is annoyingly bad - see pic - fat verticals and blurry edges etc - despite enabling Clear Type.

Q: Is this a function of the monitor, the graphics card, the age of the laptop or some other reason?

Many thanks

[Edited the thread to add issue detail to the title]

GAMING6698

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/709143/poor-font-quality-on-ek271

The poor text quality on your EK271 27" monitor connected to an old Samsung laptop with an Intel HD 4000 graphics card is likely due to the age of the laptop and the graphics card. The Intel HD 4000 graphics card has limitations, such as a maximum pixel clock of 225MHz on HDMI, which restricts the resolution and refresh rate it can support. This can result in blurry edges and poor text quality, especially at higher resolutions like 2560x1440.

The supplied HDMI cable might also be a factor, as older cables may not support higher resolutions or refresh rates well. Additionally, the age of the laptop's hardware and the Intel HD 4000's limitations can contribute to the poor text quality.

To improve the text quality, you might need to adjust the display settings or consider upgrading the graphics card or the laptop itself.

GAMING6698

Try lowering the resolution to 1920x1080 and see if the text quality improves at a higher refresh rate like 60Hz. Still it's hardware.