>Hi Al,
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>I am using a Samsung Syncmaster 226BW connected via a shielded DVI-cable to my workstation, and everything is fine (best display I ever had). I also use it as 2nd display plugged to my ASUS notebook via shielded RGB-Cable and also everything is OK.
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>However, if your analog cable isn't shielded or has been folded, which mostly happens near the plugs, then it might happen, that objects and letters are shadowed. So... have you tried another cable already?
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>And try out another PC with a newer graphic card also.
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>BTW, if your current card is already five years old... is it still AGP or PCI-E? For AGP time is running out, so you shouldn't wait to long with buying a new one, or you might find yourself also in need of a new mainboard -> cpu -> ram .... ;-)

Thanks to everyone who replied! I had a 13 year old VGA cable attached to my old 17" MAG Trinitron monitor - luckily one of those with connectors at both ends, not permanently soldered into the monitor. Being that old, it was made back in the days when they actually used some copper in VGA cables. Its diameter is 50% more than the one that came with the LCD monitor, and it has chokes at each end that are twice the diameter and twice the length.

Now using that cable instead of the one that came with the monitor, all is well - not a hint of ghosting/smearing. Moral to the story - beware of cheap analog VGA cables at high resolution.