Poor quality when connect my Viewsonic monitor 22, to Macbook pro

Just got a Viewsonic monitor 22 VA2246m-LED , connected to Macbook pro 13" The quality of the type is very poor.
I call Viewsonic tech support & they could not recommend any drivers. Check the website & no drivers were list. How can this issue
be corrected?

The Mac uses a single highly-parameterized Driver that easily accommodates every display. There is no benefit to using different Drivers, so no one has developed different drivers. That is not a solution to your problem.
What interface are you using to connect this display?
what adapters and cables?
If you use the display's DVI-D input with an appropriate adapter (rather than VGA) you will find the results are much better.

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