Dual 30's have some pixelization going on

The PC is a Pentium Extreme and a Quadro FX 4500 running XP Pro and dual 30" displays. My current res is 1600 x 900 @ 32bit and 60 hertz (the higher res is too hard to read out there at the far ends of each monitor).
I'm seeing some pixelization on the screens at all resolutions. This is clearly evident around the icons on the desktop and around the divider lines in Outlook (the lines that separate the Outlook work spaces). The icons look as though there is a shadow under them in a lighter color.
I've tried diff resolutions and diff color depths to no avail.
Anyone have any thoughts?
Thanks
Cliff

set the resoltion back to the correct native resolution of the displays... do not lower the resolution like you have done.
in the display properties > appearance > advanced (button) you can then modify things like font sizes and icon size/spacing that is making it hard to read details.

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