Fuzzy Text on External Samsung 225BW

Hello- I have a MB Aluminum with an external Samsung 225BW LCD.
-Symptom: Fuzzy/ghosting text. Not terribly bad, but noticeable
-Configuration:
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
Resolution: 1680x1-1050 (max) @ 60Hz (only option)
Connected: DVI Cable
- 10.6.4
- Attempted:
Viewed built in menus- Very clear and crisp
Changing resolution- Gets worse
Played with font smoothing- no difference
Tried calibrating, no differnce
Thoughts? Thanks!

Hello- Bumping this one along...
As an update, it seems to do this on any external display. Text is very unclear and of poor quality. Built in display fonts look ok. I've been reading lately that Snow Leopard seems to have a problem with external displays on MacBooks, but this hasn't come from Apple.
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