Monitors are the same, but Mac won't let me set them the same in Preference

Odd issue.
Two exactly the same Samsung Synchmaster monitors connected to the Mac Pro to make an extended display.
The monitor on the right never has the right resolution. When I set it's resolution to the same as the left monitor (1280x800), it looks awful.
Finally, I checked under Preferences>Displays, and under "Arrangement" I see that the computer has the left monitor set to the right little blue box dimensions (widescreen) but the blue box on the right is more square. How do I change the blue box on the right to match the dimensions of the one on the left?
Thanks
Thanks

Okay, scratch that. I set the one on the right to 1280x800, and now the blue box matches the size, but it looks terrible! I mean, really bad. Yet the same monitor with the same resolution settings on the left side looks fantastic.
Plus, the right side monitor won't let me choose 60 MHz, whereas that is the setting for the one on the left.
Any ideas what's going on here?
Message was edited by: Chris Farrington1

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