Why is screen blurry on Viewsonic 20'' display

A family member has had all kinds of problems moving from a cheapie Dell 15'', to a new Viewsonic 20''. The mac mini is about 3 years old, I can get the spec's if needed. What is the deal? Apple had my mom do an archive and install-&$%^&$ to drive and solve the resolution issues. Is there something about the video 'guts' of this machine that would preclude it from acting normal-plug and play, with a new modern monitor?
Thanks

Go into Apple Menu > System Preferences > Displays and be sure you have chosen the maximum native resolution of the display.
Then go the the Appearance system preference and set the Font Smoothing Style that is best for your kind of monitor.
You might also turn off text smoothing for smaller font sizes, such as 8 or smaller, for example.
If would be helpful to us to know whether this is a G4 Mini (2 usb ports) or an Intel Mini (4 usb ports). And also to know whether the monitor is using DVI or VGA to connect to the Mini.

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