HDMI cable with PC gives bad quality. VGA is perfect.

Give more info about u r problem .provide system specification.

My problem is that when I use the HDMI cable with my PC I am rewarded terrible colors, terrible resolution yet according to all my settings I am running 1080p and true color. When I use the same cable and tv with my xbox there is no issue at all. Using the PC, a VGA cable and the same tv there is also no issue. I have other uses for the VGA cable, hence me wanting to use the HDMI.
I'm using Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. Card is MSI R6670-MD1GD5. Catalyst Control Center version 12.10. All drivers are up to date.
Full specs:
AMD FX 4100
MSI R6670-MD1GD5
BIOSTAR A880GZ
8 Gb Team Elite DDR3 1333Mhz

Do you also notice the screen is stretched or shrunk? HDMI typically always comes with scaling set to something other than 100%/0% (not sure if it is 100% or 0%). You need to set that in your CCC settings.

It is also possible you have a bad cable.

It was like that originally but I fixed it with the overscan setting. Still terrible quality. And I believe the HDMI cable is fine because it works with my xbox no problem.

What is terrible quality, video, picture or text ?

Can you try a different card? Perhaps the HDMI port on your 6670 is bad?

I have exactly the same problem
VGA is perfect
HDMI is disgusting

Running Gigabyte 7850 oc
1080p on Benq E2220 monitor
Mobo: Gigabyte B75M
OCZ Agility 120 GB SSD
Windows 8

The PC is new so is the Windows installation

It looks something like this:

I tried the onboard video and without any drivers or anything it was just fine, no blurred text or 1 bit color. I switched back over to the card and I noticed while i t was turning on, the windows startup screen was looking fine, no blurred text or 1 bit color. And once it gets to the logon screen, the screen resets and goes crap. Also I decided to try a different tv. 40inch LG and with the card and same cord and there was no problem.
In short, I have confirmed: My computer works fine. The cord works fine. The TV works fine. But for some reason when I use my computer and my tv with the HDMI it doesn't work. I feel like its something to do with the Catalyst Control Center because before windows starts it works fine.


It is both, the text is really hard to read, like I am using a really low resolution but my icons are sized correctly. The colors look like I am using 8 bit.

You might need to check for drivers to work with that monitor, or try a different generic driver. Your current computer doesn't seem to communicate properly with your monitor.

If its fine on boot up and problems happen when you get to windows its a driver issue. Problem is I have no clue where the issue is.