Lewis,
the 6 or 8 bit color issue of your monitor is unilely to be an issue, since most likely your monitor is 6 bit (meaning in theory it would be easier for you to spot dots then somebody with an 8 bit monitor). since you havnt given the details of your team mate's monitor (who was able to spot these distant dots better then you), monitor technology is unlikely to be an issue in your problem.
http://widescreengamingforum.com/node/11174
http://www.prad.de/en/guide/screen.php?id=5132
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"As many today's "cheap and fast" LCD monitors this one is a 6 bit screen. This said it can only produce 262,144 exact colors - and do this very fast.
Other 16,515,072 colors are produced using very sophisticated Hi-FRC time-based dithering algorithm, that actually flicks monitor dot slightly at very high frequency.
Most people do not notice HFRC dithering and it does not create any inconvenience for computer related activities or for watching movies or for playing games. Nevertheless Hi-FRC systems visibly change colors shade depending on screen tilt.
So if you are buying this screen for editing images (and I mean at least PhotoShop or Gimp here) or any other application that requires correct color representation you should consider more expensive 8 bit screen.
With exception of this detail the monitor is real value for money.
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from http://www.amazon.com/Acer-H233H-bmi...ews/B001OD76RW
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