Webcam sucks with low level lighting?

I used to have a certain model of acer aspire and its webcam was "optimized for low level lighting". Well I got a new acer aspire 5552-7474. It doesn't say that it's optimized for low level lighting, and boy is it right. It sucks *** and even with the room filled with light, the picture is still not that clear. Is there any way to make it better? I'd like it to work as well as my last one did. I could be in the dark with just the computer monitor giving me light and get a clear picture with that webcam. With this one I can't get a clear picture even with all the lights turned on in the room.