Anyone knows how to increase the resolution?

[Respenus]

Today, I have changed from my good old 17' LCD screen to a 19' one.

The 1240X1024 resolution looked fine on the old monitor, but on the new and bigger one, it's seems a bit off. And Windows won't let me to increase it.

The monitor is on a DVI port and looking at the smilies section of this screen, they look better then ever :D.

Anyone knows how to increase the resolution. I'm a bit stupid concerning monitors so please bear with me.

Might it be connected to the point that Windows understands my monitor as a plug and play one?

Oh, and I use NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 256Mb RAM.

[fredbass]

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=102416

[Respenus]

My dear Fredbass, there is a reason I haven't posted this in the SH3 section.

I want to increase my "general" resolution, not the ingame resolution.

[fredbass]

Ok, sorry friend. :88)

To change resolutions, you simply go into your display properties settings by right clicking your mouse over your desktop. Click Properties, then go into settings.

Also you may want to look at documentation for your NVidia Card for further insructions on setting up your card. I'm sure they'll have more info on their web page and take a look at your monitors manual for additional info.

[Respenus]

Ok, sorry friend. :88)

To change resolutions, you simply go into your display properties settings by right clicking your mouse over your desktop. Click Properties, then go into settings.

Also you may want to look at documentation for your NVidia Card for further insructions on setting up your card. I'm sure they'll have more info on their web page and take a look at your monitors manual for additional info.
Firstly Fredbass, I'm not a computer idiot. I have spent a better part of my life near computers (and still I know squat!), but I do know how to change my resolution normaly :p

Secondly, I tried the NVidia control panel, it's maxed out the 1280X1024.

And only if I knew the model of my monitor! :doh:

[danlisa]

Hi mate, if your Nvidia control panel is maxed at 1280X1024 then that's the limit of your card.

Have you tried Clear Type?

BTW what card is it? This might help.

[Respenus]

Hi mate, if your Nvidia control panel is maxed at 1280X1024 then that's the limit of your card.

Have you tried Clear Type?

BTW what card is it? This might help.

Oh, and I use NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 256Mb RAM.

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/VGA/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2235

Dual-link DVI
Able to drive the industry's largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays up to 2560x1600.

So you see, it's not the card. Looks like I have to visit the attick and find the monitors box to get the model number and download drivers.

And what is Clear Type anyway?

[Respenus]

Gizzmoe or Steve, if you see this, please delte this thread.

I first couldn't find the number of the model, but then I saw it on it's stand. The maximum resolution of the monitor is 1280X1024. So much for advance monitors.

[Sailor Steve]

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[Wim Libaers]

Gizzmoe or Steve, if you see this, please delte this thread.

I first couldn't find the number of the model, but then I saw it on it's stand. The maximum resolution of the monitor is 1280X1024. So much for advance monitors.

That's typical for cheap (and some not so cheap) 19" LCD monitors. You get a bigger size, but the resolution doesn't increase compared to a typical 17" LCD.

[GT182]

Respenus, Right click on an empty space on your desktop. Click Properties then Settings. You cna change it that way. I'm using 1152x864 on my 19" LCD and it seems to be pretty good. A lower res might work better that higher one. If you don't like it change it back to what you had previously. ;)

[Respenus]

OK, which part of "I'm not a n00b!" didn't people understand? I do know about properties, I just wanted to see if anyone else knows about this issue.

And this monitor was not cheap, I assure you of it. My father bought it a bit less them a year ago, and it was not a low number pricer.

I have become attached to it. 2" more is something to be happy about! :D

[GT182]

Then with that attitude you figure it out yourself. :yep:

[Respenus]

Then with that attitude you figure it out yourself. :yep:

I did! :smug:

But I do apologise, if you understood my last post wrongly. You need to read it in a special voice. Then it turns out really nice :yep:

[Cpt. Stewker]

Well really you are a noob, it just depends at what level. I'm a noob in comparison to rocket scientists for example, or at least that's what THEY think. ;)
So here's a bit of info and I realize you figured it out, just some background stuff, like a fyi. :up:

The vast majority of monitors 19" and lower, despite whatever price they may be, aren't large enough to support a higher resolution than 1280x1024. You do not get up into higher resolutions until you get into the 20" screens.

Almost all (if not all) Nvidia and ATI graphics cards the last 5 years have had a maximum resolution much higher than the average consumer is capable of using.

Windows considers almost all monitors as just plug and play, you want to see that infact. My Dell LCD is the same way. And then finally everything is detected automatically, max resolutions and etc. If you cannot go higher than 1280x1024 in the driver window, you just plain old can't.

EDIT: cut some stuff out that wasn't needed.

[goldorak]

OK, which part of "I'm not a n00b!" didn't people understand? I do know about properties, I just wanted to see if anyone else knows about this issue.

And this monitor was not cheap, I assure you of it. My father bought it a bit less them a year ago, and it was not a low number pricer.

I have become attached to it. 2" more is something to be happy about! :D


Lcd monitors have a maximum resolution which corresponds basically to their native resolution which corresponds to the number of pixels of the lcd panel.
You can't force the monitor to go beyond that value.
So if you buy an lcd which has 1280x1024 as native resolution, thats the maximum resolution you will be able to enjoy.
You can change versus lower resolutions such as 1024x768, 800x600 and even 640x480 (and these are interpolated resolutions which means that the panel still has 1280x1024 pixels, but the image is smoothed over a certain area of pixels) but you won't be able to go beyond 1280x1024.
Crt monitors on the other hand, don't have a fixed number of pixels so you can change the resolution upwards and downwards of a value.
It just makes the pixels smaller or bigger and their number changes.

[Respenus]

Well really you are a noob, it just depends at what level. I'm a noob in comparison to rocket scientists for example, or at least that's what THEY think. ;)


Totally true my friend. I wanted to say that (I DO know I'm a noob compared to someone in the buissiness).

I wish to thank all that explained this too me. I must say I'm enjoying the new screen very much, and the colors look better (before I analog monitor, now I have a DVI one; don't know how this is connected really). Gotta be more carefull when next buying a screen!

[Wim Libaers]

Crt monitors on the other hand, don't have a fixed number of pixels so you can change the resolution upwards and downwards of a value.
It just makes the pixels smaller or bigger and their number changes.

But of course, they do have some limits, determined by the maximum vertical and horizontal scan rates they can handle. To get to the limits of what modern video cards can support, you'd need a pretty good 21" or above CRT.

[U-533]

OOOOOooooh.... Screen Resolution

I thought yall was solving world problems in here.

Carry on...:rotfl:

[Wim Libaers]

OOOOOooooh.... Screen Resolution

I thought yall was solving world problems in here.

Carry on...:rotfl:

This screen resolution problem occurs everywhere where LCD monitors are used, so you could call it a worldwide problem. Maybe a UN commission should be created to investigate it.