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porphy · 02-01-09, 06:05 AM

Your right Sky, running the 22" in its native resolution 1680x1050 will push the computer more. In short, less good Fps. Especially if you crank up the Anti aliasing to x4 or beyond. The graphics in other than native resolutions are generally crap.

This is because the default way Nvidia drivers handles this, is that even if you choose say your old resolution 1280x960, the scaling will fill up the whole 22" and you loose the correct aspect ratio for this resolution. That looks really really bad. Your beloved Leopard tank will look too long for example... Things that are supposed to be circular are oval etc...

The trick I use, is to change how the scaling is done. In the Nvidia control panel you can change the "flat panel scaling". You can then pick "use Nvidia scaling with fixed aspect ratio" or "no scaling" . First option fills out the screen as much as possible, but keeps correct aspect ratio, for example 4:3. Then the outpout will be reasonably crisp and clear, but you will have black borders around the picture, but only at the sides, as you don't use the full 22". The no scaling option will give you a really crisp picture, but if you go for say 1024x768 the display will look very small on the 22" monitor, probably with black borders even above and under the output.

This is the way I handle games that simply gets too demanding in the monitors native resolution. Or older games that doesn't support higher resolutions out of the box. Sure you miss out on the full 22" experience, but I prefer good and fluid games with crisp graphics. This way you can still choose how you want to do in every case, just as with your Crt. And you still have the full 22" for some games and desktop work, and with less power consumption.

One last thing that complicates this a bit is that many Nvidia driver versions won't allow the scaling options I mentioned. They will be greyed out or revert back when changed. You need to download and run a small exe thing called "Enable overscan compensation", and then restart the computer. In most cases (depends on driver version) you now have access to all scaling options in the control panel and they should stick, so you only need to do this once. all this works with Nvidias latest certified driver for my 8800 GTS.

Good luck with the new monitor. I haven't missed my old Crt, and I run the Samsung 226BW with 2 ms and 3000:1 contrast.

cheers Porphy

02-01-09, 06:05 AM	#43
porphy Commodore Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 603 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Your right Sky, running the 22" in its native resolution 1680x1050 will push the computer more. In short, less good Fps. Especially if you crank up the Anti aliasing to x4 or beyond. The graphics in other than native resolutions are generally crap. This is because the default way Nvidia drivers handles this, is that even if you choose say your old resolution 1280x960, the scaling will fill up the whole 22" and you loose the correct aspect ratio for this resolution. That looks really really bad. Your beloved Leopard tank will look too long for example... Things that are supposed to be circular are oval etc... The trick I use, is to change how the scaling is done. In the Nvidia control panel you can change the "flat panel scaling". You can then pick "use Nvidia scaling with fixed aspect ratio" or "no scaling" . First option fills out the screen as much as possible, but keeps correct aspect ratio, for example 4:3. Then the outpout will be reasonably crisp and clear, but you will have black borders around the picture, but only at the sides, as you don't use the full 22". The no scaling option will give you a really crisp picture, but if you go for say 1024x768 the display will look very small on the 22" monitor, probably with black borders even above and under the output. This is the way I handle games that simply gets too demanding in the monitors native resolution. Or older games that doesn't support higher resolutions out of the box. Sure you miss out on the full 22" experience, but I prefer good and fluid games with crisp graphics. This way you can still choose how you want to do in every case, just as with your Crt. And you still have the full 22" for some games and desktop work, and with less power consumption. One last thing that complicates this a bit is that many Nvidia driver versions won't allow the scaling options I mentioned. They will be greyed out or revert back when changed. You need to download and run a small exe thing called "Enable overscan compensation", and then restart the computer. In most cases (depends on driver version) you now have access to all scaling options in the control panel and they should stick, so you only need to do this once. all this works with Nvidias latest certified driver for my 8800 GTS. Good luck with the new monitor. I haven't missed my old Crt, and I run the Samsung 226BW with 2 ms and 3000:1 contrast. cheers Porphy __________________ "The only remedy for madness is the innocence of facts." O. Mirbeu "A paranoid is simply someone in possession of all the facts." W. B. Last edited by porphy; 02-01-09 at 06:16 AM.