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bumbklaatt

New Monitor

Jun 21, 2007 20:14

So, my old monitor died when I moved. It was an ex demonstrator that I'd had for about 8 years, so it'd earned it's keep.

I bought a 19" widescreen monitor from ebay, and it finally arrived yesterday ( Read more... )

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_maverick_ June 21 2007, 13:04:27 UTC

If you've got a 16:10 monitor (like mine) the proper 16:10 resolution you're after is 1680x1050.
If thats not selectable from the display properties, chances are its the onboard vid card yeah.

bumbklaatt June 23 2007, 10:44:19 UTC

That resolution just made the monitor go white.

_maverick_ June 24 2007, 01:48:23 UTC

Well thats the one you want for 16:10.
You can get a basic vid card pretty cheap, i'd wager on-board wont handle it.

bumbklaatt June 24 2007, 04:41:42 UTC

Possibly, although are you running a 19" widescreen, or larger?

_maverick_ June 24 2007, 06:02:45 UTC

20 i believe

bumbklaatt June 24 2007, 06:42:57 UTC

My understanding, after trying to research this, is that whilst that may be the native resolution for a 20" screen, it's not going to work on my 19".

The ratio is correct, but it should be 1440 x 900, which I don't have as an option. I've seen $70 video cards that would probably do nicely.

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