resolution Q

gmoney · Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:11 pm Post subject: resolution Q

i have a viewsonic va520

and my card has it default to 1024x768.. and that is also its max resolution placed there.. is there a way for me to set a higher res.?

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Yoshida · UberTweaker Joined: 24 Dec 2003 Posts: 1219

get a monitor that supports a higher resolution. I know alot of the newer cards set their max, depending on the max resolution the monitor can support.

gmoney · Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:39 pm Post subject:

well if that is ur help... might as well shoot me in the foot while ur at it

where am i gonna get the wadd for a new monitor?

so wut ur saying is .. i cant do jack shi* with this?

[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

If the maximum resolution of your monitor is 1024x768, that is how high you can go.
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gmoney · Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:27 pm Post subject:

oh... okay

fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

That's the max resolution on that monitor. LCD's are pretty set in the resolution, you can't go any higher. You only have 1024x768 to work with.

Look at it this way, an LCD screen is made up of active pixels. To go to a higher resolution, you'd have to tell each pixel to split in half, which they can't do.

You want a higher resolution...............get a new monitor.

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gmoney · Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 5:45 pm Post subject:

hostghost · TweakNOOB Joined: 25 Dec 2004 Posts: 38

So throw away your shity LCD, and "kill the goat" with a bad ass CRT!!!!!

thyhammerr · TweakNOOB Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 192

yup ..

you need a new monitor.. a simple 19" CRT can go as high as 1600 something..
how much you're gonna spend on a new monitor .. this way we could .. recommend you a new monitor..

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JayDubya · Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 5:46 pm Post subject:

Yoshida · UberTweaker Joined: 24 Dec 2003 Posts: 1219

1208x1024

fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

The Viewsonic he has? 1024x768 is the highest resolution.

New CRT's, if you co that route, aren't that expensive, you can get a decent 19" for under $200 these days, $220 or so for a Viewsonic flat-tube.
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Yoshida · UberTweaker Joined: 24 Dec 2003 Posts: 1219

or just buy the lcd that i reviewed for 220, which is almost equivelant to a 19" crt.