So I got a 19 inch monitor not to long ago and it's really good for some stuff like gaming, movies, and reading RTTP, BUT with about 95% of my time on the computer, I'm looking at guitars.

The 19" monitor makes the pictures wide and short, which makes guitars look unatractive.


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anyone feel my pain?

Is your monitor 16:10 or 4:3?

What resolution are you using?

Nothing should be out of proportion like you're describing.

I have it set at 1152x864, but it gets worse as i raise the resolution. it has a 1440 x 900 maximum resolution. 500:1 contrast ratio

MSD is spot on. you are using the wrong resolution. I can't use anything below 21" cause I need 1200 hieght for coding. are work, I have dual 21"s and at home I have my laptop hooked up to a 24" LCD (1900x1200) which was only $600-ish

yeah for the longest time i had my monitor set at 1024x768 and i thought it looked pretty bad. Then one day i just set it at 1280x1024 which is its native resolution. Monitors look so much better at their native resolution.

here's a secret, when you log into RTTP, it tells me what resolution you guys use. a lot of you use shitty resolutions... I don't know how you guys deal with it. I know that I couldnt.

the_reverend said:

close. less hair up front, more hair in the back.

OMG IS MY RESOLUTION GOOD???

Well what resolution should i be using?

1440x900 is what the monitor can do or your video card can do.
you want to figure out it's native resolution.
my 19"'s native resolution is 1280x1024

Niccolai said:

Is your monitor widescreen? (16:10) or regular? (4:3)?

doesnt the system configurationfigure this out for you in windows...? my systems did for me and gave me a very short list of possible recommended resolutions. how did u guys end up with fucked up resolutions?

menstrual_sweatpants_disco said:

widescreen

Rev knows my resolution is the fucking best.

1280x1024 byotch's

Niccolai said:

Yeah, sounds like you're using a 4:3 resolution on a 16:10 monitor. Check your monitor's documentation and see what the native resolution they recommend using is. The monitor will always look it's best in the native resolution.

It sais the native resolution is 1440 x 900 but when I so to my display settings, that resolution isn't an option. Is that because of my graphics card?

Yeah, it sounds like your graphics card doesn't support that resolution. What kind of card is it?

on my computer upstairs someone keeps changing to resolution to 800x600 because they 'cannot see'
and then complain when they upload an image from a digital camera because it is too big.

you just need to search for the driver. your computers probably from pre-wide screens

where would I go about finding this driver?

What kind of computer is it?

What kind of graphics card is it?

look at he monitor and go to the company's website. then look up support, downloads, and look for the your monitor.

Computer: Hp Pavillion 510w
Graphic card: No friggin clue
Monitor: Westinghouse LCM-19w4 19" Widescreen Monitor

the companies website doesn't have downloads.

aaron, what if his issue s like mine?

if you are telling me that HP doesn't have a downloads section, next time I see you, I'm tapping you in the balls when you are 'singing'.
do some searching dick. it's called google.

succubus said:

nic, when you open firefox, does it look ok?

the_reverend said:

No, I'm saying westinghouse doesn't.

succubus said:

Nothings readible on firefox, which is why i don't use it on this computer.

carina, your issue is nothing like his. not even remotely close.

nico, just google for driver and then the model #. do you need some one to come hold your hand? put on a diaper and maybe MSD will come ovah.

is it possible that this graphics card just doesn't support this monitors native resolution?

Niccolai said:

when you go to properties and change your screen res. it should tell you what graphic card you are running.

eh, it's possibl but highly unlikely. especially if you haven't tried fining the driver. if you are an ass and can't find it, just use the program power strip and make you own.

Niccolai said:

could be. you would have to see what graphic card you have.

I want a laptop with 1440x900

the_reverend said:

is that why you couldn't fix it?

:(

The graphic card is an intel 82810 and I've downloaded and installed the driver on their website. Still, 1440 x 900 is not coming up as an option.

try rebooting. if you haven't already.
if that doesn't work get a nice videocard.

OK YOU FUCKING MORON. IT'S NOT THE VIDEO CARD DRIVER. It's the driver for the monitor. your machine needs to know that it's a widescreen otherwise you are going to get clipping and aliasing from the monitor trying to deal with a non-supported resolution. find the driver for the monitor or make your own with power strip.

Westinghouse sais that the monitor is plug and play and no drivers are needed. The manual that came with the monitor sais for driver support to go to the intel site, so I don't know what else you're telling me that I'm not getting Aaron.

it's not plug and play for your computer obviously. update the driver for the default monitor, have disk, and then look to find your monitor from the list.
the 2407wfp that I got needed a driver.

oh there's also this program that I don't think I've mentioned yet. it's called power strip.

the_reverend said:

It could be. Some video cards just simply don't handle widescreen resolutions.

try updating to the newest version of DirectX. I did that when i installed a new game and all the sudden i have all these crazy resolution choices.

You guys are silly.

Fuck it, I quit.

I'm just going to deal with shit being wide.

MSD: shush you. it's "possibly" but I basically have the same card in laptop verion on 2 laptops and they both drive wide screen with the right driver.

I'm just going to go back to my old HP crt monitor,

anyone want to buy the widescreen? it's brand new.

19" widescreen lcd.

175$

oh there's also this program that I don't think I've mentioned yet. it's called power strip.

Like I said, Im the fuckin best.

I run 1900x1200.. so does carina. when I hooked her lappy to my screen, that was 3800x1200.
that's the best.

Niccolai said:

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

I would be interested in this if you're seriously selling it.

the_reverend said:

Can't figure it out.

I think it's pretty clear I have no experience in this field.

I say you wont sell it, cuz yuh scahhyahd!!
What about it, Bub?
If you dont sell this to DIE Ill buy it.
You have a car?

I do not have a car, it would be pickup only.

I'm going to post my issue on the g2g forumand if I don't resolve it by the end of this day, I'm selling the hell out of this headache of a monitor.

user error.

3840x960 over 3 17" monitors

Hey just curious while we're on the topic......any of youse guyses with fancy monitors actually using the DVI connection. And if you are, is there really any difference at all? I'm such a sucker that I bought a cheap 17 inch LCD with only a VGA connection and then a month later buy a new video card with only DVI connections so i had to go buy an adapter.

I use the DVI connection on my 24" monitor. I've wondered what the difference was myself, though, and tried both connections (VGA and DVI) going from my laptop to my monitor. I didn't really see a difference.

I know for a fact, though, that my monitor doesn't need to be adjusted (brightness, contrast, vertical & horizontal size and position) when connected to the DVI. The documentation said you can make those adjustments when connected through VGA, but they are not necessary over DVI because they are adjusted automatically. This may just be a feature of the monitor itself, though.

can anyone help me out with powerstrip? it seems like I've toyed with every thing on it, but can't get it to allow my computer to show a 1440x900 resolution.

Update, according to intel, they are no longer producing software for my graphic card/chipset and it was never compatable with 1440x900 resolutions.

and according to the admin at power strips forum, Power strip will NOT work with an intel 810 chipset.

So unless there's something else I am missing, I was right the first time I said "is it possible that this graphics card just doesn't support this monitors native resolution? ".


I believe this means I will haveto buy a new graphics card that will support a 1440x900 resolution. right?

I haven't used power strip for a long time. do a search on google for settings with your monitor.

MSD: I have the same monitor, but no DVI output on any of my computers... only VGAy.

the difference:
DVI is digital
VGA is analog

so VGA was used on analog screens. now that we have "digital" screen IOW LCDs, 1 pixel for 1 image chunk instead of analog which could just have blobs that are interpolated into colors where they happen to fall.

well, if they are all going to be bitches like that, yes.

i'm looking right now and that chip set is from 1999. does anyone here still have anything from 1999?

the_reverend said:

the monitor I have is pretty new, so isn't the company. so I haven't found much.

I'm down for just buying a new graphics card if you think it will work. I've wanted a new one for a while anyway.

the_reverend said:

I'm actually very suprized that it's that new.

it was designed to work with the PIII so that would be 1999.

sorry, I have the upgraded mobile version of that chipset Intel 855GM.

I would just get a cheap $20 video card... it would be better than what you have. you probably only support PCI.

So I'm limited to pci interface cards only?

And what chipset manufacturer would you suggest? I'm thinking Nvidia, but I don't know anything about this stuff (obv)

look at your board. does it have an AGP slot? no? then PCI is the onlything you can do.

yea, there are only pci slots.

I'm looking on newegg, and there are PCI, PCI expressx1, and PCI express x16 cards. Does that make any difference to me? should I just go with a plain PCI card?

This is the one I'm looking at:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102533

good idea/bad idea?

you might want to get one that supports your HD monitor.
and you need PCI. I don't even have and PCIe or PCIx slots.

how fast is your processor? you are probably wasting $30 there... just look for a $20 PCI video card that supports your monitor.

Base processor and speed: Celeron 1.1 GHz
RAM (standard) 128 MB
Maximum 512 MB
Speed PC100

this is the cheapest one they have:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102447

how do I tell if it supports 1440x900?

how did you tell that intel didn't.

Niccolai said:

Max Resolution 2048 x 1536



that card should work great

the max resolution on my current card is higher than 1440x900, but you still select a widescreen resolution.