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donrc



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 5:13 pm    Post subject: 16x9 monitors
I purchased a Dell 18 1/2 inch monitor. This is the elongated 16x9 format. Some things look a little distorted. Do I need to have a special video card for the 16x9 format? My current card is an Nvidia 7300. Or is this just a matter of proper settings?

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goretsky



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 5:08 am    Post subject:
Hello,

These days, most LCD monitors come with a "device driver" CD that contains the profiles for the monitor, which is just a file that lets the computer specific identify the model of the monitor and the resolutions it supports.

If you install the profile from the CD, you should then be able to go into the display settings for your version of Microsoft Windows and select the native resolution used by the monitor.

If, for some reason, your monitor did not come with a CD, you should be able to download the file from support Dell's web site by searching on the model's specific name. Typically, they are very small (under a megabyte).

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky
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BudDurland



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 7:56 am    Post subject: Re: 16x9 monitors [Login to view extended thread Info.]
donrc wrote:
Or is this just a matter of proper settings?


Often that's all it is. The card doesn't auto-adjust to the new monitor's capabilites (see Goretsky's comments). So you get (for example) a 1024x768 image stretched over a 168x1050 screen. Open the display properties (from control panel, or right-click on the desktop), and experiment with the resolution in the "settings" tab.
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donrc



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:37 am    Post subject: [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Thanks Aryeh! I usually don't worry about the monitor drivers since the generics always seem to work. This seems to be an exception.

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