SOLVED Re: New monitor resolution problem. SOLVED

[Steven Vollom]

David Fletcher wrote:
> On Saturday 15 Nov 2008, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>   
>> 2008/11/15 Steven Vollom <stevenvollom at sbcglobal.net>:
>>     
>>> My new monitor just came in.  Due to problems with my new system, I
>>> can't use it with the new system.  I would like to use it on my old
>>> system, however, maximum resolution for my older system is 1280 x 1024.
>>> Instructions for the new monitor say to set the resolution to 1680 x
>>> 1050.  Not being the brightest bulb on the tree, I am concerned about
>>> attempting it on my old machine.  All this wonderful equipment and I
>>> can't seem to enjoy any of it.  Can I install this monitor on my old
>>> machine without damaging the monitor?  TIA
>>>
>>>       
>> Yes, you can use this new monitor on the od machine. The monitor will
>> either scale the picture to fit the higher resolution, or will give
>> you black borders around the image. In some monitors you can configure
>> this behaviour.
>>
>> -- 
>> Dotan Cohen
>>     
>
> I had problems with the new monitor I bought for my son a few months back. Due 
> to having to move everything around in his bedroom, I had to donate his CRT 
> monitor to free cycle and buy a new LCD unit to save some space. The graphics 
> card in his old P4 computer simply couldn't work at the resolution/aspect 
> ratio of the new wide screen monitor, but for the additional expense of about 
> GBP25 I think it was, I managed to get a new PCI card from a local shop and 
> that works just fine, at the proper aspect ratio and native resolution of the 
> new monitor.
>
> With the new computer I built almost a year ago, the 1600 x 1200 monitor 
> worked perfectly with the VGA input, but absolutely refused to work properly 
> with the DVI input. The only way I could get it to work properly with DVI was 
> by installing the nvidia driver, but since then it's been absolutely fine.
>
> Dave Fletcher
>
>
>   
Thank you, I installed.  It works fine.  Video card is a little lacking, 
but it should be better on the new machine.