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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: Jamesc359 on May 26, 2008, 10:07:18 PM

Title: Widescreen Stretching Issues
Post by: Jamesc359 on May 26, 2008, 10:07:18 PM

I recently purchased a new wide screen LCD monitor to replace my old and kaput CRT. I've run into a problem with running it at it's native resolution though. After installing the monitor's drivers, the only resolution options available on the display settings tab is for a 4:3 and 3:2 aspect ratios. This has forced me to use a 1280x1024 resolution that causes everything to stretch across the screen.

I realize that both my OS and hardware are prehistoric, but my video card claims to support resolutions up to 1600x1200. So I'm left wondering, is this a limitation of my OS, or is it my video card that's preventing me from using a 16:10 aspect ratio?

If it is the video card, how do you know what cards support a widescreen monitor?

~James

Available Resolutions: 1280x1024, 1152x864, 1024x768, 848x480, 800x600, 768x576, 720x480, 640x480
Video Card: ATI XPERT 98 (http://ati.amd.com/products/ragepro/xpert98/specs.html)
Monitor: Acer X193w - Native Resolution: 1440x900@60Hzt
OS: Windows 98SE
Motherboard: ECS Elitegroup P6VXA
CPU: 1Ghz Pentium III
RAM: 256MB

Title: Re: Widescreen Stretching Issues
Post by: Broni on May 26, 2008, 10:22:28 PM

1600x1200 still represents 4:3 ratio.
Your video card needs to support wide screen resolutions:
(http://209.85.48.8/228/109/upload/p3936196.gif)

These are standard screen resolutions:
(http://209.85.48.8/228/109/upload/p3936201.gif)