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August 11th, 2008 14:00
Optimal Screen Resolution-22inch E228WFP
Hi,
I've noticed that I have always run my resolution pretty low (1280 by 768). It just seems that when I try to increase the resolution everything just gets uncomfortably small. So here are my questions:
Were the resolution and video card settings preset on the computer when I received it from Dell or should I be going into the Nvidia menu and tweaking out the graphics card?
Would a higher quality graphics card increase the size of the display objects when I set the screen to highest resolution?
When going in search of a better graphics card do I have to take into consideration all of the other components of my system?
I have become interested in the graphics video card issue because I have recently gotten into FSX with a passion. I don't have an ultimate gaming computer, but I'm happy enough with it and only looking to modify the graphics card if I can in the near future.
My system:
Dell inspiron 531
AMD Athlon 64x2 Dual Core 4400+
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667 MHz-2DIMMs
128 MB NVIDIA Geforce 7300LE TurboCache
320GB Serial ATA Hard Drive ( 7200RPM) wDataBurst Cache
dictum9
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August 11th, 2008 17:00
You are supposed to run at the predefined resolution.Anything else will degrade the PQ.
I really wanted a 22" wide with a higher resolution than 1600x1050 but apparently there are none, with exception of Lenovo 22" wide which wasn't that good a value. I ended up getting a 2408WFP.
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August 12th, 2008 00:00
Increasing the resolution on a fixed screen size necessarily decreases the size of displayed objects - it makes the pixels smaller. There are workarounds in Windows, like changing default font size or DPI, but they are not ideal.
Monitors have preset supported resolutions which are reflected in the graphics driver settings. They are not necessarily the only resolutions supported, but you are limited by the native resolution of the display. This corresponds to the number of physical pixels in the LCD panel. Non-native resolutions cannot be displayed fullscreen "pixel to pixel". If you stretch 1280 pixels to 1680 you have to guess the values of the missing pixels. This is what degrades the quality.
Note that the monitor's native resolution is 16:10 aspect ratio (1280x768 is 5:3). Other 16:10 resolutions are 1280x800 and 1440x900, but these usually require manual configuration in the graphics driver.
Upgrading the graphics card won't improve picture quality. High end graphics cards can require a lot of power, so check that the PSU can support any additional load.