I cant play with 1600 x 1200, part of the game screen is not showin the monitor, Why is that? ill get a screen brb
Last edited by Maj.Do (2006-01-17 19:39:30)
Your monitor can't handle the resolution?
the monitor instructions said it could ??
you have an ATI card and it doesn't allow that big resolution an shows the screen outside? Like the desktop can do in the TV, you have to "scroll" the picture. If it's like this you just have to make sure that the graphics card allow 1600x1200 as resolution for the monitor, if not force it.
I find it completly uneccesery to use such a high resolution. You shud have high Hz so you dont get tired och a blurry vision.
i guess ur right
Maj.Do - Do you have an ATI card? If so, Mr Brain is basically right. It's basically XPs fault - it queries your monitor to find out what sort it is and, because Microsoft don't want you killing your monitor and blaming them, it deliberately limits the maximum resolution and refresh rate that the video card drivers see. If you're absolutely sure your montior can handle 1600x1200 then go into display properties, or open the Catalyst Control Panel thing (depending on which version of the ATI drivers you're using) and in the section that deals with Monitors/Displays you'll be able to tell the ATI drivers what max resolution and max refresh rate are actually safe - the exact method of doing this varies depending on the version of ATI driver you have installed, but it's pretty straight forward in all cases. Also, it's actually a fairly safe thing to do - any monitor worth having will protect itself if you try to drive either the res or refresh too high - if the screen just goes black then just don't press anything for a while and it will revert back to the previous resolution and rate.
Last edited by Scorpion0x17 (2006-01-18 00:45:23)
Some of us actually have good monitors.JON.ANTONSSON wrote:
I find it completly uneccesery to use such a high resolution. You shud have high Hz so you dont get tired och a blurry vision.
I run 1600x1200 at 85Hz on my 19" CRT.
B*ST*RD! Mumble... Grumble... Mine does 1600x1200 but only at super-flickery 60hz...Viper007Bond wrote:
I run 1600x1200 at 85Hz on my 19" CRT.
well the native resoluton of your monitor increases as the size of the monitor increases.
17" LCD's have native res of 1280x1024 at 60Hz
21" LCD's have native res of 1600x1200 at 60Hz
(my monitor )21" Widescreen LCD's have native res of 1680x1050 at 60Hz
Each different size monitor has a different native res, but all LCD's should be run at 60Hz.
CRT's differ from monitor to monitor but usually require more than 60Hz.
17" LCD's have native res of 1280x1024 at 60Hz
21" LCD's have native res of 1600x1200 at 60Hz
(my monitor )21" Widescreen LCD's have native res of 1680x1050 at 60Hz
Each different size monitor has a different native res, but all LCD's should be run at 60Hz.
CRT's differ from monitor to monitor but usually require more than 60Hz.
There's so many things wrong in this post I don't know where to start. The trouble is, you're kinda right, but at the same time not.mjw wrote:
well the native resoluton of your monitor increases as the size of the monitor increases.
17" LCD's have native res of 1280x1024 at 60Hz
21" LCD's have native res of 1600x1200 at 60Hz
(my monitor )21" Widescreen LCD's have native res of 1680x1050 at 60Hz
Each different size monitor has a different native res, but all LCD's should be run at 60Hz.
CRT's differ from monitor to monitor but usually require more than 60Hz.
OK, for a start LCDs don't have refresh rates measured in Hz - they have 'response time' measured in ms and it's not a fixed value - different LCDs monitors have different response times.
Secondly, the thing about native resolution - the native resolution of any LCD monitor is determined by two factors - the screen dimensions (i.e. 17", 21", etc) and the size of the 'pixels' - make the pixels smaller and the native resolution goes up for a given size montor. Or, keep the pixels the same size, but increase the dimensions. Again, this varies from monitor to monitor. Now, having said that, at any point in time there's a limit to how small they can make LCD pixels, and they will usually make them as small as possible, meaning, in effect what you say is correct, even though strictly, it's not.
Finally, CRTs generally can and should be run at higher than 60hz - this is not so much a requirement of the monitor though, more that the higher the refresh rate the more stable the image and the less wearing on the eyes it'll be.
Last edited by Scorpion0x17 (2006-01-18 17:00:34)
1 - LCD's do have higher Hz rates, some run 60 others run 75 etc..
2- 17" and 19" can have 1280x1024 native res
3- also DVI or VGA leads make a difference to alot of things
4- the thing with LCD's is you dont "notice" the difference between 60Hz and 75Hz anywhere near as much as you would on a CRT
2- 17" and 19" can have 1280x1024 native res
3- also DVI or VGA leads make a difference to alot of things
4- the thing with LCD's is you dont "notice" the difference between 60Hz and 75Hz anywhere near as much as you would on a CRT
it might b ur graphics card some graphics card cant handle high resolutions or it cud b ur pc isnt good enough otherwise your monitor must b at least 19" i think for that resolution besides 1280x1024 rules i sue it in evrything on my 17"
No way it's the video card. I have a GeForce 4 that'll do it and the GeForce 2 I also have would probably do it as well.