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Travis King
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 Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 10:27 pm Post subject: Widescreen Resolutions |
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With my Radeon X1600PRO, I do not see two important screen resolutions for
widescreen... 1440x900 and 1680x1050. I have already set it to show screen
resolutions that my current monitor does not support as well. Is this
something wrong or does this video card just not support widescreen? I'm
using Vista 32-bit if that makes a difference. |
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Benjamin Gawert
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 10:41 pm Post subject: Re: Widescreen Resolutions |
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* Travis King:
| Quote: | With my Radeon X1600PRO, I do not see two important screen resolutions
for widescreen... 1440x900 and 1680x1050. I have already set it to
show screen resolutions that my current monitor does not support as
well. Is this something wrong or does this video card just not support
widescreen? I'm using Vista 32-bit if that makes a difference.
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Widescreen resolutions are not listed until the driver detects a
widescreen display.
BTW: this has been answered probably fivehundred million times already,
a short search with google should have already brought you the answer.
Benjamin |
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KCB
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 10:49 pm Post subject: Re: Widescreen Resolutions |
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"Travis King" <Anonymous@none.com> wrote in message
news:DRwPh.19792$oV.6347@attbi_s21...
| Quote: | With my Radeon X1600PRO, I do not see two important screen resolutions
for widescreen... 1440x900 and 1680x1050. I have already set it to
show screen resolutions that my current monitor does not support as
well. Is this something wrong or does this video card just not
support widescreen? I'm using Vista 32-bit if that makes a
difference.
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You don't mention which monitor you have, or what version of drivers you
are using, but the ati web site at:
http://ati.amd.com/products/RadeonX1600/Products.html
says this:
Digital Displays (Connected by DVI)
All Resolutions up to 2560x16003
Analog Displays (Connected by VGA)
All resolutions up to 2048x15363
TV-out
SDTV (analog): 480i | 525i
HDTV (analog or digital): 480p | 720p | 1080i | Any custom resolution
(3)
NOTE: resolutions are limited by the performance of the attached
monitor.
*16:9 aspect ratio monitors are supported on 1920x1080 and 848x480 on
Windows® XP and Windows® 2000. The complete list of resolutions depends
on the driver version and operating system. NOTE: resolutions are
limited by the performance of the attached monitor.
(1) AvivoT is a technology platform that includes a broad set of
capabilities offered by ATI products. Full enablement of some AvivoT
capabilities may require complementary products.
(2) Internet access required.
(3) Some custom resolutions require user configuration |
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Travis King
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 11:10 pm Post subject: Re: Widescreen Resolutions |
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I have a 19" CRT monitor (1280x1024) and was looking for widescreen LCDs,
and I was just checking to see if my video card supports the resolution of a
widescreen LCD. I'm not sure on the driver # for my video card, but it's
the one that was just released a few days ago. (I believe March 28.) I was
likely going to look for a monitor with a 1680x1050 resolution because I
believe you actually lose a slight amount of screen real estate with a
1440x900 resolution.
"KCB" <kcbairdREMOVE@THIScomcast.net> wrote in message
news:ldidnS3fFKBrAJPbnZ2dnUVZ_hqdnZ2d@comcast.com...
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"Travis King" <Anonymous@none.com> wrote in message
news:DRwPh.19792$oV.6347@attbi_s21...
With my Radeon X1600PRO, I do not see two important screen resolutions
for widescreen... 1440x900 and 1680x1050. I have already set it to show
screen resolutions that my current monitor does not support as well. Is
this something wrong or does this video card just not support widescreen?
I'm using Vista 32-bit if that makes a difference.
You don't mention which monitor you have, or what version of drivers you
are using, but the ati web site at:
http://ati.amd.com/products/RadeonX1600/Products.html
says this:
Digital Displays (Connected by DVI)
All Resolutions up to 2560x16003
Analog Displays (Connected by VGA)
All resolutions up to 2048x15363
TV-out
SDTV (analog): 480i | 525i
HDTV (analog or digital): 480p | 720p | 1080i | Any custom resolution (3)
NOTE: resolutions are limited by the performance of the attached monitor.
*16:9 aspect ratio monitors are supported on 1920x1080 and 848x480 on
Windows® XP and Windows® 2000. The complete list of resolutions depends on
the driver version and operating system. NOTE: resolutions are limited by
the performance of the attached monitor.
(1) AvivoT is a technology platform that includes a broad set of
capabilities offered by ATI products. Full enablement of some AvivoT
capabilities may require complementary products.
(2) Internet access required.
(3) Some custom resolutions require user configuration
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Barry Watzman
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 12:12 am Post subject: Re: Widescreen Resolutions |
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Re: "If I had a dollar for every time this comes up.....virtually any
and all widescreen resolutions are supported on virtually all ATI cards
manufactured from the 7000 series on up"
Correct ...
Re: "but you must first load the monitor drivers that came with the
monitor for Windows to list them as a choice"
Not correct, in most cases. Most monitors don't come with "drivers".
However, at power up, the video card and the monitor "talk" with each
other over the DDC (display data channel) and exchange information about
what resolutions each supports. This conversation enables the video
card to add additional resolutions to it's list of supported resolutions
without (in most cases) loading any "drivers" for the display.
Augustus wrote:
| Quote: | "Travis King" <Anonymous@none.com> wrote in message
news:DRwPh.19792$oV.6347@attbi_s21...
With my Radeon X1600PRO, I do not see two important screen resolutions for
widescreen... 1440x900 and 1680x1050. I have already set it to show
screen resolutions that my current monitor does not support as well. Is
this something wrong or does this video card just not support widescreen?
I'm using Vista 32-bit if that makes a difference.
If I had a dollar for every time this comes up.....virtually any and all
widescreen resolutions are supported on virtually all ATI cards manufactured
from the 7000 series on up, but you must first load the monitor drivers that
came with the monitor for Windows to list them as a choice.
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Barry Watzman
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 12:12 am Post subject: Re: Widescreen Resolutions |
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You can't do it that way. When the computer is turned on, the video
card and the monitor have a "conversation" with each other about what
resolutions each support. The list of supported resolutions will change
with the connected monitor ... if you connect a widescreen display, you
will see new resolutions that you won't see with your current 1280x1024
display connected (even if you have the box checked to show resolutions
not supported by your current display).
Travis King wrote:
| Quote: | I have a 19" CRT monitor (1280x1024) and was looking for widescreen
LCDs, and I was just checking to see if my video card supports the
resolution of a widescreen LCD. I'm not sure on the driver # for my
video card, but it's the one that was just released a few days ago. (I
believe March 28.) I was likely going to look for a monitor with a
1680x1050 resolution because I believe you actually lose a slight amount
of screen real estate with a 1440x900 resolution.
"KCB" <kcbairdREMOVE@THIScomcast.net> wrote in message
news:ldidnS3fFKBrAJPbnZ2dnUVZ_hqdnZ2d@comcast.com...
"Travis King" <Anonymous@none.com> wrote in message
news:DRwPh.19792$oV.6347@attbi_s21...
With my Radeon X1600PRO, I do not see two important screen
resolutions for widescreen... 1440x900 and 1680x1050. I have
already set it to show screen resolutions that my current monitor
does not support as well. Is this something wrong or does this video
card just not support widescreen? I'm using Vista 32-bit if that
makes a difference.
You don't mention which monitor you have, or what version of drivers
you are using, but the ati web site at:
http://ati.amd.com/products/RadeonX1600/Products.html
says this:
Digital Displays (Connected by DVI)
All Resolutions up to 2560x16003
Analog Displays (Connected by VGA)
All resolutions up to 2048x15363
TV-out
SDTV (analog): 480i | 525i
HDTV (analog or digital): 480p | 720p | 1080i | Any custom resolution (3)
NOTE: resolutions are limited by the performance of the attached monitor.
*16:9 aspect ratio monitors are supported on 1920x1080 and 848x480 on
Windows® XP and Windows® 2000. The complete list of resolutions
depends on the driver version and operating system. NOTE: resolutions
are limited by the performance of the attached monitor.
(1) AvivoT is a technology platform that includes a broad set of
capabilities offered by ATI products. Full enablement of some AvivoT
capabilities may require complementary products.
(2) Internet access required.
(3) Some custom resolutions require user configuration
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Augustus
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 12:12 am Post subject: Re: Widescreen Resolutions |
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"Travis King" <Anonymous@none.com> wrote in message
news:DRwPh.19792$oV.6347@attbi_s21...
| Quote: | With my Radeon X1600PRO, I do not see two important screen resolutions for
widescreen... 1440x900 and 1680x1050. I have already set it to show
screen resolutions that my current monitor does not support as well. Is
this something wrong or does this video card just not support widescreen?
I'm using Vista 32-bit if that makes a difference.
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If I had a dollar for every time this comes up.....virtually any and all
widescreen resolutions are supported on virtually all ATI cards manufactured
from the 7000 series on up, but you must first load the monitor drivers that
came with the monitor for Windows to list them as a choice. |
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Mercury
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:13 am Post subject: Re: Widescreen Resolutions |
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"Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:460ee5f7$0$5218$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
| Quote: | You can't do it that way. When the computer is turned on, the video card
and the monitor have a "conversation" with each other about what
resolutions each support. The list of supported resolutions will change
with the connected monitor ... if you connect a widescreen display, you
will see new resolutions that you won't see with your current 1280x1024
display connected (even if you have the box checked to show resolutions
not supported by your current display).
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Using PowerStrip (for example) you can force pretty much any resolution your
video card can handle, regardless of the monitor currently hooked up. I
used it to see if my card could do 1680x1050 before buying an LCD with that
res. |
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Benjamin Gawert
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:49 pm Post subject: Re: Widescreen Resolutions |
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* Augustus:
| Quote: | If I had a dollar for every time this comes up.....
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That's so true...
| Quote: | virtually any and all
widescreen resolutions are supported on virtually all ATI cards manufactured
from the 7000 series on up, but you must first load the monitor drivers that
came with the monitor for Windows to list them as a choice.
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Nope. Monitor "drivers" (which are not really drivers but just plain
text files that contain descriptions of what the monitor is able to do)
are only needed if DDC doesn't work for some reason. Most better
displays do provide correct DDC2 informations and thus tell the gfx
driver by themselves that they are widescreen and what resolutions they
need. But what most people forget is that this requires the monitor to
be switched on when the gfx driver loads, otherwise there is no
communication and the driver falls back to standard settings...
Benjamin |
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Ken Maltby
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:28 am Post subject: Re: Widescreen Resolutions |
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"J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet@cox.net> wrote in message
news:eun1ve0ab4@news3.newsguy.com...
| Quote: | Augustus wrote:
"Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:460ee69a$0$5218$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
Re: "If I had a dollar for every time this comes up.....virtually
any and all widescreen resolutions are supported on virtually all
ATI cards manufactured from the 7000 series on up"
Correct ...
Re: "but you must first load the monitor drivers that came with the
monitor for Windows to list them as a choice"
Not correct, in most cases. Most monitors don't come with "drivers".
However, at power up, the video card and the monitor "talk" with each
other over the DDC (display data channel) and exchange information
about what resolutions each supports. This conversation enables the
video card to add additional resolutions to it's list of supported
resolutions without (in most cases) loading any "drivers" for the
display.
I'm fully aware it's really a true driver, just an instruction set
for the video card and OS to use. But in the everyday parlance, they
are called "drivers". And for the overwhelming majority of monitor
and supported resolution question posers here, they are "drivers" .
And for the overwhelming majority of monitors they don't exist.
And almost every monitor I've ever seen comes with a CD that contains
them. And when you go their website, you'll find them available for
download as well. WIndows will recognize many as a plug and play
device without, but specific intruction sets and resoltions are not
available without them.
Actually they are if the monitor implements DDC properly.
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--John
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The vast majority of "Widescreen" monitors do come with
"driver CDs". Even if the "driver" is only an .inf file. While
it is true DDC should be handling it, the "drivers" are still
provided and needed in some cases.
Luck;
Ken |
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Ken Maltby
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:39 am Post subject: Re: Widescreen Resolutions |
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"Benjamin Gawert" <bgawert@gmx.de> wrote in message
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| Quote: | * Augustus:
If I had a dollar for every time this comes up.....
That's so true...
virtually any and all widescreen resolutions are supported on virtually
all ATI cards manufactured from the 7000 series on up, but you must first
load the monitor drivers that came with the monitor for Windows to list
them as a choice.
Nope. Monitor "drivers" (which are not really drivers but just plain text
files that contain descriptions of what the monitor is able to do) are
only needed if DDC doesn't work for some reason. Most better displays do
provide correct DDC2 informations and thus tell the gfx driver by
themselves that they are widescreen and what resolutions they need. But
what most people forget is that this requires the monitor to be switched
on when the gfx driver loads, otherwise there is no communication and the
driver falls back to standard settings...
Benjamin
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And your OS should have set those "standard settings" to
what you run with your system, to include the settings for the
primary and secondary monitors. One way it can do that is
saving what the DDC has provided, another, is through the
monitor manufacture's .inf file.
Luck,
Ken |
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Alex Boling
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| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:56 am Post subject: Re: Widescreen Resolutions |
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jesus, he was just looking for a answer...........why beat him to
death....he came to the nexus of answers, the news group, like I do
sometimes, maybe he thought his problem was original, i am so sorry he
wasn't as 'geeky' as you
alex
"Benjamin Gawert" <bgawert@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:577kpjF2b64gpU1@mid.individual.net...
| Quote: | * Travis King:
With my Radeon X1600PRO, I do not see two important screen resolutions
for widescreen... 1440x900 and 1680x1050. I have already set it to show
screen resolutions that my current monitor does not support as well. Is
this something wrong or does this video card just not support widescreen?
I'm using Vista 32-bit if that makes a difference.
Widescreen resolutions are not listed until the driver detects a
widescreen display.
BTW: this has been answered probably fivehundred million times already, a
short search with google should have already brought you the answer.
Benjamin
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Roger
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 12:02 am Post subject: Re: Widescreen Resolutions |
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On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:20:59 -0400, "J. Clarke"
<jclarke.usenet@cox.net> wrote:
| Quote: | Augustus wrote:
"Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:460ee69a$0$5218$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
Re: "If I had a dollar for every time this comes up.....virtually
any and all widescreen resolutions are supported on virtually all
ATI cards manufactured from the 7000 series on up"
Correct ...
Re: "but you must first load the monitor drivers that came with the
monitor for Windows to list them as a choice"
Not correct, in most cases. Most monitors don't come with "drivers".
However, at power up, the video card and the monitor "talk" with each
other over the DDC (display data channel) and exchange information
about what resolutions each supports. This conversation enables the
video card to add additional resolutions to it's list of supported
resolutions without (in most cases) loading any "drivers" for the
display.
I'm fully aware it's really a true driver, just an instruction set
for the video card and OS to use. But in the everyday parlance, they
are called "drivers". And for the overwhelming majority of monitor
and supported resolution question posers here, they are "drivers" .
And for the overwhelming majority of monitors they don't exist.
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But for the 22" Samsung they are required to get the wide screen to
work properly with the X1950XT and I'd assume other ATI cards as well.
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com |
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