Switching from a standard LCD monitor to a widescreen LCD monitor
My PC is running Windows XP SP2. I use a Dell 1907FP LCD monitor.
Standard, square shaped. The optimum resolution, and the one I am currently
using, is 1280x1024.
I am considering the Dell 2007WFP widescreen monitor. The optimum
resolution for that model is 1680x1050.
If I go into display properties with my current monitor, click the
Settings tab, the max resolution I can use is 1280x1024. The square monitor
icon, labeled #1, is highlighted. The smaller, rectangular icon, labeled
#2, is faded out.
Question: If I buy the widescreen monitor and plug it into my computer,
will XP automatically switch over to icon #2 and allow me the option of
changing the resolution to 1680x1050? I'm fairly certain my video card
(256MB ATI Hyper Memory PCI-Express X 16 Radeon X600 SE) supports widescreen
monitors.
Re: Switching from a standard LCD monitor to a widescreen LCD monitor
it almost certainly will. I went from a 19" Iiyama 4:3 to a 24" Dell
16:9 and I didn't even have to adjust the resolution on the desktop.
XP recognised it and offered me the new resoultion straight away. I'm
using an nVidia 7900GT but your card will cope just fine.
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:53:13 -0400, "History Fan"
<UnknownplacesonEarth@unknown11.com> wrote:
> My PC is running Windows XP SP2. I use a Dell 1907FP LCD monitor.
>Standard, square shaped. The optimum resolution, and the one I am currently
>using, is 1280x1024.
>
> I am considering the Dell 2007WFP widescreen monitor. The optimum
>resolution for that model is 1680x1050.
>
> If I go into display properties with my current monitor, click the
>Settings tab, the max resolution I can use is 1280x1024. The square monitor
>icon, labeled #1, is highlighted. The smaller, rectangular icon, labeled
>#2, is faded out.
>
> Question: If I buy the widescreen monitor and plug it into my computer,
>will XP automatically switch over to icon #2 and allow me the option of
>changing the resolution to 1680x1050? I'm fairly certain my video card
>(256MB ATI Hyper Memory PCI-Express X 16 Radeon X600 SE) supports widescreen
>monitors.
>
Re: Switching from a standard LCD monitor to a widescreen LCD monitor
"nl" <nl@codologyBORROX.com> wrote in message
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> it almost certainly will. I went from a 19" Iiyama 4:3 to a 24" Dell
> 16:9 and I didn't even have to adjust the resolution on the desktop.
> XP recognised it and offered me the new resoultion straight away. I'm
> using an nVidia 7900GT but your card will cope just fine.
>
> On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:53:13 -0400, "History Fan"
> <UnknownplacesonEarth@unknown11.com> wrote:
>
>> My PC is running Windows XP SP2. I use a Dell 1907FP LCD monitor.
>>Standard, square shaped. The optimum resolution, and the one I am
>>currently
>>using, is 1280x1024.
>>
>> I am considering the Dell 2007WFP widescreen monitor. The optimum
>>resolution for that model is 1680x1050.
>>
>> If I go into display properties with my current monitor, click the
>>Settings tab, the max resolution I can use is 1280x1024. The square
>>monitor
>>icon, labeled #1, is highlighted. The smaller, rectangular icon, labeled
>>#2, is faded out.
>>
>> Question: If I buy the widescreen monitor and plug it into my
>> computer,
>>will XP automatically switch over to icon #2 and allow me the option of
>>changing the resolution to 1680x1050? I'm fairly certain my video card
>>(256MB ATI Hyper Memory PCI-Express X 16 Radeon X600 SE) supports
>>widescreen
>>monitors.
>>
Thanks for the response. My video card is fairly powerful, so I can't
see why widescreen would be an issue.
BTW, I was just chatting with a Dell tech, and he told me the two
monitor icons in Display Properties/Settings have nothing to do with
standard or widescreen sizes. Rather, it merely means how many monitors are
currently plugged into your system.
*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.
The resolution you listed is apparently not supported by this card,
according to the list above.
They have posted a new display driver as of May 31, 2007 for this card
"History Fan" <UnknownplacesonEarth@unknown11.com> wrote in message
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> My PC is running Windows XP SP2. I use a Dell 1907FP LCD monitor.
> Standard, square shaped. The optimum resolution, and the one I am
> currently using, is 1280x1024.
>
> I am considering the Dell 2007WFP widescreen monitor. The optimum
> resolution for that model is 1680x1050.
>
> If I go into display properties with my current monitor, click the
> Settings tab, the max resolution I can use is 1280x1024. The square
> monitor icon, labeled #1, is highlighted. The smaller, rectangular icon,
> labeled #2, is faded out.
>
> Question: If I buy the widescreen monitor and plug it into my computer,
> will XP automatically switch over to icon #2 and allow me the option of
> changing the resolution to 1680x1050? I'm fairly certain my video card
> (256MB ATI Hyper Memory PCI-Express X 16 Radeon X600 SE) supports
> widescreen monitors.
>
Re: Switching from a standard LCD monitor to a widescreen LCD monitor
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:03:26 -0400, "History Fan"
<UnknownplacesonEarth@unknown11.com> wrote:
>"nl" <nl@codologyBORROX.com> wrote in message
>news:ln0b73hi930472fu83tjmok9j95brctt12@4ax.com.. .
>> it almost certainly will. I went from a 19" Iiyama 4:3 to a 24" Dell
>> 16:9 and I didn't even have to adjust the resolution on the desktop.
>>>
>>> I am considering the Dell 2007WFP widescreen monitor. The optimum
>>>resolution for that model is 1680x1050.
>>>
>>> If I go into display properties with my current monitor, click the
>>>Settings tab, the max resolution I can use is 1280x1024. The square
>>>monitor
>>>icon, labeled #1, is highlighted. The smaller, rectangular icon, labeled
>>>#2, is faded out.
>>>
>
> Thanks for the response. My video card is fairly powerful, so I can't
>see why widescreen would be an issue.
>
> BTW, I was just chatting with a Dell tech, and he told me the two
>monitor icons in Display Properties/Settings have nothing to do with
>standard or widescreen sizes. Rather, it merely means how many monitors are
>currently plugged into your system.
>
That's not quite correct. In Display Properties, among the
resolutions you can choose on the slider bar are widescreen ratios and
standard ratios. If you slide the slider in Display Properties you
will see that the shape of the monitor in the diagram will reflect the
resolution you have chosen.
If you have two monitors attached, you can click on Monitor 2 and set
the resolution for that separately.
(I am talking about separate setup I have where a widescreen TV is
connected via both D-sub and HDMI from an XP Media Center with a built
in graphics chip, the Intel 945. The PC part of the media centre
senses two monitors and offers me the two-monitor adjustment option.)
(It also stops me playing back DVDs, complaining I have a TV attached,
which is kind of the point of a Media Center. But hey, that's
Microsoft for you - Bill Gates giveth and Bill Gates taketh away.)
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