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LCD Resolution, is this possible?
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howardb
Expert Member
You should be able to do it by changing the setting in the graphics card setup - through nVidia Control Panel or ATI Catalyst Control Centre - depending on the card you have. Which card do you have?
If nVidia, then go to the nVidia COntrol Panel and select Advanced View. Then select Change Flat Panel Scaling, and select your option - try the different ones to see which works best for you.
ATI is a similar setting under Digital Panel Properties -> Attributes (or something similar)
If nVidia, then go to the nVidia COntrol Panel and select Advanced View. Then select Change Flat Panel Scaling, and select your option - try the different ones to see which works best for you.
ATI is a similar setting under Digital Panel Properties -> Attributes (or something similar)
killadoob
Honorary Master
You will lose picture quality though as far as i know.
Not if, as he describes, you run 1680 x 1050 as a "smaller" screen with black borders around the 1680 x 1050 screen.
You are right though, if he wants a stretched 1680 x 1050 image on the screen (to take up all the real-estate). But why would someone want to do that?
howardb
Expert Member
I just tried it on my Samsung 2333SW and you don't loose any quality as long as you change the scaling in the nVidia control panel - gives you a black border around the edge of the LCD... if you don't change the scaling, then it looks awfull!
Not sure why you'd want to do this though at a lower than native resolution?
See pics here
1920x1080 on Samsung 2333SW at native res:
1680x1050 on Samsung 2333SW at 1680x1050 res with nVidia scaling switched off:
I didn't capture one at 1680x1050 with scaling on, 'cos it looks cr@p and no-one should be using it...
Not sure why you'd want to do this though at a lower than native resolution?
See pics here
1920x1080 on Samsung 2333SW at native res:
1680x1050 on Samsung 2333SW at 1680x1050 res with nVidia scaling switched off:
I didn't capture one at 1680x1050 with scaling on, 'cos it looks cr@p and no-one should be using it...
Pyro
Expert Member
Does scaling fix the aspect ratio as well?
howardb
Expert Member
Yes it does - my desktop picture is 1920x1080 (fixed) so it does squash a bit - the icons, etc. look sharp though, just like they'd be on a native 1680x1050 LCD.
techead
Honorary Master
I guess you could also apply this to the gaming folk
Some people dont have powerful enough GFX for games to run in 1920 x 1080, but would like the luxury of a big screen for maybe watching movies, series etc. then they can just tweak the settings for when they play games.
just a thought
Some people dont have powerful enough GFX for games to run in 1920 x 1080, but would like the luxury of a big screen for maybe watching movies, series etc. then they can just tweak the settings for when they play games.
just a thought