Urgent Help with Monitor Purchase.

[ECE0105]

Hi Guys,


I think 7 yrs have been tooo long for my Old Compaq MV520 Monitor and I am buying a new one..

My mobo is a D101GGC wid a P4-2.8 (511) Proccy and 1GB of RAM.

I wanted to know if a Widescreen monitor is supported (plannin for a 17" from AOC or Samsung) wat wud be the best alternative to these and wats the price difference b/w the 17" and 19" models ????

And, wud there be any problems with the resolution, since I am using the Onboard Graphics on my Mobo and it gives me different resolutions with Win XP and Win 03 OSs.....

P.S. I mostly use it for Watching Movies, so planned a Widescreen.

[entrana]

17 widescreen is bad looking
19 inch costs 10.5k
dude monitor support, check if u have a resolution of at least 1280x768

[ECE0105]

Originally Posted by entrana

dude monitor support, check if u have a resolution of at least 1240x768

Yep I do........

[ECE0105]

Have got a Samsung SyncMaster 920NW.

19" Widescreen, and now I see that the Settings show that the Max. Resolution supported is 1440 x 900 whereas, earlier it showed the Max. Res. as 1240 x 768

How is that possible?

[entrana]

actually when u connect a monitor it gets detected as a device in the system and cuz of that the gfx sets resolution according to that
same happens when i plug in my sony bravia it doesent show 1360x768 but then when i plug it in it shows 1360x768 dont worry no prob

[dabster]

Originally Posted by entrana

dude monitor support, check if u have a resolution of at least 1240x768

its 1280x768 and u can always check the resolutions supported by Motherboard(onboard gfx.) by unchecking the "show monitor supported resolutions only" in display advanced properties.

[entrana]

^yup sorry 1280x768 my bad
besides he bought the monitor and tested it already

[ECE0105]

Thanks dabster, nevah knew dat...

The display is okay, but the text looks pixellated, just like on resolutions like 640x480.

Do u think Using Microsoft Cleartype is gonna help??

[entrana]

^^dont think so the images arent suppose to look pixelated
try the manual whats the reccomended resolution and set that
or u can try using catalyst control center(on ati) or nvidias software to set anti aliasing so the images look better

[ECE0105]

ATI Chipset... But the Catalyst Control Center IMHO, takes up too much of memory.
Resolution, Native of 1440x900
Cleartype has helped a little, but at first glance, all the samples it showed looked the same

[Choto Cheeta]

Regarding price, this post may help...

http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/show...&postcount=478