Re: Can I keep this LCD monitor?

Those computers sound a little long in the tooth to be upgrading their video
cards to the degree necessary to achieve 1680 x 1050 Resolution, as is
REQUIRED by the LCD.
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DaveW
"Mr. Land" <graftonfot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1184724408.021142.165270@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I use a KVM switch to switch my single monitor (a ViewSonic P220f)
between 2 desktop and 1 laptop machine(s). I currently run all
systems at 1280x1024 resolution.

I received a 22" LG LCD monitor as a gift, but I can't seem to get the
resolution configured on either desktop to use it optimally (the
laptop I'm not particularly concerned about.)

These desktops have rather old cards in them: machine "A" has a Matrox
Millenium G450 dual-head card; machine "B" has an old ATI All-In-
Wonder 128 Pro.

The LCD monitor's documentation states that the optimal resolution to
use with this monitor is 1680x1050, but I can't get that choice to
appear on either machine. I seem to be able to get resolutions
"below" and "above" it, though, especially on the Matrox card.

I've used the CD included with the monitor to install the monitor
drivers on both machines. This does seem to change the available
resolutions, but the optimal one never appears.

I can run the LCP monitor at 1280x1024, but the picture is
horizontally stretched so that it uses the entire display surface, and
this results in an unacceptably squashed aspect ratio.

Do my video cards need to explicitly support 1680x1050? Do I need to
upgrade both video cards in order to use this monitor properly? If
that turns out to be pricey, I'll be returning the LCD panel for a
refund.


Thanks for any help.



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