Re: E520/Analog Monitor Question
- From: Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:34:57 -0400
There is a "right" way to make things bigger WITHOUT changing the resolution, which will make things fuzzy. It's to change the DPI (not the resolution) setting in display properties.
The resolution and blurring have nothing to do with the video chip (card, adapter, whatever). X3000 should be fine, it may even be better than the Radeon X1300 if you have 2GB of memory.
Again, don't change the resolution to make things bigger, change the DPI setting.
Also, things will be clearer if you get a digital monitor interface (e.g. DVI instead of VGA).
Boris wrote:
My dad wants to take advantage of the E520 sale on the business site..
He currently has a two year old, XPHome, 8400, P4 540 HT technology, 3.2Ghz, 800 FSB machine, that he runs with an analog LCD (I think it's a Gateway 19"). Because of his age, he doesn't run the monitor at native resolution, which I think is 1024 x 768. He runs it at something lower so he can get bigger fonts, but it looks slightly out of focus. He's fine with it, though.
He knows nothing about computers, and only uses it for internet and email. He wanted Vista when it came out. I talked him out of it, but I can't talk him out of the E520. Why? Because he can't pass up a sale.
I would order the E520 for him, take to his house, transfer data, and set up peripherals.
What I'm concerned about is the 19" Samsung 920NW analog monitor that comes with the system. Native resolution is 1440 x 900 (16:10 widescreen), and I know that he'd want the fonts to be larger than that which native resolution provides. I can't say what resolution would work for him, and I'm thinking I should advise him against this.
The E520 comes with Integrated GMA X3000. The video card option is a 256MB ATI Radeon X1300. I know this is probably a tough question, but here goes...is it possible that either video configuration would provide large enough images without significant blurring? (I don't know what large enough is for him. I know his current monitor is running below 1024 x 768, which I think is it's native resolution).
Sight unseen, my gut feel is that he's asking for trouble, and the only way to figure this out is to order it and try it. But, the monitor is shipped separately, and the time difference may preclude the return of both machine and monitor with the 21 day shipping.
Any wild ass guesses would be appreciated?
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