hey guys, i was wondering how the graphics card is related to the max resolution you can get from a monitor. i have a hyundai imagequest l90d+ and a his ati radeon x800xl. the most i can get is the native resolution which is 1280x1024 but i thought that i could get 1600x1200 with the graphics card that i have. is there something special i'm supposed to do to get that resolution, or am i misinformed and it is impossible to get it? thanks
thats the max resolution the LCD supports, theres no way of getting a higher resolution, other than buying a LCD which supports that resolution
Yeah sadly you're stuck with 1280x1024, but in gaming at least you probably won't notice a difference in anything but framerates.
exactly what are the advantages of having a higher resolution monitor..i heard its easy on the eyes...
my friend has an LG L1910B (specs). the native resolution is stated as 1280x1024, but he can get 1600x1200 resolution. that's why i got confused and made my post about resolutions and stuff in this forum.
LCD's differ from CRT's in that there's one optimal resolution where everything looks best. In your friend's case, this happens to be 1280x1024, which isn't too bad. The problem is when you want to use a different resolution it may not be as sharp or look as good as at the native resolution. For the limitations of the monitor, whatever it's limitations are happen to be it. While your video card may be able to support a much higher res, it can only do so if the monitor also supports that resolution. Higher resolutions are nice on CRT's as well, but the issue you run into is the refresh rates. Going much above 800x600 with a 60Hz refresh rate is hard on the eyes for many people. Some require a very high refresh rate for higher resolutions, but others don't need that much. A monitor that can do 1900x1200 @ 100Hz is going to be very expensive, not to mention at least a 19"-21" unit. It's harder to make these finer units and therefore the costs go up.
