I have an XFX GeForce 6800 (128 meg) with dual DVI outputs. Currently I'm using a 19" CRT monitor hooked up with a VGA -> DVI adapter that came with the card. I'm going to soon be purchasing an LCD monitor that has a native resolution of 1680x1050 (20.1" 16:9 widescreen aspect :loveme: ). I've already created a custom resolution with those settings. My video card supports resolutions up to 2048x1536. But, XFX is telling me that my card will only support flat panel monitors up to 1600x1200 . Now, I'll be the first to admit that I haven't been following LCD monitors too closely until just lately, but I don't see why there would be any difference in supported resolutions between a CRT and an LCD monitor (on the video card). Am I missing something? I suppose that, technically, 1680x1050 is a lower resolution then 1600x1200. 1600*1200 = 1.92 million pixels, 1680*1050 = 1.764 million pixels. But, regardless, I can't see any reason why my card would (or any card, for that matter) support CRT monitors up to 2048x1536, but only up to 1600x1200 with flat panels. I was able to set my current monitor at 1920x1200 just fine, but, again, it's a CRT.
I would have thought that the video resolution output would be no different assuming you have identical refresh rates on CRT/LCD.
According to the manual that came with my video card (yeah, I still have it, I have an odd habit of keeping stuff like that), at my video cards highest resolution of 2048x1536, the refresh rate can be set up to 85hz. With the monitor I'm getting, at it's native resolution of 1680x1050, the refresh rate has to be set to 60hz. Edit: the manual for the video card makes no mention of only supporting flat panels up to 1600x1200. It only says resolutions up to 2048x1536@85hz.
