My 6-year old Gateway 700x WinXP Pro desktop has an nVidia GeForce2 MX
400 (original) video card, running an 18" Gateway LCD monitor at 1280 x
1024 resolution. I just picked up a Samsung 19" wide screen LCD monitor
at a great price. I see that the Samsung monitor is designed to run at
1440 x 900 resolution. I notice when I click on Display Properties/Settings,
my Nvidia video card shows the highest resolution available is 1280 x 1024.
Is this going to be a problem for my 6-year old video card?

I do have a new nVidia G-Force FX 128MB DDR card that I picked up a couple
of years ago. Available resolutions include 1280 x 1024 and 1600 x 1200.
Would this be a better match?

Thanks!
Scott

Jim Moriarty wrote:
>
> On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:56:30 -0600, Scott <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >My 6-year old Gateway 700x WinXP Pro desktop has an nVidia GeForce2 MX
> >400 (original) video card, running an 18" Gateway LCD monitor at 1280 x
> >1024 resolution. I just picked up a Samsung 19" wide screen LCD monitor
> >at a great price. I see that the Samsung monitor is designed to run at
> >1440 x 900 resolution. I notice when I click on Display Properties/Settings,
> >my Nvidia video card shows the highest resolution available is 1280 x 1024.
> >Is this going to be a problem for my 6-year old video card?
> >
> >I do have a new nVidia G-Force FX 128MB DDR card that I picked up a couple
> >of years ago. Available resolutions include 1280 x 1024 and 1600 x 1200.
> >Would this be a better match?
>
> The answer to that should be obvious.

Jim,

It's not obvious to me. Can you enlighten me? I've never used a wide screen monitor,
so I don't know how the video card handles the slightly wider 1400 resolution.

Scott

On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:56:30 -0600, Scott <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> My 6-year old Gateway 700x WinXP Pro desktop has an nVidia GeForce2 MX
> 400 (original) video card, running an 18" Gateway LCD monitor at 1280 x
> 1024 resolution. I just picked up a Samsung 19" wide screen LCD monitor
> at a great price. I see that the Samsung monitor is designed to run at
> 1440 x 900 resolution.


Note the ratio between 1440 and 900. That's a wide screen ratio.


>I notice when I click on Display Properties/Settings,
> my Nvidia video card shows the highest resolution available is 1280 x 1024.
> Is this going to be a problem for my 6-year old video card?



Yes. That's *not* a wide-screen resolution. You can see if there's a
new driver for your video card. but my guess is that you will need a
new video card to properly run a wide-screen monitor.


> I do have a new nVidia G-Force FX 128MB DDR card that I picked up a couple
> of years ago. Available resolutions include 1280 x 1024 and 1600 x 1200.
> Would this be a better match?


No. Same problem--no wide-screen resolutions.

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"Scott" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
> Jim Moriarty wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:56:30 -0600, Scott <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>> >My 6-year old Gateway 700x WinXP Pro desktop has an nVidia GeForce2 MX
>> >400 (original) video card, running an 18" Gateway LCD monitor at 1280 x
>> >1024 resolution. I just picked up a Samsung 19" wide screen LCD monitor
>> >at a great price. I see that the Samsung monitor is designed to run at
>> >1440 x 900 resolution. I notice when I click on Display
>> >Properties/Settings,
>> >my Nvidia video card shows the highest resolution available is 1280 x
>> >1024.
>> >Is this going to be a problem for my 6-year old video card?
>> >
>> >I do have a new nVidia G-Force FX 128MB DDR card that I picked up a
>> >couple
>> >of years ago. Available resolutions include 1280 x 1024 and 1600 x 1200.
>> >Would this be a better match?
>>
>> The answer to that should be obvious.
>
> Jim,
>
> It's not obvious to me. Can you enlighten me? I've never used a wide
> screen monitor,
> so I don't know how the video card handles the slightly wider 1400
> resolution.
>
> Scott



Scott

Your SIX year old video card works up to and including 1280 x 1024..

Your TWO year old video card works up to and including 1600 x 1200..

Your widescreen monitor works at 1440 x 900 which is within the 'up to and
including 1600 x 1200'..

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"Ken Blake, MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:56:30 -0600, Scott <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> My 6-year old Gateway 700x WinXP Pro desktop has an nVidia GeForce2 MX
>> 400 (original) video card, running an 18" Gateway LCD monitor at 1280 x
>> 1024 resolution. I just picked up a Samsung 19" wide screen LCD monitor
>> at a great price. I see that the Samsung monitor is designed to run at
>> 1440 x 900 resolution.
>
>
> Note the ratio between 1440 and 900. That's a wide screen ratio.
>
>
>>I notice when I click on Display Properties/Settings,
>> my Nvidia video card shows the highest resolution available is 1280 x
>> 1024.
>> Is this going to be a problem for my 6-year old video card?
>
>
>
> Yes. That's *not* a wide-screen resolution. You can see if there's a
> new driver for your video card. but my guess is that you will need a
> new video card to properly run a wide-screen monitor.
>
>
>> I do have a new nVidia G-Force FX 128MB DDR card that I picked up a
>> couple
>> of years ago. Available resolutions include 1280 x 1024 and 1600 x 1200.
>> Would this be a better match?
>
>
> No. Same problem--no wide-screen resolutions.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

I'm intrigued now: Mike Hall says that as 1440 x 900 is "within" 1600 x
1200, the card will support the monitor. You seem to say, Ken, that as the
newer card doesn't explicitly state a wide-screen resolution of 1440 x 900,
it won't support it. I'm curious as to which is the correct reasoning in
this... Scott, did you get it to work with the newer card?

Olórin wrote:

> "Ken Blake, MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:56:30 -0600, Scott <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>My 6-year old Gateway 700x WinXP Pro desktop has an nVidia GeForce2 MX
>>>400 (original) video card, running an 18" Gateway LCD monitor at 1280 x
>>>1024 resolution. I just picked up a Samsung 19" wide screen LCD monitor
>>>at a great price. I see that the Samsung monitor is designed to run at
>>>1440 x 900 resolution.
>>
>>
>>Note the ratio between 1440 and 900. That's a wide screen ratio.
>>
>>
>>
>>>I notice when I click on Display Properties/Settings,
>>>my Nvidia video card shows the highest resolution available is 1280 x
>>>1024.
>>>Is this going to be a problem for my 6-year old video card?
>>
>>
>>
>>Yes. That's *not* a wide-screen resolution. You can see if there's a
>>new driver for your video card. but my guess is that you will need a
>>new video card to properly run a wide-screen monitor.
>>
>>
>>
>>>I do have a new nVidia G-Force FX 128MB DDR card that I picked up a
>>>couple
>>>of years ago. Available resolutions include 1280 x 1024 and 1600 x 1200.
>>>Would this be a better match?
>>
>>
>>No. Same problem--no wide-screen resolutions.
>>
>>--
>>Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
>>Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>
>
> I'm intrigued now: Mike Hall says that as 1440 x 900 is "within" 1600 x
> 1200, the card will support the monitor. You seem to say, Ken, that as the
> newer card doesn't explicitly state a wide-screen resolution of 1440 x 900,
> it won't support it. I'm curious as to which is the correct reasoning in
> this... Scott, did you get it to work with the newer card?

While the 1440 x 900 resolution may be within the range it doesn't
neccessarily mean that the video card can supply this particular
resolution, it may very well jump from 1360 x 768 to 1600 x 900 for the
next available resolution.

John

"John John (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Olórin wrote:
>
>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>>On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:56:30 -0600, Scott <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>My 6-year old Gateway 700x WinXP Pro desktop has an nVidia GeForce2 MX
>>>>400 (original) video card, running an 18" Gateway LCD monitor at 1280 x
>>>>1024 resolution. I just picked up a Samsung 19" wide screen LCD monitor
>>>>at a great price. I see that the Samsung monitor is designed to run at
>>>>1440 x 900 resolution.
>>>
>>>
>>>Note the ratio between 1440 and 900. That's a wide screen ratio.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I notice when I click on Display Properties/Settings,
>>>>my Nvidia video card shows the highest resolution available is 1280 x
>>>>1024.
>>>>Is this going to be a problem for my 6-year old video card?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Yes. That's *not* a wide-screen resolution. You can see if there's a
>>>new driver for your video card. but my guess is that you will need a
>>>new video card to properly run a wide-screen monitor.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I do have a new nVidia G-Force FX 128MB DDR card that I picked up a
>>>>couple
>>>>of years ago. Available resolutions include 1280 x 1024 and 1600 x 1200.
>>>>Would this be a better match?
>>>
>>>
>>>No. Same problem--no wide-screen resolutions.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
>>>Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>>
>>
>> I'm intrigued now: Mike Hall says that as 1440 x 900 is "within" 1600 x
>> 1200, the card will support the monitor. You seem to say, Ken, that as
>> the newer card doesn't explicitly state a wide-screen resolution of 1440
>> x 900, it won't support it. I'm curious as to which is the correct
>> reasoning in this... Scott, did you get it to work with the newer card?
>
> While the 1440 x 900 resolution may be within the range it doesn't
> neccessarily mean that the video card can supply this particular
> resolution, it may very well jump from 1360 x 768 to 1600 x 900 for the
> next available resolution.
>
> John


The nVidia control panel may have the option to set a custom resolution..
mine does..


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