Intel 810e - Can it do 1440 x 900?

[squelch41]

Hi,

I was wondering if the integrated gfx on an intel 810e can do 1440x900
res?
Else I guess it will have to be a PCI gfx card!
Cheers
squelch41

 

[jaster]

Hi,

I was wondering if the integrated gfx on an intel 810e can do 1440x900
res?
Else I guess it will have to be a PCI gfx card! Cheers
squelch41

Maybe but I don't think so it's an odd res. I've used 810e up to
1024x768x32 but not much above because my monitor couldn't.
Not sure your monitor could handle that res. even if lowered colors
to 16bit or 8bit. 1600x1200x8 may work.

 

[Paul]

Hi,

I was wondering if the integrated gfx on an intel 810e can do 1440x900
res?
Else I guess it will have to be a PCI gfx card!
Cheers
squelch41

Pg.97 has a list of standard resolutions here. Notice the
color depth is reduced at the highest resolutions - maybe 16 bit
color mode will work for you. To get the resolution you want,
may take a bit of hacking. It really depends on what changes
were made to the driver, since the product was released.

http://developer.intel.com/design/chipsets/datashts/29067602.pdf

Paul

 

[squelch41]

I am planning on getting a new flat panel and that is its native res
(16:9) - hence the odd res!

Cheers

 

[squelch41]

Are there any hacked drivers (equivilents, say of the Omega drivers for
Nvidia and ATI) for the 810e?

Cheers
squelch41

 

[Paul]

Are there any hacked drivers (equivilents, say of the Omega drivers for
Nvidia and ATI) for the 810e?

Cheers
squelch41

If you look in the back of this document, you'll see that, like
many GPUs, the output format is infinitely programmable.
For example, PDF page 504 shows how to program the CR's to
get 1280x1024 @ 85Hz.

http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/manuals/29802601.pdf

Matrox has a tweaker program for fiddling this stuff. VESA.org
has a spreadsheet called GTF_V1R1.xls for handling arbitrary
resolutions. The problem is not the technology, it is the
user interface.

I think I read a description the other day, of setting this
up on an Nvidia or ATI card, and all you needed to know, was
the desired resolution. The software worked out the values
needed for the registers.

If Intel has a tech support, perhaps you can contact them
by phone or email, and see if the control panel for the
810 has some option for custom resolution. Tell them what
you are trying to do, and see if they are willing to
go "off-road". The thing is, it is easy to say "we are
VESA compliant", and ignore requests for custom
resolutions (less support work to do), but the thing is,
companies that design Intel chipsets into their products,
probably can get a program from Intel for setting this stuff
up.

If it was any other company, this task would be easier. I'm
guessing Intel won't indulge in pleasing customers like the
competition would. So even though your hardware is technically
capable of doing it, it may not be possible to figure out the
recipe.

Paul

 

[GT]

Hi,

I was wondering if the integrated gfx on an intel 810e can do 1440x900
res?
Else I guess it will have to be a PCI gfx card!
Cheers
squelch41

If the drivers are programmed to offer a resolution and there is enough
memory on board the graphics card, then you can do any resolution you want.
Check the help system for the drivers on your particular card. There is a
simple formula number of pixels across x number of pixels down x pixel depth
= RAM required. So 1440x900 = about 1.3Mpixels so at 16bit pixel depth (2
bytes per pixel), you would need 2.6MB RAM on the graphics card. At 32bit
pixel depth, you would need over 5MB onboard RAM, so if you have this much
RAM (graphics card RAM, not system RAM), then there should be no problem. I
would expect the least you might have is 16MB.

 

[ISOHaven]

Nothing odd about that res at all. It's a widescreen resolution.

All of the 19" widescreens I've purchased come with drivers that help
windows out if those resolutions aren't already supported. I've only had to
use them once.

 

[jaster]

Nothing odd about that res at all. It's a widescreen resolution.

All of the 19" widescreens I've purchased come with drivers that help
windows out if those resolutions aren't already supported. I've only had
to use them once.

Ok I haven't noticed widescreen monitors or moved from 17" CRT yet.
Finally got dumped a 15" CRT for peanuts.