adapting resolution to non-proposed

[Pieter Coucke]

Hi,

I have a new laptop, with a 1920x1200 resolution (so the ratio is 1,6/1).
Although I like high resolutions, it's a little bit too small, so the next
one that my graphical card (nVIDIA GeForce Go7800GTX) proposes is 1600x1024.
But the ratio (1,5625/1) isn't the same as tha ratio of the screen (1,6/1),
so all thez characters are a tiny bit stretched, and look a but flue, which
is very distracting and gets painfull to the eyes.

I should somehow be able to force my screen to use a 1680x1050 resolution
(ratio 1,6/1), or a 1600x1000 (also exactly 1,6/1).

Is there a way to do this? Via XP? via a driver? Some tool?

Any hints, help, links, etc woudl be really appreciated!

Thanks a lot in advance,

Pieter

 

[Guest]

I believe LCD screens will not be sharp unless run at maximum resolutions,
any setting other than 1920x1200 will be poor in some way - blurry in the
screens I've used.

Peter

 

[Bob I]

I would suggest native resolution for the screen, enable Cleartype, and
then adjust the icon and text size.

 

[Pieter Coucke]

ftp://download.nvidia.com/Windows/84.12/84.12_Forceware_Display_Property_User_Guide.pdf
Page 146 gave me the solution

But thanks anyways!

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I believe LCD screens will not be sharp unless run at maximum
resolutions, any setting other than 1920x1200 will be poor in some
way - blurry in the screens I've used.

In general, each LCD screen has a native resolution it's designed to be used
at, and the quality of the image will be best at that native resolution, and
not necessarily at the maximum resolution.

 

[Bob I]

Ah yes, the User guide. Good resource!

ftp://download.nvidia.com/Windows/84.12/84.12_Forceware_Display_Property_User_Guide.pdf
Page 146 gave me the solution

But thanks anyways!

 

[Pieter Coucke]

Hehe indeed I should had thought about it But it seemed such a
special thing to me, that I thought it wouldn't be in the standard-drivers