Max resolutions?

[spbg]

I was looking to get rid of my CRT and buy an LCD monitor, but I was
wondering about resolutions. I see most max resolutions of 1600 x 1200
and 1280 x 1024, when mine can go up to 1800 x 1440. Is it software,
such as drivers that are allowing it to go that high, or my monitor?

 

[hdrdtd]

Video cards themselves are capable of working at a particular range of
resolutions and refresh rates.
Monitors themselves are capable of running at a range of resolutions and
refresh rates.

What your system together runs at is a combination of the two.

With that said, LCD monitors are each designed to run optimially at a
certain resolution and refresh rate. For LCD monitors, the advertised native
resolution is also teh maximim resolution it can be run at. You can run it
at lower resolutions, but not higher.

As a 'general' rule (there will always be exceptions)

17" LCD monitors are rated for 1024x768
19" LCD monitors are rated for 1280x1024
20" LCD monitors are rated at 1600x1200

 

[Conor]

17" LCD monitors are rated for 1024x768

Wrong. Most are 1280x1024.

 

[tomcas]

I was looking to get rid of my CRT and buy an LCD monitor, but I was
wondering about resolutions. I see most max resolutions of 1600 x 1200
and 1280 x 1024, when mine can go up to 1800 x 1440. Is it software,
such as drivers that are allowing it to go that high, or my monitor?

Your monitor allows you to go that high but your video card may limit
you to less than what the monitor is capable of if the video card
doesn't have enough memory. Reducing your color depth setting usually
allows a limited video card to achieve high resolutions. One thing to
keep in mind. CRTs don't really have an optimum resolution but using a
LCD at anything less that the native resolution (maximum) will force the
card to interpolate the image. The result is a real crappy display. Text
seems fuzzy, lines in Cad jump from one to 3 pixels in width depending
on the lines position on the screen.

 

[hrdtd]

You're right.
I stand corrected.
even 17" are now 1280x1024.