monitor resolution question

[Guest]

My Dell Precision 690 with windows XP running a Dell 2407WFP monitor won't
allow me any lower resolution than 1680x1050. If I try to go lower the
images, icons, everything become distorted, an actual 8x12" image becomes
6x12 in Photoshop or any other program (when actually measured with a ruler)
The proportion is corret when set for 1680x1050 but the type is so small in
other programs that I can't read it.

Any suggestions as to how to get the cerrect proportion when setting a lower
screen resolution?

Thanks, Airpix

 

[Bob I]

That a rather odd ratio of 16:10 you will need to see what combos your
video card can produce. 840x525 is another that would "look" right if
your vid card can produce it. It isn't a Windows XP issue so much as it
is a video card driver and software issue.

 

[Paul Randall]

My Dell Precision 690 with windows XP running a Dell 2407WFP monitor won't
allow me any lower resolution than 1680x1050. If I try to go lower the
images, icons, everything become distorted, an actual 8x12" image becomes
6x12 in Photoshop or any other program (when actually measured with a
ruler)
The proportion is corret when set for 1680x1050 but the type is so small
in
other programs that I can't read it.

Any suggestions as to how to get the cerrect proportion when setting a
lower
screen resolution?

Thanks, Airpix

Hi, Airpix
The Dell web site says that is a 24 inch monitor with a native resolution of
1920 x 1200. A lot of people are fooled by that big 24-inch number into
thinking that stuff on the screen will be bigger than on their old screen
when in reality the actual height of this big wide-screen monitor might be
less than the height of a 19-inch non-wide-screen monitor, and you probably
wer running the old monitor at 1024 by 768 resolution. Squeezing 1200
pixels into this smaller height just means that everything is way smaller.

You are on the right track in trying to find a lower resolution that works
for you. Everything will be a little fuzzy, but for me at least, the larger
size outweighed the slight fuzziness. The big problem is finding a
resolution with the same width to height ratio. 1920 x 1200 is an 8 to 5
ratio, or 1.6 to 1. The distortion you see is caused by the selected screen
resolution not matching this 1.6 to 1 ratio. So you need to look through
all the available resolutions and find the one with the smallest height
number that maintains a ratio reasonably close to 1.6 to 1.

You might call Dell or try online chat if available, to see if they have any
suggestions, like a new graphics card driver or maybe an upgraded graphics
card, to give you more resolution choices.

-Paul Randall