Wide Screen monitor on Windows XP Pro

[.:mike:.]

I have Windows XP Pro installed on my PC at home, and I am considering the
purchase of a wide screen PC monitor, in particular this model:

http://www.acer.co.uk/acereuro/page...oupCtxParam=0&dctx1=17&ctx1=UK&crc=4288051543

My question is, will XP automatically configure the display format for the
non-standard resolution (1600 x 1050) or is this down to any drivers which
may be supplied with the monitor? Does WXP recognise this display
resultion?

Mike.

 

[Bob I]

Display resolution is determined by the capabilities of the display
adapter and it's driver. Convinient settings will be determined by the
monitor .inf file. If both of those are correctly installed then you may
pick any supported resolution you wish. XP won't care.

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

I would imagine that it is supplied with an installation CD which will then
tell XP that 1600 x 1050 is an available resolution..


--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User

"If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept
it all to themselves." - Lane Kirkland

 

[Guest]

I purchased a Dell 20" FP and by mistake got a wide aspect screen instead of
a normal (4:3)res (1600x1200). I decided to keep the wide screen and give it
to someone else at my company. I had to upgrade the computer (win2000) to a
new video card with drivers that supported the 16:9 resolution. Dell's site
stated this for the wide screen monitor - only supported on certain computers
that had the particular video cards/integrated hardware with drivers to
support it.

Paul.