I just brought a new LCD monitor. On the box it says that the resolution it's built for is 1680 x 1050. However, my graphic card/driver is a bit dated and only offers the following resolutions:800x600,1024 x 768,1152 x 864,1280 x 720,1280 x 768,1280 x 960,1280 x 1024,1400 x 1050,1600 x 900It's a 22 monitor. I know I probably shouldn't pick the lowest resolution (800x600) but I don't know which of the rest I should pick seeing as how my graphics card doesn't seem to support the exact resolution that the monitor calls for.Furthermore, barring the driver being updated to include that, should I buy a new video card? How much better does it make the image? I use the computer for CGI a lot, but gaming, not so much.
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Your monitors suggested res gives a 1:1.6 aspect ratio, which is standard widescreen. The 1280 x 768 gives a 1:1.66 ratio which is the closest. You might also try to make sure you have the latest driver for your vid card. If you can get the suggested resolution your display will be sharper, and for me anyway what matters is that widescreen movies properly fit the screen. That doesn't matter so much any more because so many movies are coming out in even wider display resolutions so they still have bars across the top and bottom of the screen. I would try to take whatever application you will be using your monitor into the store where they haveone set up with the correct resolution and see if it makes that much difference in the quality. If it is worth the $90 bucks or so to you go ahead and buy a new card. Best Wishes Randy J.
