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Getting 1440*900 screen resolution to work
Hi All,
I am having a problem getting Win98 to work with my new monitor. It's an LCD widescreen with a resolution of 1440*900. My old Kyro-II video card didn't have this resolution, so I went and bought a new nvidia FX5200 card, but it also doesn't display this resolution in it's list of options. People suggest I upgrade to WinXP, but I don't really want the hassles of upgrading at the moment. Can Win98 use this resolution, or am I stuck with upgrading to XP? |
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Getting 1440*900 screen resolution to work
Windows 98 can display any resolution your monitor and video card can.
-- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm wrote in message ... Hi All, I am having a problem getting Win98 to work with my new monitor. It's an LCD widescreen with a resolution of 1440*900. My old Kyro-II video card didn't have this resolution, so I went and bought a new nvidia FX5200 card, but it also doesn't display this resolution in it's list of options. People suggest I upgrade to WinXP, but I don't really want the hassles of upgrading at the moment. Can Win98 use this resolution, or am I stuck with upgrading to XP? |
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Getting 1440*900 screen resolution to work
On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 22:03:59 -0400, "Richard G. Harper"
wrote: Windows 98 can display any resolution your monitor and video card can. Must be doing something wrong then I've loaded the monitor drivers (the site did say they were for XP, and I can't find any for Win98) but the resolution doesn't appear. Usually once the monitor driver is loaded, the required resolution appears. The monitor in question is the Acer AL1916W. Any suggestions? |
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Getting 1440*900 screen resolution to work
I'd check to be sure your video card supports that resolution. The 5200 is
an older video card. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm wrote in message ... On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 22:03:59 -0400, "Richard G. Harper" wrote: Windows 98 can display any resolution your monitor and video card can. Must be doing something wrong then I've loaded the monitor drivers (the site did say they were for XP, and I can't find any for Win98) but the resolution doesn't appear. Usually once the monitor driver is loaded, the required resolution appears. The monitor in question is the Acer AL1916W. Any suggestions? |
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Getting 1440*900 screen resolution to work
On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 06:07:12 -0400, "Richard G. Harper"
wrote: I'd check to be sure your video card supports that resolution. The 5200 is an older video card. I was thinking along the same lines, but I have 2 confirmed reports that the FX5200 displays at 1440*900 under WinXP, which tells me this is a software problem somewhere. |
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Getting 1440*900 screen resolution to work
Did you update the drivers for the card from the nVidia Site?
-- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's wrote in message ... On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 06:07:12 -0400, "Richard G. Harper" wrote: I'd check to be sure your video card supports that resolution. The 5200 is an older video card. I was thinking along the same lines, but I have 2 confirmed reports that the FX5200 displays at 1440*900 under WinXP, which tells me this is a software problem somewhere. |
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Getting 1440*900 screen resolution to work
On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 13:21:13 +0100, "Noel Paton"
wrote: Did you update the drivers for the card from the nVidia Site? yeah. That was the first thing I did. As I just posted, not sure why, but powerstrip did the job nicely. |
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