Widescreen Monitor Support
Posted: Thu 16 Apr 2009, 13:57
Hello all
Not sure if this is the best section of the forum for this, but here goes.
Over the past several months i have been considering buying a new monitor
as my old DELL D1626HT 21" CRT was becoming a little hard on the eyes.
Both the brightness & contrast were set at 100%, yet it was like looking through fog,
especially after looking at Mrs CatDudes 17" TFT then looking back at my DELL.
The beasty had to go, but what do i get to replace it ?
Large (4:3 ratio) screens appeared like the proverbial rocking horse pooh,
and i would much rather have a nice slim/lightweight TFT anyway.
But my main concern was whether or not my graphics card would support widescreen monitors.
So recently i sent out several PM's to various forum members (those who run FX5200 graphics cards)
asking if they had any experience of using these cards with widescreen monitors.
Unfortunately it appears that nobody did. (Thank you for your replies anyway guys)
Well i was now left in what felt like a rather uncomfortable position, do i or don't i,
sod it i thought just "bite the bullet" and see what the crack is.
To cut what could be an even longer story short, here is what i found.
I did nothing more than use the NVIDIA X Server Settings to set the screen resolution and refresh rate,
well i did have to reduce the brightness from 100% to 50% (even down to 20% under low light conditions)
and after the monitor had been on for 30 minutes, i hit the Auto/Set button and everything was nicely squared up on screen.
Attached is a screenshot showing the NVIDIA X Server Settings.
So there you have it, my graphics card does indeed support widescreen monitors.
If i may, i would like to use this thread to ask those of you using widescreen monitors,
to please provide details of what monitor/graphics card/driver/puppy version is working for you.
You can also add any Pro's & Con's that you feel may be helpful.
Hopefully anybody then finding this thread may at least find something that will help them,
if they find themselves in a similar predicament as i found myself in.
All the best, from one very happy (and relieved) pussycat
CatDude
.
****************************** Caution ******************************
Clicking on the thumbnail image will take you to the original FULL SIZE image (1680x1050)
Not sure if this is the best section of the forum for this, but here goes.
Over the past several months i have been considering buying a new monitor
as my old DELL D1626HT 21" CRT was becoming a little hard on the eyes.
Both the brightness & contrast were set at 100%, yet it was like looking through fog,
especially after looking at Mrs CatDudes 17" TFT then looking back at my DELL.
The beasty had to go, but what do i get to replace it ?
Large (4:3 ratio) screens appeared like the proverbial rocking horse pooh,
and i would much rather have a nice slim/lightweight TFT anyway.
But my main concern was whether or not my graphics card would support widescreen monitors.
So recently i sent out several PM's to various forum members (those who run FX5200 graphics cards)
asking if they had any experience of using these cards with widescreen monitors.
Unfortunately it appears that nobody did. (Thank you for your replies anyway guys)
Well i was now left in what felt like a rather uncomfortable position, do i or don't i,
sod it i thought just "bite the bullet" and see what the crack is.
To cut what could be an even longer story short, here is what i found.
- Puppy version is a remastered 4.00 (k2.6.21.7)
LG FLATRON W2242S (22" widescreen TFT, native resolution 1680x1050)
MSI GeForce FX5200-TD128 (AGP 8x)
NVIDIA-100.14.19-k2.6.21.7.pet (nvidia driver)
I did nothing more than use the NVIDIA X Server Settings to set the screen resolution and refresh rate,
well i did have to reduce the brightness from 100% to 50% (even down to 20% under low light conditions)
and after the monitor had been on for 30 minutes, i hit the Auto/Set button and everything was nicely squared up on screen.
Attached is a screenshot showing the NVIDIA X Server Settings.
So there you have it, my graphics card does indeed support widescreen monitors.
If i may, i would like to use this thread to ask those of you using widescreen monitors,
to please provide details of what monitor/graphics card/driver/puppy version is working for you.
You can also add any Pro's & Con's that you feel may be helpful.
Hopefully anybody then finding this thread may at least find something that will help them,
if they find themselves in a similar predicament as i found myself in.
All the best, from one very happy (and relieved) pussycat
CatDude
.
****************************** Caution ******************************
Clicking on the thumbnail image will take you to the original FULL SIZE image (1680x1050)