HELP ANYONE!! need info asap

[simon]

About to order T42p nat res of 1600x1200.

Does anyone knows to what resolutions does it scales down? As the video card usually gives you up to 4 options to scale down.
Can anyone tell me which one those are...need this info quick.

I'm assuming that this is a 4:3, 1:33 aspect ratio, so it should scale down from 1600x1200 to 1400x1050 to 1024x768 to 800x600.

Can someone verify this? is it different, can you let me know.

thanks..

[Kenn]

It's all done by software, tweak the registry and you can even tell it to scale to weird resolutions no one has ever seen.

Just from the display settings, I told mine not to hide the modes beyond what the UXGA screen will support, so I have 8x6, 10x7, 12x10, 16x12, and 2048x1536, the last one does the virtual-desktop scrolling deal. If you do List All Modes in settings-advanced-adapter, you can get 640x480 as well.

And while you've got the aspect ratios right, the display really doesn't care, it'll do offset modes such as 12x10 just fine, it will just stretch and compress as needed. No mode other than native, even 8x6 which should be a perfect 0.5x reduction on 16x12, looks crisp, it's all aliased and fuzzy.

[none]

Like Kenn said, it's all done by software... I am not even sure you get the option of 1400x1050 on the 1600x1200 FlexView by default... I would think it would offer you resolutions like 1280x960, and 1152x864. Someone who owns a FlexView here may want to correct me if I'm wrong!

Anyway, I believe there is a program called Powerstrip that allows you to easily tweak around and change to any resolution you could possibly need

[JHEM]

Anyway, I believe there is a program called Powerstrip that allows you to easily tweak around and change to any resolution you could possibly need

All of which will look like sh*t! Even on the Flexview display.

I've got the 15" UXGA-IPS display in my A30p. While it will display almost any resolution one could think of, setting it for anything other than it's native 1600X1200 results in a display you would not want to take home to Mother!

Regards,

James

[none]

All of which will look like sh*t! Even on the Flexview display.

I've got the 15" UXGA-IPS display in my A30p. While it will display almost any resolution one could think of, setting it for anything other than it's native 1600X1200 results in a display you would not want to take home to Mother!

Regards,

James

Well all LCD monitors in general are not very crisp when displaying non-native resolutions.. However 800x600 shouldn't look bad on a 1600x1200 display, because the image doesn't have to be interpolated. At 800x600 the monitor just clusters 4 native pixel for every one pixel it displays.

[Kenn]

Well all LCD monitors in general are not very crisp when displaying non-native resolutions.. However 800x600 shouldn't look bad on a 1600x1200 display, because the image doesn't have to be interpolated. At 800x600 the monitor just clusters 4 native pixel for every one] pixel it displays.

That's what I initially thought as well, but i've tried it, and trust me, the LCD still insists on stupidly interpolating at 8x6. It's quite fuzzy, and is especially noticeable if you compare it to the non-interpolated 2x magnification utility on the ultranav driver.

[JHEM]

Well all LCD monitors in general are not very crisp when displaying non-native resolutions.. However 800x600 shouldn't look bad on a 1600x1200 display, because the image doesn't have to be interpolated. At 800x600 the monitor just clusters 4 native pixel for every one pixel it displays.

Logic would dictate that you're right. But, for whatever reason, the 15" UXGA-IPS at 800X600 is still interpolated and looks like dreck next to my SVGA 760XL.

Regards,

James