T42/Radeon Mobility 9000 Performance on External Monitor?

[james2008]

I just attached my T42 to a widescreen LCD monitor for the first time. The monitor does not display nearly as "crisp" an image when the T42 is the video source. (The other video source is a motherboard-integrated Intel video adapter.) Did anyone else have a similar experience? Anything I might try to fix the image quality?

[Temetka]

When I hooked up my old T41p to a 17" Dell I had not issues whatsoever.

What type of monitor are you hooking up to?

Have you loaded the .inf file for that monitor?

Are you attempting to use as a primary display. secondary or what?

I would also update your GPU drivers if you have not done so in some time. Other than that and checking the refresh rates I am out of ideas.

Good luck.

[Maccess]

Is the external LCD running at its native resolution? For a 19" Wide, that's 1440x900. For a 20" or 22" wide that's 1680x1050. For a 24-27" wide that's 1920x1200.

If you can't find those resolutions in the control panel, you'll need to install the monitor's INF files or use pstrip.exe to access those resoltuions.

[fasterbybike]

Are you using the DVI interface or the VGA one? I drive a WUXGA (1920x1200) from my T40P via DVI and it is fine.