Screen Resolution!

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  1. Ginge.

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    Well um i tin ki got a 15" and its set to 1024x768........how cna i get it any smaller...pixels..or bigger....wt ever!!
     
  2. Nightfire117

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    lol i asked a similar question earlier. just change your resolution by right-clicking your desktop and clicking Properties, then go to the Settings tab and change the resolution... more pixels, the higher the resolution, the better lol

    1024x768 is pretty good. i'm running at 1280x1024 and might change it to 1400x1050 since my old 14-inch monitor cannot go up to 1600x1200. it can go up to 2048x1100 but that looks waaaay distorted. i'd reccommend for you 1280x1024 or 1152x864. there's nothing wrong with 1024x768 though, that's what most of the good wallpapers are at :lol:

    hope this helps!

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    Do you mean how to set it larger?

    Right-click your desktop, go to Properties > Settings.

    Personally I use 1280x800, my laptop's got a widescreen monitor. My PC is on 1280x960.
     
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    nope the others are disorted :(
     
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    On a 15 inch monitor, 1024x768 is usually the largest you can go without it being distorted.
     
  6. Ginge.

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    i know how...justwabt other optiohs..eberything is too big and its in my face... iprefer it small
     
  7. Nightfire117

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    :eek: i guess my monitor's strange. it's about 13.5 inches with 11.25 inches viewable :D i guess my monitor is really something uncommon. actually with a 15 inch you oughta be able to go up to 1600x1200 without any problems.

    a little off topic, i can barely understand your sentences kraybox. it'd be nicer if they were easier to read ;)

    anyway above that what do you mean by "distorted"? does the screen go blank?

    ~nightfire
     
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    Use whatever the recommended resolution is of your monitor. Most CRT monitors have a recommended resolution of 1024 x 768 or lower. I, have an LCD monitor at 1280 x 1024 ... most LCD monitors are at this or higher ... like 1600 x 1200. All monitors are different and if you don't set it to the recommended resolution ... it will be big and grainy or soo small that you can't read it. My monitor looks like crap on anything lower than 1280 x 1024 ... but thats because it is the recommended resolution.
     
  9. Nightfire117

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    pfft! how could you not see what was on the monitor? :lol: just kidding. btw i have no idea what my monitor reccommended res is. i don't know if kraybox has a LCD monitor anyway. actually most of the LCDs are at 1024x768 reccommended but i believe the rest of them are 1280x1024 and 1600x1200. maybe even above that :eek: lol

    how does your monitor look now that you've changed it, kraybox? (assuming you've changed it, of course) :lol:

    ~Nightfire
     
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    you check the limit of your monitor most lcds are like 1280x1024. your graphics card driver can push it beyond that but it wont be viewable.
     
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    I just realized today my monitor itself is 15", the screen itself is like 11x8.5....
    and i got mine set to 1024x768, dont think i should go any higher.
     
  12. Ginge.

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    disarted it aligned left and flat :(
     
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    you could download ReForce ?
     
  14. Nightfire117

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    what's ReForce? anyway could you take a picture or something :lol: screenshots WONT work :P

    just kidding

    anyway distorted... left and flat... you must mean that the image is all ... squished? perhaps you've exceeded the maximum reccommended resolution for your monitor. ;) i shall try to follow this topic to help you, and hope your issue is resolved soon! :D

    ~Nightfire
     
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    pleas..i hate 1024 768 <_<
     

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