[G4] Setting Monitor Resolution

[Thomas Brooks]

Jim & Eric:

THANKS  for your answers. Once I knew what I was supposed to be looking 
for I was able to figure it out. FYI  I found an adjustment to bring 
the 1920 X 1080 within the screen but display was then distorted height 
and width.

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On Nov 29, 2007, at 9:30 PM, James Asherman wrote:

>
> On Nov 29, 2007, at 7:03 PM, Thomas Brooks wrote:
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>> I recently installed an ATI Radeon 9800 Mac Pro graphics card in my 
>> G4. I have Acer 22" monitor. My plan is to upgrade to Tiger or 
>> Leopard soon.
>>
>> I know very little about graphics or displays. When I set the monitor 
>> resolution to 1680 x 1050, 60 Hz, Millions everything seems to work 
>> fine. When I set the resolution to 1920 x 1080, 60 Hz, Millions the 
>> desktop extends right and left and top and bottom outside the 
>> display. What gives? Is there some way to adjust this. I know this is 
>> basic but I need a place to start.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Tom Brooks
>>
> I have a 9800 too.
> Your 22" display only has 1680 by 1050 pixels. That is it's native 
> size.
> If you pump more pixels they will be off screen.
> You can do less pixels, but it gets jaggy.
> My 19" for instance has a max res of 1440x900, and the same thing 
> happens with Hi-def.
> with older CRT's you might have had the option of screwing it up to 
> accomodate your tastes but not the LCD's.
> Jim
>
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