[G4] Setting Monitor Resolution

[Eric Wood]

Am Nov 29, 2007 um 8:30 PM schrieb James Asherman:

>
> On Nov 29, 2007, at 7:03 PM, Thomas Brooks wrote:
>
>> 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
>
I also have a 9800 Pro and a 22" widescreen display (Westinghouse).  
Its max is 1680 X 1050. If you have the higher resolution available,  
it seems your display claims to support it. It's possible (I don't  
know about your display in particular) that there's a menu you can  
use to try and fix it.

There are times I change my resolution and the picture is way off- 
center. This happens mostly with the SVGA connector, not the DVI. If  
that happens, I can fix it with an Auto-adjust option in my display's  
menu.

Eric