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Doc7
08-11-2005, 11:40 PM
When I change to 1600x1200, it makes my monitor "scroll"...rather than make everything smaller it makes the desktop bigger and I just can't see it all at once (Though I can now fit 4 poker tables without overlap...but i can only see one at a time!!)

How do I tell windows to also go to 1600x1200?
touchfaith
08-11-2005, 11:42 PM
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When I change to 1600x1200, it makes my monitor "scroll"...rather than make everything smaller it makes the desktop bigger and I just can't see it all at once (Though I can now fit 4 poker tables without overlap...but i can only see one at a time!!)

How do I tell windows to also go to 1600x1200?

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Are you sure your monitor supports 16x12? Typically, when a monitor does not, windows defaults to a virtual desktop.
touchfaith
08-11-2005, 11:44 PM
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When I change to 1600x1200, it makes my monitor "scroll"...rather than make everything smaller it makes the desktop bigger and I just can't see it all at once (Though I can now fit 4 poker tables without overlap...but i can only see one at a time!!)

How do I tell windows to also go to 1600x1200?

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Are you sure your monitor supports 16x12? Typically, when a monitor does not, windows defaults to a virtual desktop.

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Errrr, I mean are you sure your card supports it?

I've been doing far to much photography lately and not enough puter... /images/graemlins/crazy.gif
gorie
08-11-2005, 11:44 PM
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When I change to 1600x1200, it makes my monitor "scroll"...rather than make everything smaller it makes the desktop bigger and I just can't see it all at once (Though I can now fit 4 poker tables without overlap...but i can only see one at a time!!)

How do I tell windows to also go to 1600x1200?

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you probably need to adjust the refresh rate hertz

edit: although only fitting one table on the screen at a time sounds like a pretty significant difference now that i actually reread the post.. so nevermind. maybe you need to update your driver ?
Doc7
08-11-2005, 11:47 PM
my card must support it, because I changed the resolution through the ATI icon on the task bar (or whatever it's called by the clock in bottom right). i have the monitor box right here and it says : Maximum Resolution 1600x1200 @ 60Hz
touchfaith
08-11-2005, 11:49 PM
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my card must support it, because I changed the resolution through the ATI icon on the task bar (or whatever it's called by the clock in bottom right). i have the monitor box right here and it says : Maximum Resolution 1600x1200 @ 60Hz

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What type of ATI card. Their drivers definately use a virtual desktop when actual resolution is not supported.
Doc7
08-11-2005, 11:49 PM
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When I change to 1600x1200, it makes my monitor "scroll"...rather than make everything smaller it makes the desktop bigger and I just can't see it all at once (Though I can now fit 4 poker tables without overlap...but i can only see one at a time!!)

How do I tell windows to also go to 1600x1200?

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you probably need to adjust the refresh rate hertz

edit: although only fitting one table on the screen at a time sounds like a pretty significant difference now that i actually reread the post.. so nevermind. maybe you need to update your driver ?


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I meant one full table. Like right now posting, I can the entire 2p2 page vertically, but where my firefox has my quicklinks/address bar etc, it's above the top of the screen (i need to move the mouse up) and i'm probably missing 2-3 inches of Horizontal. (I can only see to the right most margin of the posting page, where it says "Infopop corporation" aligned right.
Doc7
08-11-2005, 11:50 PM
Radeon 9800 Pro.
touchfaith
08-11-2005, 11:51 PM
I think I was on the right track in my first post...I'm braindead right now...

Monitor type?
Doc7
08-11-2005, 11:53 PM
lol it cost $100....cheap...Sylvania 19" CRT (18" viewable)
touchfaith
08-11-2005, 11:54 PM
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lol it cost $100....cheap...Sylvania 19" CRT (18" viewable)

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There's the culprit. I really doubt it supports 1600*1200.

Sorry.
gorie
08-11-2005, 11:55 PM
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my card must support it, because I changed the resolution through the ATI icon on the task bar (or whatever it's called by the clock in bottom right). i have the monitor box right here and it says : Maximum Resolution 1600x1200 @ 60Hz

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try changing it to 85 hertz. when i change mine to 60 it looks retarded too.

display properties -> settings -> advanced -> monitor -> screen refresh rates.
touchfaith
08-11-2005, 11:59 PM
Refresh will produce some flicker or strobing, but he desktop is going virtual...

Get it a shot, but I'm affraid you may be out of luck on that monitor.
Doc7
08-12-2005, 12:00 AM
ok...YEah i can't change the res. it's 60, thats it. The box says it supports it, but I guess it might have been some adv. gimmick. It's ok, i'm happy and was only doing it to stop the overlap when I two-table anyway, which isn't a problem really on 1280x. Thanks for the help though.
SammyKid11
08-12-2005, 12:07 AM
It's your monitor. It doesn't really support 1600x1200 resolution. It only "virtually" supports it at a lower Hz rate. To 4-table w/o overlap, you need a full 16x12. A cheap one is the Samsung SyncMaster 997DF. It cost me $145.00 or so...though I'm about to buy two Dell 2001FP's, for the ultimate in poker graphics.
08-12-2005, 10:37 AM
i can barely see the toolbar. also the wallpaper is a little off center??