LCDs and 1280x1024

[Hexus0]

Hey everyone, I've been looking into building a new computer for a while now, and I really want to run at 1600x1200, but I noticed that my LCDs max resolution is 1280x1024, and a lot of other LCD's are like that as well, and I looked for some that supported 1600x1200 but they were in the $600+ price range. Is there a reason that most LCD's only support 1280x1024? Is there any way to run resolutions at 1600x1200 or past 1280x1024 if your video card supports it but your monitor doesnt?

 

[Dman877]

Because lcd's under 20 inches physically only have 1280x1024 pixels and you can't control part of a pixel. If you tried running 16x12 on a 17 or even a 19 reading text would be teh suck.

 

[SynthDude2001]

There have been lots of sales on the 2001FP lately bringing it down near (and sometimes even below) $500, which is pretty good (and probably the cheapest you will find a 20" UXGA LCD).

Is there any way to run resolutions at 1600x1200 or past 1280x1024 if your video card supports it but your monitor doesnt?

Not really...either a 1600x1200 picture would be squeezed/resized into 1280x1024 (pointless, plus I don't even think any video cards/drivers do that) - or it would still be a 1280x1024 image, but panning across a 1600x1200 virtual desktop (some drivers do this...I don't see the point in it, although some may find it useful).

If you tried running 16x12 on a 17 or even a 19 reading text would be teh suck.

I don't know about that...there are tons of laptop LCD's that use 1600x1200 at 15" and similarly small screens. You could just increase the text resolution/dpi if that were a problem, usually.

 

[Vernor]

1600x1200 =1.92 million pixels

1280x1024= 1.31 million pixels


And they all have to work properly.