Widescreen monitor question.

[bX510]

If I buy a widescreen, Would my video card have to support it? or does it detect it and support it? I am thinking of using widescreen for my intergrated video card.

 

[1N0V471V]

Depends on what kind of integrated graphics you have...

 

[bX510]

i have intel(R) 82845G/Gl/GE/PE/GV graphics

 

[1N0V471V]

..and what monitor (resolution) r u getting?

 

[bX510]

1024x 768

 

[benzylic]

Originally posted by: bX510
1024x 768

Thats not widescreen

 

[1N0V471V]

yeah thats 4:3, not 16:9 or 16:10

 

[secretanchitman]

1024x768 mostly all video cards support that. old or new...no joke.

 

[bX510]

Well, back to my question. Will the card detect the widescreen monitor and then a driver or something can give it the widescreen ability?

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: bX510
Well, back to my question. Will the card detect the widescreen monitor and then a driver or something can give it the widescreen ability?

but its not widescreen in the first place

 

[bX510]

So thats a no. Is there any program that can make it support it?

 

[Ichigo]

1. You're missing the point of all these posts.
2. Any GPU, even integrated, that has come out in the past few years will support almost any widescreen resolution.

 

[bX510]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: bX510
Well, back to my question. Will the card detect the widescreen monitor and then a driver or something can give it the widescreen ability?

but its not widescreen in the first place

Looks like all of you guys were wrong. At first, my highest resolution was 1024x768. I got my widescreen and plugged it in, it then showed that i have 1440x900. Thanks for trying to help though.

 

[vegetation]

Originally posted by: bX510

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: bX510
Well, back to my question. Will the card detect the widescreen monitor and then a driver or something can give it the widescreen ability?

but its not widescreen in the first place

Looks like all of you guys were wrong. At first, my highest resolution was 1024x768. I got my widescreen and plugged it in, it then showed that i have 1440x900. Thanks for trying to help though.

Uh, nobody was wrong in this thread. You just confirmed what they said was true.

 

[betasub]

Originally posted by: bX510
Looks like all of you guys were wrong. At first, my highest resolution was 1024x768. I got my widescreen and plugged it in, it then showed that i have 1440x900. Thanks for trying to help though.

Why did you tell us that the monitor you were getting was 1024x768 when clearly it is 1440x900 (19" widescreen)? I guess 1024x768 is the res you were running on your old monitor, but that's got nothing to do with what ppl were asking.

 

[acegazda]

If everyone was wrong you should have tried it yourself b4 asking.

 

[Noubourne]

Not only does he read Anandtech, but he's got 340 posts.

Apparently, he has managed to avoid absorbing even the tiniest detail about computers in all his time on AT and the forums. Quite a feat!!

Somebody give this guy a medal.

 

[bX510]

Originally posted by: acegazda
If everyone was wrong you should have tried it yourself b4 asking.

I just bought it, so I can't try out until i buy it. I wanted to see if it will work, but it seems no one really gave me the answer i was looking for, so i tried it my self.

 

[Gautama2]

This entire thread is lol

 

[Bill Brasky]

Originally posted by: Gautama2
This entire thread is lol

lol. Agreed!

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: bX510
If I buy a widescreen, Would my video card have to support it? or does it detect it and support it? I am thinking of using widescreen for my intergrated video card.

He clearly said "IF"