<quote who="bill"> > I have decided to upgrade to a 24 inch monitor and after looking aroiund > I se that Oz has finally caught up with overseas and that HD 1080 > monitors are now available.
Most wide screen computer monitors have a pixel ratio of 16:10, unlike TVs which are 16:9... thus, the usual "HD" resolution for computer monitors is 1920x1200, not 1920x1080. "HD" monitors have been available in Australia for ages, so I'm wondering if you mean something else. > My problem is that such a monitor can not be run with 3 of my PCs all of > which have NVidea cards which dont have high enough or the default 1920 > x 1080 res available. > > My newest PC which has an Intel mini-itx 1.6 Atom CPU mobo only has 1 > slot and that is PCI ( not PCI-E) and the onboard Intel CPU has a max > res of 1600 x 1200. That doesn't sound right -- such recent video hardware should definitely be able to handle 1920x1200 (let alone 1920x1080). Perhaps you have a config issue? A few questions: * Which distro are you using? * Since plugging in your new monitor, what have you done to reconfigure X? * Are you using a DVI or VGA cable? (VGA is normal 15 pin socket, DVI has a wider socket with more interesting connecty-bits.) (You shouldn't have any trouble sorting this stuff out, btw: I have a pretty crappy nVidia GeForce 7300 GS in my TV computer, running a large, HD, wide screen TV at 1920x1080; my desktop has a bog-standard Intel built-in, which pushes pixels to a 24" 1920x1200 screen via DVI, and my Atom-based EeePC can also push 1920x1200 via VGA...) - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2010: Wellington, NZ http://www.penguinsvisiting.org.nz/ "Laughter is a force for democracy." - John Cleese -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
