*help* new monitor does not like my radeon card

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Re: "Like I suggested, if the latest ATI driver doesn't fix it, try
Powerstrip. You can make a 'custom resolution' with that utility."

While trying Powerstrip is good advice, in this case the display card
probably really doesn't support a resolution that high .... that modern
display may well have more pixels on it's screen than the largest
display that existed when the AIW 8500 hardware was designed.
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Are you REALLY that stupid, or are you just playing at it?

1280x1024 is MORE pixels than 1440x900 (1.2 megs vs 1.3megs),
and only slightly less than 1440x1050 (1.5 megs).

The Radeon AIW 8500 has 128 megs of ram on it,
which can EASILY do those resolutions and higher, IF it is properly
informed what is needed. I KNOW this because I HAVE that card in
one of my systems!

In fact, if you'd taken the time to CHECK, you'd have found this
on the ATI site (under discontinued products)

2D/3D display modes1:
Resolutions, colors and refresh rates (Hz) in 256, 65K or 16.7M colors:
Monitor Resolution Hz

Resolution Refresh rate
640x480 200
800x600 200
1024x768 200
1152x864 100
1280x1024 200
1600x1200 120
1920x1080 120
1920x1200 100
1920x1440 90
2048x1536 85

ATI just didn't include widescreen settings by default,
because there weren't any consumer widescreen displays then!



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now after trying to get some info from ATI they suggested the radeon 9600
series,,
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Which won't make ANY difference,
if the card doesn't know about the 'other' resolutions.

HERE is what ATI 'allows' in their default settings for the 9600..

2D DISPLAY MODES
Resolutions, colors and maximum refresh rates (Hz) in 256, 65K or 16.7M
colors Monitor Resolution Hz
640x480 120
800x600 120
1024x768 120
1152x864 120
1280x1024 120
1600x1200 85
1920x1080* 16:9 75
1920x1200 75
1920x1440 75
2048x1536 60

I've asked several times, WHAT is the make of the display??

Your video card is perfectly capable of doing the right resolution,
IF it's instructed what you need.




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