Best 4:3 Aspect Ratio LCD Monitor?

[Josh7289]

Originally posted by: Josh7289

As I asked before, if I get a 5:4 aspect ratio monitor, can I play games on it at lower 4:3 aspect ratios (640 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, etc.), but instead of filling the entire screen with the image and compressing it, I could put the image in the center of the monitor, only use the pixels I need for the 4:3 ratio, and have black bars on the sides with pixels I'm not using and keep the same image quality and everything else as using the native resolution?

I'm sorry if you don't understand that, but please read it carefully as it is sort of hard to explain.

Thank you again very much.

 

[IceBreakerG]

You can always lower the resolution on the monitor if you want to run it lower. You just won't be able to raise the resolution (to say 1600x1200). You can play games at whatever resolution the monitor will support, you can run your desktop at whatever resolution the monitor can support, it does NOT HAVE to be run at the native resolution. Does that make sense? As far as black bars on the sides, don't count on it, it'll fill the screen. I run my desktop at work at 1280x1024 on a 17" NEC monitor (it's a CRT). I can drop the resolution to 1024x768 if i want to, and it'll fill the screen like any other resolution. The only time you'll run into weird issues like that is if you get a widescreen monitor (ie. dell 2005fpw/2405fpw, apple cinema displays, etc) and try to run a 4:3 resolution like 1024x768. With a normal monitor, whether its 4:3 native or 5:4 native, it doesn't matter, you can always lower the resolution to fit your needs.

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: Josh7289

Originally posted by: Josh7289

As I asked before, if I get a 5:4 aspect ratio monitor, can I play games on it at lower 4:3 aspect ratios (640 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, etc.), but instead of filling the entire screen with the image and compressing it, I could put the image in the center of the monitor, only use the pixels I need for the 4:3 ratio, and have black bars on the sides with pixels I'm not using and keep the same image quality and everything else as using the native resolution?

I'm sorry if you don't understand that, but please read it carefully as it is sort of hard to explain.

Thank you again very much.

Christ, yes. Please search; this has been asked and answered MANY times before. Also, please don't bump your posts so fast. Give people a chance to respond.

If the monitor itself won't do it, both ATI's and NVIDIA's drivers offer the option to 'fake' running at a higher resolution so your monitor won't try to interpolate the screen.

 

[Josh7289]

Originally posted by: Matthias99

Originally posted by: Josh7289

Originally posted by: Josh7289

As I asked before, if I get a 5:4 aspect ratio monitor, can I play games on it at lower 4:3 aspect ratios (640 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, etc.), but instead of filling the entire screen with the image and compressing it, I could put the image in the center of the monitor, only use the pixels I need for the 4:3 ratio, and have black bars on the sides with pixels I'm not using and keep the same image quality and everything else as using the native resolution?

I'm sorry if you don't understand that, but please read it carefully as it is sort of hard to explain.

Thank you again very much.

Christ, yes. Please search; this has been asked and answered MANY times before. Also, please don't bump your posts so fast. Give people a chance to respond.

If the monitor itself won't do it, both ATI's and NVIDIA's drivers offer the option to 'fake' running at a higher resolution so your monitor won't try to interpolate the screen.

Alright, that's cool. So it will keep the exact same image quality, refresh rates, etc. that the monitor would have at its native resolution?

 

[Josh7289]

Originally posted by: Josh7289

Alright, that's cool. So it will keep the exact same image quality, refresh rates, etc. that the monitor would have at its native resolution?

Will it? Thanks again.

 

[Zebo]

Dell UltraSharp 2001FP is 4x3

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[Josh7289]

Originally posted by: Josh7289

Originally posted by: Josh7289

Alright, that's cool. So it will keep the exact same image quality, refresh rates, etc. that the monitor would have at its native resolution?

Will it? Thanks again.

 

[Josh7289]

^

At least provide a link or something?

 

[6000SUX]

ban

 

[Josh7289]

So I can "crop" (as I will call it) the image to a lower resolution and still keep the same image quality, response time, and everthing else like that the same as if the image was at monitor's native resolution?

 

[PurdueRy]

NO YOU CAN'T. Image quality will drop. Not tremendously though, depending on the screen.

And your really getting annoying

 

[Josh7289]

Originally posted by: rleemhui
NO YOU CAN'T. Image quality will drop. Not tremendously though, depending on the screen.

And your really getting annoying

No I can't what? I can crop the image, but since you don't believe I can, I can't trust what you say, so I need help from somebody else, still. If I "crop" (as I will call it) the image to a lower resolution, can I still keep the same image quality, response time, and everthing else like that the same as if the image was at the monitor's native resolution?

The only reason I'm posting so much is because nobody is replying and answering my question. This topic keeps getting pushed far back in the pages.

Thanks again, though.

 

[PurdueRy]

If I "crop" (as I will call it) the image to a lower resolution, can I still keep the same image quality, response time, and everthing else like that the same as if the image was at the monitor's native resolution?

So you want to inperpolate the screen to a lower resolution....as I tried to tell you. YOU WILL NOT have the same image quality. Response time will be the same. There, now please go away.

5 minutes on google or the search button could have answered this instead of you repeatedly asking questions that have been asked over and over again.

 

[Josh7289]

Originally posted by: rleemhui
If I "crop" (as I will call it) the image to a lower resolution, can I still keep the same image quality, response time, and everthing else like that the same as if the image was at the monitor's native resolution?

So you want to inperpolate the screen to a lower resolution....as I tried to tell you. YOU WILL NOT have the same image quality. Response time will be the same. There, now please go away.

5 minutes on google or the search button could have answered this instead of you repeatedly asking questions that have been asked over and over again.

No, I do not want to interpolate the screen to a lower resolution. I want to be able to view a lower resolution only using the pixels in that resolution and every other pixel on the screen will be black with just the image in the center. It's sort of like viewing a widescreen movie on a 4:3 resolution standard television, with the black bars on the top and bottom, only there will be black bars on all four sides. I want to do that and keep all the quality, response time, etc. as the monitor would have at its native resolution. So far, this question hasn't been answered.

And now, I have another question. If I do this, will my computer recognize that I'm running at a lower resolution, so games will run faster?

Thanks again.

 

[Cadaver]

Originally posted by: Josh7289

Originally posted by: rleemhui
If I "crop" (as I will call it) the image to a lower resolution, can I still keep the same image quality, response time, and everthing else like that the same as if the image was at the monitor's native resolution?

So you want to inperpolate the screen to a lower resolution....as I tried to tell you. YOU WILL NOT have the same image quality. Response time will be the same. There, now please go away.

5 minutes on google or the search button could have answered this instead of you repeatedly asking questions that have been asked over and over again.

No, I do not want to interpolate the screen to a lower resolution. I want to be able to view a lower resolution only using the pixels in that resolution and every other pixel on the screen will be black with just the image in the center. It's sort of like viewing a widescreen movie on a 4:3 resolution standard television, with the black bars on the top and bottom, only there will be black bars on all four sides. I want to do that and keep all the quality, response time, etc. as the monitor would have at its native resolution. So far, this question hasn't been answered.

And now, I have another question. If I do this, will my computer recognize that I'm running at a lower resolution, so games will run faster?

Thanks again.

As for reducing the displayed resolution and NOT scaling the image up to fill the whole panel, yes some monitors and/or video cards will do this for you. You may have to do some digging into the specs of whatever displays you are interested in before you buy.

And, yes, since games will be running a lower resolution, they will tend to run faster (I presume you're talking about first-person shooters and frame rates, etc).

 

[Josh7289]

Alright good, but just please someone say yes or no to this:

If I do as I have been describing, will the image quality, response time, etc. be kept as if the monitor was at its native resolution?

Thank you very much.

 

[Josh7289]

Just "yes" or "no."

 

[Josh7289]

It's a one-word answer...

 

[HopJokey]

yes

 

[Josh7289]

Thank you. I can finally leave this topic. Thank you, again.