Need cheap vid card that does widescreen 1440x900

[SoulAssassin]

Anyone have a link to a cheap AGP vid card that will do 1440x900? It won't be used for gaming so performance isn't nearly as much of a concern as keeping the price down is. Hoping for something in the sub $30 range. Most of the cards I've looked at don't specifically list that as a supported resolution even including what I have in my machine that does support.

 

[razor2025]

Any cheap card will do. Even if they don't list widescreen resolutions as supported, it usually is. As long as the supported (usually 4:3 ratio) resolution is greater than your widescreen resolution. It's all good. For example, a video card that does 1600x1200 will surely support your 1440x900.

 

[Arkaign]

Newegg has some AGP Nvidia 6200 cards for $30ish 🙂 Very nice, will play light games, excellent video playback.

 

[nitromullet]

A buddy of mine is running his Hanns-G 1440x900 with an old 9700 Pro, and I've run my Dell 2005FPW with as lowly a card as a Radeon 7500. There is a somewhat known issue of older Radeons not showing the POST screen (anything before Windows actually) when hooked up with the DVI cable, which might be worth considering when buying a new card.

 

[SoulAssassin]

Originally posted by: razor2025
Any cheap card will do. Even if they don't list widescreen resolutions as supported, it usually is. As long as the supported (usually 4:3 ratio) resolution is greater than your widescreen resolution. It's all good. For example, a video card that does 1600x1200 will surely support your 1440x900.

I don't know if that's true, I have an old 9200 in the woman's machine with the latest drives and it doesn't list it as a supported resolution.

 

[Arkaign]

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin

Originally posted by: razor2025
Any cheap card will do. Even if they don't list widescreen resolutions as supported, it usually is. As long as the supported (usually 4:3 ratio) resolution is greater than your widescreen resolution. It's all good. For example, a video card that does 1600x1200 will surely support your 1440x900.

I don't know if that's true, I have an old 9200 in the woman's machine with the latest drives and it doesn't list it as a supported resolution.

Nvidia GF6200 FTW 🙂

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121542

 

[skriefal]

Have you tried using PowerStrip to force the resolution? Theoretically at least, it should work. Haven't used PowerStrip in a while, but the demo version should work long enough to allow you to add the resolution, reboot, and then select it as your desktop resolution.

http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm

 

[Peter]

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin

Originally posted by: razor2025
Any cheap card will do. Even if they don't list widescreen resolutions as supported, it usually is. As long as the supported (usually 4:3 ratio) resolution is greater than your widescreen resolution. It's all good. For example, a video card that does 1600x1200 will surely support your 1440x900.

I don't know if that's true, I have an old 9200 in the woman's machine with the latest drives and it doesn't list it as a supported resolution.

It won't list all its resolutions until you (a) turn off "hide modes this monitor can't display" or (b) plug a monitor that actively requests an oddball resolution.