Viewsonic VP930B and Native Resolution Q?

[Wolfshanze]

Hey folks... I am primarily seeking OWNERS of the Viewsonic VP930B LCD monitor. How does this new model handel non-native resolutions? I do a lot of gaming in non-native resolutions, and I am wondering how it looks in resolutions lower then 1280x1024... specifically, the lower the resolution, the more I'm interested in the results.

I know ALL LCDs tend to get crummier the further away from 1280x1024 you get, especially once you start getting in the 800x600 range. I have a Viewsonic 912B in the house, but I gave up using it myself because low-res non-native resolutions looked quite bad, so I stuck with my CRT monitor and gave the LCD to my wife.

I'm wondering if a new wave of Viewsonic monitors has gotten any better with low-res non-native resolutions... specifically 640x480 and 800x600 is what I'm interested in knowing... can anyone check out those low res's on the Viewsonic VP930B and let me know their opinion of the picture quality? I have no access to see this LCD myself in person, so it would be nice to know from someone who actually owns one.

 

[Wolfshanze]

Nobody? Anybody?

 

[Matthias99]

I played around with it a bit, and it seems to be fine whether I'm scaling through the drivers or the display. 800x600 looked usable, although I wouldn't want to stare at scaled text for hours on end.

Unfortunately, I'm having problems changing the display's scaling mode over DVI (still waiting for Viewsonic support to get back to me), and right now it seems to be stuck in 'scale to full screen' mode, which distorts 4:3 and 16:9 resolutions.

 

[Wolfshanze]

Thanks for the response... if you can figure out how it doesn't get full-screen distorted, I'm very interested to know the results in non-native resolutions.

I appreciate any feedback from anyone with this LCD monitor.

 

[xtknight]

Note you can also set the video card to do the scaling (fixed aspect, 1:1, or its own upscaling algoithm) if the monitor's doesn't satisfy you.