What kind of system do I need?

[happy medium]

I don't even know what resolution it is? It has 480p, 720p,1080i. 1 dvi input and hd analog inputs. I'll be building a new system soon. 6 months or less.
Will I be able to change res like on my crt desk top monitor?
How do I find resolution? it's not in the manual.
Will I need a special card with special outputs to hook it up?
If so which one?

 

[Phlargo]

you'll probably want to use 720p as that'll be the highest true resolution. You will likely be able to handle many current games on your 7800gs as the resolution is 1368 x 720. A modest upgrade to a mid-level DX10 card wouldn't be a bad move if you didn't want to spend too much money.

You should be able to change the resolution just like you would with your current CRT because it uses DVI input. My friend runs a similar setup and it works great.

 

[happy medium]

How do you change the res to 720p? I can get 1360x 768 on my 19 inch monitor.Are you sure it's 1368x720? or 1360x768? Thanks for your help. I was thinking of grabbing a 7900 series agp for now. Until I upgrade and give this system to my kid. I'd just like to see a game perform on this TV.

My TV auto switches the resolution.

 

[VashHT]

Im not sure how it is with Nvidia, but setting the res to 1368x720 is the same as 720p really. The difference between your monitor is because computer monitors use 16:10 ratio while TV's use a 16:9 ratio, thus you see slightly different max resolutions.

Also, I'm not sure exactly what you mean by your TV auto switches resolution, does that mean its auto resizing the picture? If so its really just stretching the image to fit the full screen.

 

[happy medium]

Originally posted by: VashHT
Im not sure how it is with Nvidia, but setting the res to 1368x720 is the same as 720p really. The difference between your monitor is because computer monitors use 16:10 ratio while TV's use a 16:9 ratio, thus you see slightly different max resolutions.

Also, I'm not sure exactly what you mean by your TV auto switches resolution, does that mean its auto resizing the picture? If so its really just stretching the image to fit the full screen.

Na, what I meant was it goes from standard to 480p automaticly. Theres no button to change it to 720p or 1080i. So I can just hook up my computer and put it at 1368x720 and play away?

 

[Fallen Kell]

720p is really 1280x720 for true 16:9 aspect ratio. Do the math (720 / 9 = 80, 80 * 16 = 1280; 1280 / 16 = 720 / 9 = 80)

 

[forbin]

sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but youre not gonna be able to get that 40" CRT to function well as a computer monitor. its a CRT so its going to be interlaced, not progressive, and it wont truly be 1920x1080i, youll prolly need to use a program called powerstrip to adjust your video cards resolution to match it. good luck though.