What video card can do 1680x1050 and 1440x900

[fatBrain]

I'd like to buy a widescreen LCD monitor but I don't know if I need to buy an ATI video card which seems to support these odd resolutions.

 

[fliguy84]

do you mean this the widescreen resolution for games? then, it's up to the games developers.

 

[Peter]

1680x1050 is a commonplace odd resolution by now, any halfway recent graphics driver can do that. 1440x900 is totally oddball though, never seen it in a list of resolutions.

Some graphics drivers let you create your own resolutions, some others let you do that through PowerStrip.

 

[Mem]

Nvidia drivers allow you to create custom settings.

 

[n7]

1440x900 = 16x10

It's a common resolution for 17" widescreen notebooks, & some 17/19" widescreen LCDs.

I would imagine both nVidida & ATi have the option in their driver sets, or it could be manually set.

Game support would be another story though...

 

[phantom404]

I know a 6800gt will do it. Ive used one with my monitor before..at least the 256mb version

 

[fliguy84]

my roomie's fx5200 can do 1440x900 🙂

he has not played any games that support that resolution though

 

[hans007]

nvidia tends to have more odd resolution support, though ati has it now.
you can always get power strip or riva tuner or something i think you can just make you own with those.

 

[jjanders]

Just to bump this, I am thinking of getting a widescreen monitor, and have a Radeon 9500 Pro...I just downloaded the latest Catalyst/drivers, do you know if it will work with 16 x 10?

I'll be upgrading the vid card soon but would like to use the monitor in the meantime.

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: Peter
1440x900 is totally oddball though, never seen it in a list of resolutions.

That's not a 'totally oddball' resolution. It's even in the default list of supported resolutions on my 9800Pro.

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: jjanders
Just to bump this, I am thinking of getting a widescreen monitor, and have a Radeon 9500 Pro...I just downloaded the latest Catalyst/drivers, do you know if it will work with 16 x 10?

I'll be upgrading the vid card soon but would like to use the monitor in the meantime.

YES.

 

[jjanders]

Originally posted by: Matthias99

Originally posted by: jjanders
Just to bump this, I am thinking of getting a widescreen monitor, and have a Radeon 9500 Pro...I just downloaded the latest Catalyst/drivers, do you know if it will work with 16 x 10?

I'll be upgrading the vid card soon but would like to use the monitor in the meantime.

YES.

Really? I was just playing around with Catalyst and the highest resolution I can set my desktop to is 1360x1024....I'm not sure if that has to do with the monitor I am using right now (old Dell 17" CRT)

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: jjanders

Originally posted by: Matthias99

Originally posted by: jjanders
Just to bump this, I am thinking of getting a widescreen monitor, and have a Radeon 9500 Pro...I just downloaded the latest Catalyst/drivers, do you know if it will work with 16 x 10?

I'll be upgrading the vid card soon but would like to use the monitor in the meantime.

YES.

Really? I was just playing around with Catalyst and the highest resolution I can set my desktop to is 1360x1024....I'm not sure if that has to do with the monitor I am using right now (old Dell 17" CRT)

Yes, it's because that old monitor doesn't support anything higher.

There's a setting in CCC to let you disable the EDID information and force whatever resolution you want. But don't try forcing higher ones on an old CRT; if it tries to display a resolution/refresh that's too high, it could be damaged (newer CRTs will refuse to even try to display them, but some old ones won't).

 

[Steve]

My friend bought a 19" widescreen monitor from Costco, and his Intel integrated graphics offer its native 1440x900 resolution (though, I did have to get a newer driver from Windows Update for it to work).

 

[jaggrey]

Is there any chance that my old GeForce Ti4200 will support the 1680x1050 resolution? I'm considering getting one of those 20" widescreen monitors as well, and it'd be nice to not have to buy a new video card. If I do buy a new video card it'll be a sub-$80 one.

 

[JBT]

Originally posted by: jaggrey
Is there any chance that my old GeForce Ti4200 will support the 1680x1050 resolution? I'm considering getting one of those 20" widescreen monitors as well, and it'd be nice to not have to buy a new video card. If I do buy a new video card it'll be a sub-$80 one.

You should be fine.

 

[jaggrey]

Cool thanks! Does non-gaming performance decrease substantially when you start to run at higher resolutions?

Maybe I should get a new video card anyway so I can have the cool Vista effects (of course this is secondary).

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: JBT

Originally posted by: jaggrey
Is there any chance that my old GeForce Ti4200 will support the 1680x1050 resolution? I'm considering getting one of those 20" widescreen monitors as well, and it'd be nice to not have to buy a new video card. If I do buy a new video card it'll be a sub-$80 one.

You should be fine.

jaggrey, you using analog or DVI on this GF4? Several generations of GF cards have a reputation for problems with hi-res DVI.

 

[jaggrey]

The card I have only has analog, so that's what I'd be using.

If I end up getting another card, are there any recommendations for something relatively inexpensive (less than around $80)? I'm also debating if I should even invest in a video card since I *might* upgrade my PC next year, and everything seems to be PCI Express now.

 

[Steve]

Around the $80 mark should at least get you a Radeon 9600. I have one and it drives my 2405FPW just fine.

 

[jaggrey]

oh ok awesome. I've been out of the loop for a while... all this stuff is confusing! Which version of the 9600 do u have? The last two cards I was looking at were the 9600PRO and the 9800SE.

Also in my previous post, I meant to say that I'm using analog cuz that's all my current card has, but I'd be using DVI once I get the new card (and if i don't I'll be using analog on the new one).

 

[Steve]

I just have a plain 9600, made by HIS. It has two DVI ports. But there are also 9600 Pro and 9600 XT models which are faster. I wouldn't bother with the SE version of any card unless it was meant for a quiet, low-key system where 3D speed is unimportant.