Reply 40 of 128, by dr_st
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wrote:wrote:wrote:Unfortunately 1280x960 is broken on this monitor. They decided to display it as a letterboxed 1280x1024, which itself is pillarboxed. The result has correct aspect ratio, but doesn't fill the whole screen, instead it has black frame on all sides (much smaller than when using 1:1 scaling but still noticeable).
Strange. Gonna have to try it on my 2007FP, to see if it has the same problem.
I'm curious to hear about your result!
Well, the 2007FP seems to behave a little different in this regard, also poorly, but in a different way.
Officially, 1280x960 is not in the supported resolutions list. Only 1280x1024 is. Source: http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products … /2007fp_new.pdf
On my PC (with nVidia 6600GT), 1280x960 was not listed, but I could add it as a custom resolution. The monitor, however, detects it as 1280x1024. It has 3 settings for 'Wide Mode': 1:1, Aspect and Fill.
The results are as follows:
1280x1024: Fill: stretched to full-screen and aspect-distorted, Aspect: pillar-boxed, aspect correct but blurry, 1:1: letter-boxed, pillar-boxed, aspect-correct and sharp
1280x960: Fill: stretched to full-screen, blurry, but aspect-correct, Aspect: pillar-boxed, blurry and aspect-distorted, 1:1: letter-boxed, pillar-boxed and aspect-distorted
So with the 2007FP you can get 1280x960 to stretch to the whole screen (and it will be aspect-correct, since both resolutions are 4:3), but you cannot get a correct 1:1 pixel mapping.
However, it is possible to compensate for it with video adapter drivers. I can configure the nVidia control panel to output any resolution as a centered image, which causes the GPU to basically letterbox/pillarbox the entire thing to get it to 1600x1200, then transmit the full 1600x1200 to the display. Now that I think about it - could it be that this is what's happening on Azarien's system?
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