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@braindump wrote:
I just bought a 2005FPW Flat Panel Monitor, but my current video card doesn't support 1680 X 1050 wide aspect resolution. ...

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By the way, my video card is a Matrox Millenium G550.

Hi braindump

Have you went to the websites of Nvidia or ATI to find the various graphic cards that are on the market or have you been to a computer shop to ask people who could advise you which graphic card you can get for your Dell monitor.






mike470

Yes, I have been researching video cards on the various manufacturing websites. As far as I can tell (from published product specs), many of the popular cards I find do not support 1680 X 1050. I was hoping to tap on the knowledge of Dell or the user community at large to get some pointers to known supported video cards for the 2005FPW.

To my knowledge, almost all modern video cards can display 1680x1050. The only problem is the driver that does not have this mode listed.
I used Powerstrip utility for two different video cards and it worked.
See this link http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_monitor&message.id=41967

Thanks for the tip, but Powerstrip doesn't seem to work with my G550 (throws an error loading the new monitor driver).

Any tips on specific video cards that support 1680 X 1050 out of the box?

ATi Radeon 9x00 Series or better
nVidia Geforce 4 or better.

:)

 

Message Edited by SR45 on 02-14-2005 02:16 PM

Just came across this list
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/learnmore/learnmore.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&~id=monitors&~line=notebooks&~mode=popup&~series=latit&~tab=other

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xStainDx wrote:
ATi Radeon 9x00 Series or better
nVidia Geforce 4 or better.

:)

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ATI Support stated that none of their cards support 1680 X 1050 (see below). Now, of course, we have to take in consideration what "support" really means in this context! If I can achieve the resolution on these cards with proper clarity by using a tool like PowerSwitch or drivers from Dell, that's enough support for me.

So when you say these cards are supported, do you really mean their drivers are configurable to achieve this resolution?


> Regarding supported Resolutions.
>
> ATI Radeon cards support these resolutions:
>
> Standard VGA or DVI-I
>
> 640x480
> 800x600
> 1024x768
> 1152x864
> 1280x1024
> 1600x1200
> 1920x1080
> 1920x1200
> 1920x1440
> 2048x1536
>
> Radeon 9500 series and higher support these HDTV Resolutions:
>
> 480i and 480p:
>
> 640x480 > 4:3
> 720x480 > 4:3
> 848x480 > 16:9
>
> 720p:
>
> 960x720 > 4:3
> 1280x720 > 16:9
>
> 1080i:
> 1920x1080 > 16:9
>
> 1680x1050 is not a supported resolution by current ATI drivers.
>
> Regards
>
> ATI Customer Care
> www.ati.com

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@Erbol wrote:
Just came across this list
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/learnmore/learnmore.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&~id=monitors&~line=notebooks&~mode=popup&~series=latit&~tab=other

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That's a great URL, thanks. Too bad Dell support couldn't send me useful information like that after I spent 40 minutes on the phone with them trying to extract a shred of useful information.

So I wonder.... are the cards on this page OEM versions specifically for Dell? If so, when it says, "Requires video driver update from support.dell.com" will those Dell drivers only work on the Dell OEM version of these cards, or will they work on the manufacturer's retail versions of that card as well?