Hi, I just got the Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP panel and I have it hooked up to a Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 2 laptop through DVI. I want to game at lower resolutions but I can't seem to do that.
Can someone who owns this monitor and a different computer try to set 1440x900 or 1600x1000 ? I can't choose those and I don't know if is a laptop limitation or what. I can use 1440x900 on my laptop's screen though.
Should I return this monitor? I bought it for gaming; I can't game on it @ 1920x1200 I was hoping I would lower it down to 1440x900 or even lower then that for some games.
You may indeed want to return it and get a 22" or smaller. I think the 22's are all 1680x1050. You'd have to drop down to 19" or 20" I think to get a monitor for 1440x900.
Like I said in my previous email, the monitor supports 1440x900 - at least it showed up on my list of valid modes. I had the same issue about buying a 24" and gaming - the saving grace is 1:1 aspect mode - this allows you to run at a lower resolution without stretching the image. It is the best of both worlds - lower res (smaller picture of course) for gaming, big monitor for desktop stuff.
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Posted March 6th, 2008 23:00