What sort of graphics card do you have - ATI, Nvidia...?

Isn't there some setting in Nvidia's control panel for fixed width ratio or something?  I've got to figure this out for myself as well...I don't want my pics/games to stretch, but to scale so that I've got black sides or however you describe it.

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@Reneesong wrote:

Isn't there some setting in Nvidia's control panel for fixed width ratio or something? I've got to figure this out for myself as well...I don't want my pics/games to stretch, but to scale so that I've got black sides or however you describe it.

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I'm very curious about knowing how this works also. I'm considering buying one of these monitors but I have to know if what you describe is possible. I will watch movies on the monitor, and any stretching or distortion is unacceptable. Can anyone clarify how this works?

Like I said, the monitor can sort this out.

Alan

faith coach - What monitor do you have? You should run the monitor at its native resolution - 20" is 1680 x 1050, 24" is 1920 x1200. You find this setting in your graphics card display properties.

to others - watching movies/games through your PC - the software gives you scaling options. So does the graphics driver Plugging a games console or other video source directly into the monitor is a different story, you have to use the monitors scaling options in the OSD. Have a look at this thread:
Considering buying 2007fpw - S-Video Stretching Question

There are also several threads about isuues with the 2407WFP as a games monitor.

How would one know what resolution matches what monitor?  Also, where would one find the place to change the "Wide Screen" to 1:1 ?

I'm asking this because I have the Laptop with a 15.4 inch screen and when I display photographs that I've taken, the pictures are stretched and people look FATTER than what they should. This laptop has an ATI graphics card.

Message Edited by Garywin on 07-26-200610:54 AM

Press the menu button on the screen. Scroll along to Display settings. Press the menu button again.The second option is "Wide mode". Select 1-1 there.

 

But ATI should have a driver to allow 1680 x 1050. So, try that first - then you won't need the 1-1 option

 

Alan

Thanx Alan! There is a 1680 x 1050 setting and it does correctly display photos w/o stretching them. I will say that at that size one needs a good set of eyes to read any print on other applications but, hey, I guess I can always use the 1680 x 1050 for just when I'm looking at photos and swith back to the 1280 x 800 for wide screen.

Thanx again.