...Display overclocking?

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » July 24th, 2008, 15:15

I've got a new shiny display, it's fast, beautiful, huge, and... only supports up to 1280x1024. Who the fuck designed that, I mean it looks like as if it was 640x480 on my old display. Anyway, is there a tweaky program thing that can go higher than that? Anything I tried so far stubbornly settled down at the highest "officially supported" by the display.

(Note: I'm not a techy. If not being able to do that is because of real world technology, feel free to abuse.)

friznit · Post by **friznit** » July 24th, 2008, 15:33

Er.

No.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » July 24th, 2008, 16:22

friznit wrote:Er.

No.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » July 24th, 2008, 16:27

If it only has 1280 pixels across its width, then that's pretty much a limiting factor.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » July 24th, 2008, 16:28

No, because of the way lcd's work, you really do have 1280x1024 pixels sitting infront of you.

A you can make a crapper resolution scale to fit more than one lcd pixel, but not the other way around (eg using half or 1/4 of an pixel, it's impossible).

MORDETH LESTOK · Post by **MORDETH LESTOK** » July 24th, 2008, 16:44

not quite the techy i used to be...but do you have the right video driver?

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » July 24th, 2008, 16:46

I see. Move along, nothing to see here.

MORDETH LESTOK · Post by **MORDETH LESTOK** » July 24th, 2008, 16:48

Baliame wrote:I see. Move along, nothing to see here.

Post by **Dog Pants** » July 24th, 2008, 18:01

Valid enough question though. Odd a monitor only supporting that resolution.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » July 24th, 2008, 18:05

got a link to the monitor?

it's possible it has more supported resolutions that your drivers aren't seeing, but it's pretty unlikely.

Post by **deject** » July 24th, 2008, 19:03

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:got a link to the monitor?

it's possible it has more supported resolutions that your drivers aren't seeing, but it's pretty unlikely.

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » July 26th, 2008, 6:36

Driver cleaning and reinstalling seems to have made 1600x1200 available.

friznit · Post by **friznit** » July 26th, 2008, 9:02

Woo yay etc. Sadly my two 21" monitors really do only go as far as 1280x1024. Probably about time I upgraded. In fact I really should upgrade the whole thing given it's nearly 2 years old. But then, I really cba right now

MORDETH LESTOK · Post by **MORDETH LESTOK** » July 26th, 2008, 13:35

Baliame wrote:Driver cleaning and reinstalling seems to have made 1600x1200 available.

woot! i guessed right....i am a techy....i am a techy!