Re: screen resolution

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An LCD monitor's native resolution is the one that matches the pixel count. For your monitor that is 1280 x 1024, and your owner's manual recommends a 75Hz refresh rate. There's no point to running an LCD monitor at less than its native resolution - the image will look fuzzy, at best.

The TNT2 is an older video card, so there's little information about it on nVidia's web site. You could ask nVidia technical support whether the TNT2 supports 1280 x 1024 @75Hz, although that information should be included with the documentation that came with the card (perhaps in an owner's manual or ReadMe file.) Being that the TNT2 is no longer supported I doubt that you'll find a recent driver for it.

If the TNT2 does not support 1280 x 1024 @75Hz you need a new video card that does.

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Leonard Grey
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george wrote:
the monitor is an lcd hansol 750 and the display card is NVIDIA tnt 2. not sure what the "native" resolution is. I have tried to update drivers for both (from windows device manager) but am told that I have the most updated drivers. Do i get a different driver if I download from the manufacturer's web site ? The display has been no problem since I added this monitor 3 years ago.

thanks for the help so far

"Leonard Grey" wrote:

Hi George:

When asking a question about video, it's important to include the make and model of your monitor and the make and model of your video card.

If you have an LCD monitor are you running it at its native resolution? If you have a CRT monitor are you running it at a resolution that is supported by the monitor and your video card?

You could try this: Uninstall the video card in Device Manager, reboot, and let Windows detect the monitor and install a driver.

Otherwise, based on the scant information you provided I would say that you need to install the latest version of your video driver, which is available at no charge from the video card manufacturer's web site. The manufacturer will provide detailed installation instructions.

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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

george wrote:
my system keeps defaulting to 4 -bit resolution. It tells me this is not appropriate and invites me to change it to 16 bit , but often does not allow me to do this as no options are shown in control panel display. I keep having to reboot until either 1) it boots up in 16 bit resolution , or 2) the settings tab in display allows me to choose an option. The next time i boot up, I will have to go through the same procedure. Is this a monitor problem or something else ? I am baffled
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