NoName wrote:
> I have an E-machine with an NVidia graphics chip set (6100, I think,
> but I'm not sure of that -- not sitting in front of that machine right
> now). I also just purchased the Dell E228WFP 22-inch Widescreen Flat
> Panel Monitor, my first wide screen monitor, which has a maximum
> resolution of 1680 x 1050 at 60 Hz.
>
> I don't want to use the maximum resolution mode because (1) the fonts
> are too small, and (2) I think there is some flicker, even though I
> thought the flat panel monitors are not supposed to have the flicker
> issues associated with the older CRTs.
>
> Either way, I tried to set the monitor to a lower resolution mode
> (like 1024 x 768), only to discover that the fonts all were suddenly
> stretched out. Apparently the 1680 x 1050 mode has a driver that is
> optimized for Windows -- meaning the fonts have appropriate, normal
> widths -- but the other modes "think" they are on a monitor with a
> standard aspect ratio, and so are stretched out.
>
> I could not find any settings under the display features to fix this.
> Can anyone either steer me to some settings in Windows XP to adjust
> the aspect ratio appropriately, or some generic wide screen monitor
> driver than can fix this?
That's where you change stuff - Display, Settings. Also, Display,
Appearance.
You need to select a screen resolution that has the same length to width
ratio as 1680:1050. An easy way to do that is divide one number into the
other. For example, 1680/1050 = 1.6. The one you tried, 1024/768 =
1.333333 ergo the distortion. Which screen resolutions are available to you
depends on your video card but I suspect there is more than one that will
give you the desired 1.6.
If the one you ultimately settle on still makes things too small you can
modify overall font size in Display, Appearance; you can modify font sizes
(and more) for specific things in Display, Appearance, Advanced by selecting
the item in the "Item" box.
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