1600x1200 makes stuff too small on my screen so I run 1280x1024
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Well, it amazes me how many people don't know how to do basic and obvious computer tasks like changing resolution. Heck, my history teacher can't understand the concept of a form button on a web page... Here's to hoping coming generations and ours won't be so slow
There is always someone who will stun you when you thought you had seen it all, stuff like that just makes your day.
Funny you should mention the 40", my old 21" CRT recently died a sudden death after years of happy servitude, it was a good monitor RIP:(. So what am I to do? Uhmmmmmmmm uhmmmmmm, OH hell time to hook up the 40" Samsung until I get a new flat panel, it's nice to look at but I don't like the fact it's limited to 1360x768.
1600x1200 makes stuff too small on my screen so I run 1280x1024
This is a problem with CRT monitors since they often allow for a resolution that's too high for their size. In fact, most CRT monitors let you turn the resolution up to where you can't see individual pixels any more, they all just blur together.
LCD monitors have a defined pixel size which means the maximum resolution is never "too small". In other words if you run an LCD monitor at it's max resolution then everything is the perfect size, or the size it's supposed to be seen. That's why you'll typically see monitors of the same size have the same max resolution.
A lot of non-tech savvy folks are used to crappy old CRT monitors which have no real "standard" pixel size so they typically just set it to a size that feels right which often ends up being 1024x768. This means that a lot of monitors set up for public use will be set around this resolution even though they can often go higher.
An LCD monitor's maximum resolution is often referred to as its "recommended resolution" or "native resolution" because, since LCD monitors have a defined pixel size, anything smaller than the maximum resolution will result in the pixels stretching, meaning a distorted picture. In other words, if you see someone using something less than the maximum resolution on their LCD monitor, tell them that not only are they losing screen space, they're also sacrificing picture quality. It's best to just get used to the native resolution.
I've got a 24" 1920x1200 monitor so that I can watch blu-rays and play my Xbox 360 in 1080p. Not to mention my PC games look awesome at 1920x1200
True enough I was thinking of my own little world there. Now that both of my CRT's died all within a month ( go figure) I have since modernized to LCD screens and I can think like most of the modern folks now.
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I'm just taking this survey because I just realized that a lot more people than I originally thought do not use an optimal resolution on their monitors. For example, at my school they have 17" monitors with a maximum resolution of 1280x1024 but they were running at 800x600
im pretty sure the reason for this is to increase performance. if not then i feel like smackin whoever is in charge of computers in your school lol jk
i do have my monitor at like 1280x1024 but for some reason whenever I hit recommended settings in game options it goes back down to 800x600 and i have to go back and change it over and over again, if anyone knows why this happens to me plz feel free to express yourself.
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The one who makes it doesn't make it for himself. The one who buys it doesn't buy it for himself. The one who needs it doesn't know it when he needs it.
The lowest I'll go down to in-game is 1280x1024 for really demanding games that even my overclocked card slows down on.. like Crysis. FPS > Visual quality, always.
There is always someone who will stun you when you thought you had seen it all, stuff like that just makes your day.
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This is a problem with CRT monitors since they often allow for a resolution that's too high for their size. In fact, most CRT monitors let you turn the resolution up to where you can't see individual pixels any more, they all just blur together.
LCD monitors have a defined pixel size which means the maximum resolution is never "too small". In other words if you run an LCD monitor at it's max resolution then everything is the perfect size, or the size it's supposed to be seen. That's why you'll typically see monitors of the same size have the same max resolution.
A lot of non-tech savvy folks are used to crappy old CRT monitors which have no real "standard" pixel size so they typically just set it to a size that feels right which often ends up being 1024x768. This means that a lot of monitors set up for public use will be set around this resolution even though they can often go higher.
An LCD monitor's maximum resolution is often referred to as its "recommended resolution" or "native resolution" because, since LCD monitors have a defined pixel size, anything smaller than the maximum resolution will result in the pixels stretching, meaning a distorted picture. In other words, if you see someone using something less than the maximum resolution on their LCD monitor, tell them that not only are they losing screen space, they're also sacrificing picture quality. It's best to just get used to the native resolution.
I've got a 24" 1920x1200 monitor so that I can watch blu-rays and play my Xbox 360 in 1080p. Not to mention my PC games look awesome at 1920x1200
Folks will always come and go, so enjoy them while they're meant to be in your life.
Just voted on the wrong option.
Oh well, I run optimal, anyways :/.
im pretty sure the reason for this is to increase performance. if not then i feel like smackin whoever is in charge of computers in your school lol jk
i do have my monitor at like 1280x1024 but for some reason whenever I hit recommended settings in game options it goes back down to 800x600 and i have to go back and change it over and over again, if anyone knows why this happens to me plz feel free to express yourself.
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The lowest I'll go down to in-game is 1280x1024 for really demanding games that even my overclocked card slows down on.. like Crysis. FPS > Visual quality, always.
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