"Keith Willcocks" <buccaneer@invalidaddress.com> wrote in message
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> "Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
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>> Keith Willcocks wrote:
>>> I am in the UK and have been given a wide screen monitor (1440x900
>>> resolution which I understand is WXGA or possibly WXGA+). My current
>>> graphics card, a Gforce MX 440 1289mb does not support this resolution.
>>> My mobo takes an AGP 8x card and I need to find a cheapish one that will
>>> support the new resolution. I am not a gamer so I don't need anything
>>> super-duper, just a general purpose unit. I have searched the
>>> online companies but they tend not to tell you what resolutions their
>>> cards will support. Can anyone suggest a possible card please?
>>
>> The Nvidia software may have a custom resolution option.
>>
>> Page 145 here, shows a custom resolution dialog box. Now, support
>> for your card may have stopped with a certain release of Nvidia
>> drivers, so I cannot vouch for this being possible with your card.
>>
>> ftp://download.nvidia.com/Windows/84...User_Guide.pdf
>>
>> Another tool, is the shareware Powerstrip, from entechtaiwan.com .
>> This is the release note, with a list of supported cards.
>>
>> http://entechtaiwan.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2036
>> http://forums.entechtaiwan.net/index.php (index)
>>
>> This picture, shows the Powerstrip control panel set to 800x480
>> resolution.
>>
>> http://www.talix.com/Pix/PowerStrip.jpg
>>
>> The Geforce MX440 is mentioned as running 1400x1050 in this thread.
>> It may take some experimentation to get what you want.
>>
>> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/printthread.php?t=4855
>>
>> Paul
>
> Thanks Paul. Reading your email made me look closer at the latest Nvidia
> software that I had downloaded earlier today. It has a section marked
> Custom Timing. I had assumed that it referred to refresh rates but
> looking at it there is an option to enter your own vertical and horizontal
> resolution figures. Unfortunately I cannot try this out until I am given
> the monitor for my birthday on 4th December but I will post back here with
> the result. Thanks again, without your input I would never have found
> it, and if it doesn't work the Powerstrip you told me about looks like a
> winner.
> --
> Keith Willcocks


I persuaded my wife to "lend" me the monitor this morning. Tried the
Custom Timing option in Nvidia Control Panel and it worked a treat. Thanks
again for pointing me in the right direction.
--
Keith Willcocks
(If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living!)