Unsolved
This post is more than 5 years old
3 Posts
0
5882
September 21st, 2006 07:00
Screen resolution question
Theres no problem im having just was wondering something. The screen on my dell C610 is supposed to have a max resolution of 1024x768. I however was able to raise it to 1280x1024. After updating the Ati Mobility drivers i am now able to achieve an even clearer 1400x1050 resolution. surely im not the only one who has realized this so why is the max res actually higher then whats advertised. It seems against a companies best interest to list an item with less then what its capable of. Im also wondering because if i purchase another laptop that sais the same resolution for the max how do i know if thats actually the max resolution or not. Thanks guys.
Message Edited by 97Tunedmustang on 09-21-2006 03:18 AM
No Events found!
jgayman
232 Posts
0
September 21st, 2006 12:00
97Tunedmustang
3 Posts
0
September 25th, 2006 00:00
DeQuincey
15 Posts
0
September 26th, 2006 04:00
According to the latptop's specs:
1024 x 768 at 16.8 million colors (XGA);
1400 x 1050 at 16.8 million colors (SXGA+)
The most likely situation is that the previous drivers you were using didn't allow for the larger resolution. (And, maybe you didn't know that your C610 is one w/ the SXGA+ LCD screen. Check the specs, using your service tag. That should tell you.)
A note about the native resolution of a LCD panel. LCDs are composed of a finite number of elements. These elements are used to generate the pixels that make up the image you see on the screen. Typically, when the screen resolution matches the LCD panel's native resolution, you'll get the sharpest image. This is because each element corresponds to one pixel of the image. When you use a resolution that's smaller then the native resolution, there's some interpolation necessary. So, one pixel may actually be made up of more then one LCD element. The problem usually arises because one pixel will correspond to say 1.5 LCD elements. Typically, this will result in a fuzzy image.