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GT40FIED · 09-06-2005, 05:52 AM

Ok...so I'm currently running what I'm guessing is pretty out of date resolution on my monitor. I use 800x600. I've got so many programs that when I go to Start--->All Programs, I don't even see them all. I like the idea of using the 1024x768 resolution setting, but everything looks so fucking small. Is there any way to set up the computer to view 1024x768 so it doesn't look like it's a mile away? It's nice having an LCD monitor...but what's the point if I can't see anything without squinting?

drdingo21 · 09-06-2005, 07:22 PM

You will adjust too it. Switch it too 1024x768

ebpda9 · 09-06-2005, 08:52 PM

get some better glasses

Racing Rice · 09-19-2005, 09:32 AM

Get a larger monitor Steve. 14 inch monitors are so yesterday.

blind34_1 · 10-03-2005, 08:16 PM

a bigger monitor helps. If its an LCD, you need to run it at its native resolution. It will show up the clearest, and be easiest on your eyes.

Over time, you will adjust to everything being small.

800x600 is the absolute minimum that anybody should run, and is the default resolution that winxp starts with. 1024x768 is what most people are happy with. I personally like 1280x1024. For resolutions much higher than 1024x768, you may have issues. Your video card needs to support it, as well as your monitor.

To answer your question, invest in a larger monitor...19" at least. Running at 1024x768 should be less painful then.

*AzCivic* · 10-04-2005, 12:05 AM

steve, try 1600x1200 its alot easier to see.

09-06-2005, 05:52 AM	#1
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 44 Posts: 7,451	Resolution Ok...so I'm currently running what I'm guessing is pretty out of date resolution on my monitor. I use 800x600. I've got so many programs that when I go to Start--->All Programs, I don't even see them all. I like the idea of using the 1024x768 resolution setting, but everything looks so fucking small. Is there any way to set up the computer to view 1024x768 so it doesn't look like it's a mile away? It's nice having an LCD monitor...but what's the point if I can't see anything without squinting? __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika

09-06-2005, 08:52 PM	#3
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 45 Posts: 17,266	get some better glasses __________________

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09-06-2005, 07:22 PM	#2
drdingo21 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Elkhart, IN Age: 42 Posts: 1,642	You will adjust too it. Switch it too 1024x768

10-03-2005, 08:16 PM	#5
blind34_1 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: IL Age: 41 Posts: 1,813	a bigger monitor helps. If its an LCD, you need to run it at its native resolution. It will show up the clearest, and be easiest on your eyes. Over time, you will adjust to everything being small. 800x600 is the absolute minimum that anybody should run, and is the default resolution that winxp starts with. 1024x768 is what most people are happy with. I personally like 1280x1024. For resolutions much higher than 1024x768, you may have issues. Your video card needs to support it, as well as your monitor. To answer your question, invest in a larger monitor...19" at least. Running at 1024x768 should be less painful then.

10-04-2005, 12:05 AM	#6
AzCivic Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Az Age: 44 Posts: 3,804	steve, try 1600x1200 its alot easier to see.