Computer help- widescreen monitor issues

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 5:50 pm

Day after thanksgiving I bought a 20.1" Widescreen monitor.

Its taken awhile to get used to the tft type display over the normal screen Ive been sued to forever.

My biggest issue with it is about the widescreen. It stretches/distorts things. THis is very aggitating when you do CAD work. Your circles are not circles.

Is there a way to disable the wide screen option?

Or am I screwed with this monitor?

Im highly considering ditching it for a normal aspect monitor.

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 5:58 pm

ahh the wide screen cad issues lol. ill talk to my buddy tomorrow and see what i can figure out.

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 6:31 pm

just make sure you have your resolution set for the correct pixel aspect ratio and you should be fine.

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 2:14 pm

1680x1050 ?

solacedagony · Post by **solacedagony** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 3:00 pm

You'll have to see what resolutions your vid card will support. There possibly could be a setting in your CAD program to make sure your have the right aspect ratio.
According to my math (1680*9/16), if you were 1680 wide, you'd be 945 high (in 16x9 widescreen).

geolemon · Post by **geolemon** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 6:17 pm

Ryan from Ohio wrote:Day after thanksgiving I bought a 20.1" Widescreen monitor.
Its taken awhile to get used to the tft type display over the normal screen Ive been sued to forever.
My biggest issue with it is about the widescreen. It stretches/distorts things. THis is very aggitating when you do CAD work. Your circles are not circles.
Is there a way to disable the wide screen option?
Or am I screwed with this monitor?
Im highly considering ditching it for a normal aspect monitor.

It sounds to me like your video card simply doesn't support the aspect ratio of that monitor.

My laptop is also a widescreen format - but inherently of course (since everything is built in) the laptop supports the wider format...
By that I mean on this laptop I'm not running a 1280x1024 resolution, but rather I'm currently running a 1280x800, and having the option of running 1280x768, 1280x720, and 1280x600 - not to mention a few options at the 1024 level if I needed reading glasses. ] without upgrading or updating the software [or settings].

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 6:52 pm

this is why i dont do computers, i have a guy i call and he fixes this kinda crap for me

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:49 pm

ya thats probably the issue...

Seems I need a vid card capable of 1280x800. Mine can do 180X768, which I just switched it to. Much better, but not accurate yet... Its as close as mine can get...

blah, guess I need a new vid card

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:03 pm

Also make sure you are using the monitor drivers too. That will help sometimes.

theformat · Post by **theformat** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:07 pm

Ryan from Ohio wrote:1680x1050 ?

your going to need a hefty video card around 150$ ++ to get good support for that resolution if your playing vid games ( some expertise here ) other than that... pick a resolution you like and adjust the screen there shouldnt be any problems
also low end ghx cards wont support that... my x800xt wont even go that high : / its a medium ghx card