My question is about native LCD resolutions. It's my understanding that if you run an LCD monitor outside of it's native or recommended resolution the picture will look terrible. So say for example I am running an LCD at it's recommended resolution of 1920 x 1200. Will most games and applications in Vista support that resolution? I haven't been able to play the new games for about a year or two because my current PC is a dinosaur and I am not familiar with what games are running or even have as options. I know that PC gamer runs their benchmarks at 1600 x 1200, but that is well below the high end LCD's recommended resolutions. So I'm kind of out of the loop. For reference I'm looking at a 512mb 8800 series video card and a 1080p LCD.
LCD resolutions and video card resolutions?
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Geoff
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If you run an LCD at anything other then it's native resolution, it won't look terrible, however you will notice a decrease in clarity and sharpness, especially when looking at text.
Vista and most newer games support those resolutions, although it's really up to your video card whether it supports it and if it can play games at those resoltuions.
BTW, greetings from NH
Vista and most newer games support those resolutions, although it's really up to your video card whether it supports it and if it can play games at those resoltuions.
BTW, greetings from NH
if you play a game at lower resolutions than your monitor's native resolution it shouldn't make a HUGE difference. the most noticeable difference is when you run your monitor outside of its normal settings when on the desktop, outside of games. games will look better at the native resolution, but the gpu also has a lot more to process at higher resolutions.