Surface Book with Asus Widescreen Monitor

[scottynz]

I just bought a new MS Surface Book (Res: 3000x2000) and am trying to use it with my Asus PB298 monitor (Res: 2560x1080).

I can't seem to get this working correctly. I either get a stretched image or one that uses only part of the screen. It's a widescreen monitor.

I've tried using Custom Resolution Utility, but to no avail.

Can anyone walk me through this? Thanks!

 

[johnb35]

Use the video software and change the overscan option. If you don't have that option then its probably a monitor setting that has to be changed.

 

[1shado1]

You must have a fetish for odd resolutions. First off, your ASUS isn't a standard widescreen (16:9) monitor, it's an extra-wide (21:9) monitor. And the Surface Book isn't 16:9 either. Maybe I'm confused, but I think extra-wide monitors like your ASUS are meant to be used with 2 windows side by side, not to have one window stretched to fill the entire width of the screen. Although I could be mistaken, as I'm not experienced with such wide monitors. My confusion comes in wondering how the same image is supposed to fill and look natural on two different aspect ratio displays at the same time...

 

[scottynz]

I understand your confusion! I bought this monitor for image editing more than anything else. It allows for a large image at the centre of the screen, with all the tool bars, histograms, libraries etc displayed at the sides. It's also great for displaying 2 programs at once (eg. Photoshop and a web page). The whole point is that I DON'T want it to stretch. With my old computer, I had it set so that web pages displayed correctly (un-stretched), just with more blank space. I will dig out the old PC, and see if I can figure out what the settings there were.
John, I have no clue what you mean regarding video software and overscan, but you're right, maybe I'm focusing on fixing the problem from the computer's display settings, when the answer is potentially in the monitor settings.

 

[1shado1]

Many thanks for the explanation! I now "get" exactly what you're trying to accomplish. Unfortunately, I'm still an idiot without a solution for you. Sorry.

 

[johnb35]

John, I have no clue what you mean regarding video software and overscan, but you're right, maybe I'm focusing on fixing the problem from the computer's display settings, when the answer is potentially in the monitor settings.

You should have a program that runs the graphic properties of the video card you are using. Nvidia, Intel, or AMD. Somewhere in their settings should be an overscan/underscan setting similar to this image.