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    Widescreen at ~800x600

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by giantgreengoat, Nov 30, 2006.

  1. giantgreengoat

    giantgreengoat Newbie

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    I have a widescreen laptop, but hate running at 1280x800. I tried 800x600 because I like the faster response and battery life, but everything stretched out and ugly. Is there a low res widescreen that is both fast and maintains aspect ratio? Thanks
     
    giantgreengoat, Nov 30, 2006
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  2. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    why dont you run it in Window mode, rather than fullscreen.
     
    Gophn, Nov 30, 2006
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    Lysander AFK, raid time.

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    I think he means the desktop itself. You could try 1024x640 resolution, and see how that goes.
     
    Lysander, Nov 30, 2006
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    When I deselect "Scale image to window size" I get a really clean and very small, postcard size OS window. Not too usable. I just wish there was a 1056x632 or something. I lose aspect ratio with your suggestion. I've had a Zire and I've seen many different screens do many different size and maintain aspect ratios. I guess it bothers me that that my 15.5" widescreen HAS TO be at 1280x800, especially since I notice things are moving faster and my battery lasts longer at the lower resolutions. Drives me mental.
     
    giantgreengoat, Nov 30, 2006
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    Sylvain, yea, something like that. Only I don't see a place to enter that. I'm using a Radeon 9600. Any suggestions?
     
    giantgreengoat, Nov 30, 2006
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    giantgreengoat Newbie

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    ...then I saw your sig. I'm not sure I can set something like that in Windoze. Sure in Ubuntu there is the cfree86 file I can add the res to, but I don't recall something like that in Windows. Man, if my wifi Broadcom would work in Ubuntu none of this would be a problem and my quality of life would go way up.
     
    giantgreengoat, Dec 1, 2006
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    dragonrage Notebook Consultant

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    You can add custom resolutions. nVidia drivers and Powerstrip (program) are two possible ways to do so.

    892x576 will keep the aspect ratio.
     
    dragonrage, Dec 1, 2006
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    ndiwsrapper? I used to have a M6805 that had a broadcom wireless that I'd use under Linux. Didn't work well, but it worked alright at least.
     
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    Ok, I got Powerstrip and I tried 892x576. My visible range is beyond the screen now, sort of like a virtual desktop. It looks great, but is sort of impractical. Is there a way I could get this nice not stretched out look and keep the desktop to the screen size? I am may be dreaming...
     
    giantgreengoat, Jan 1, 2007
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    moon angel Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    is 640*400 possible?
     
    moon angel, Jan 1, 2007
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  11. giantgreengoat

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    It worked. Its HUGE. heh, talk about a beast.

    I'll give it a run for a bit. lol, thanks!
     
    giantgreengoat, Jan 1, 2007
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    I used 800x600 for years, then I got a widescreen monitor. To maintain aspect ratio I had to use 1280x800, I did not like that.

    After messing around I discovered I was able to create a custom resolution of 1024x600, this looked like what I was used to on account of the x600, only it was widescreen. It looked as if it was correct aspect ration too.

    So, give it a try, you might like it.

    Cheers,
    Craig
     
    spystyle, Nov 24, 2007
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