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Old June 28th, 2008   #6 (permalink)
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Default Re: Display aspect ratio

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Originally Posted by RAYMOND View Post
well, looks like res is the answer

however my screen is 14 x 9 (not that huge i guess)
but the res setting 1280 x 1024
which is not the same ratio.

not sure how one get ratio's the same
which would make squares squares

r

Sounds like a hardware problem. What brand is your monitor? Normally, you don't need to install driver for monitor - it should just work properly out of box, let you pick the correct resolution. If you have a wide screen monitor, set it to the HIGHEST NATIVE RESOLUTION (should be in your monitor manual under hardware specification section).


Basically, it sounds like you have a wide screen monitor, but you run it in the incorrect 4:3 resolution hence it makes circle looks like ellipse. If you set it to the correct native resolution (either 16:9 or 16:10), it should be the proper perfect circle, and square will be square.


Some proper 16:9 resolutions :

1280 × 720
1366 × 768

Some proper 16:10 resolutions :

1280 × 800
1440 × 900
1680 × 1050
1920 × 1200
2560 × 1600


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_display_standard
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