GMan, The widescreen wasn't mine. I ordered it for my son's Christmas present, and tried it out for a few hours. I saw it wasn't my cup of tea and bought a regular 19" LCD, which I'm happier with. Anyway it's a moot point to me now, since you helped me build a better computer this spring, that has a good video card. Jo Ann GuitarMan wrote: > Jo Ann, > That is definitely one of the limitations of integrated video. It > simply cannot keep up with larger, more high quality screens. You might > want to consider saving up for at least a budget card (< $100 USD) to > alleviate that problem. Even one of today's budget cards will allow better > resolutions for your monitor than integrated graphics. :O) > > Peace, > GMan > > "The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked!" > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jo Ann" <bookworm54@xxxxxxx> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 6:18 PM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: LCD Guru's - what about this monitor? > > >> GMan, >> >> I tried to adjust my resolution to what the monitor suggested, but my >> built in video was apparently incapable of it, so I got as close as I >> could. Also because of the greater width, but lesser height, it seemed >> smaller than my 19" CRT. >> >> Jo Ann > -- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/