Just got a FW900, need help please.

[the496rocket]

Just got a sony FW900 24" wide crt, It is actually a 16x9 display instead of the 16x10 lcd, and my video card only supports 16x10 resolutions, so at those resolutions, my circles and squares are too tall. I have a Radeon X850xt nd there are no 16x9 resolutions available. I need 1600x1024, but theres no option, I know may people have these awesome monitors, and there must be a solution, I have tried powerstrip, and I can get 1600x1024, but the sides are cut off, I also tried rage3d tweak and cant get it to work. Please can anyone offer help.

 

[realzeus]

I think that by installing the monitor drivers your problem will be solved. If you haven't got a CD, try downloading them or selecting that particular monitor in the relevant menu at the control panel.

 

[Coconust]

I'm sure this reply is way too late to be of help to the original poster, but I wanted to clarify that the FW-900 (and the sister HP A7217A) does indeed have a 16 x 10 aspect ratio. This is the reason that the recommended resolution is 1920 x 1200, whereas the 16 x 9 ratio such as for HD is 1920 x 1080.

I know this because I have owned 5 of them myself :>

P.S. It may sound obvious, but make sure that the screen is stretched to fill the entire viewing area for 16 x 10 resolutions to avoid squares turning into rectangles. If you are displaying a normal 4:3 resolution such as 1280 x 960 or 1600 x 1200, you will need to leave blank space on either side of the screen to avoid rectangling, either eyeballing squaredness, or using a ruler on the screen.

 

[Xarbat]

Rocket: what video card are you using?

Coco: Why did you own 5 of them?