[Tommy Hayes]

Hello,

May I ask the following?

Yesterday I installed a (new) Geforce 6600GT in my PC (from Club3D, AGP version). I installed the driver (77.xx, if I remember correctly by heart) from the CD-rom that came with the card.

Everything works fine - but I wonder why I can't set the screen resolution higher than 1024x768... A friend of mine has only "on-board video", and he can set his screen at higher resolutions than me.

Is it because of my monitor - a 15-inch flat screen monitor from HP, model L1520 - or because my monitor is attached via the VGA connection (I don't have a DVI cable)?

Surely, a card like this one can do better? So, what is the "issue" here?.

-Tommy

[cajalat]

You're on target. It is EXACTLY because of your flat screen without a doubt. In order to go for the higher resolutions you need to have a monitor that is capable of handling the resolution AND refresh rate.

The opposite is also true... if you have a high end monitor that can handle 1280x1024 but your video card only is capable of putting out 1024x768 then 1024x768 is the best you'll get.

Casey

[Tommy Hayes]

So, the monitor is just as important as the video card? I wasn't aware of that...

You have taught me something I didn't know... Thank you, Casey.

-Tommy

[ScottGem]

Just to add, With LCD monitors there is a "native resolution". This is because an LCD is composed of a matrix of pixels. A 15" monitor is small by today's standards and yours has a native resolution of 1024x768.