Un-published refresh rate on AIW 9800! 1400 X 1050

[MoreGooder]

I have an AIW 9800 Pro, (water cooled baby!) and older model 19" CRT, Hitachi SuperSCan Elite 751. Anyway, I was playing around with the program called PowerStrip and discovered that you can create custom resolutions. One of them was 1400 X 1050 pixels.

I also discovered that 1280 X 1024 is not a natural looking resolution. Draw a circle in Photoshop or Paint or whatever, then actually put something circular on your screen and you'll see what I'm talking about. 1280 X 960 is more natural, and if you do a calculation that is 1280/960 = 1.33333 in ratio. 1600 X 1200 is also 1.3333, but my old monitor will not do anything better than 72 Hz refresh on that mode. (ick!)

And....... 1400 X 1050 is ALSO a 1.333 ratio, and for my monitor it refreshes at 85 Hz! So you get a more naturally proportioned image, at a decent refresh rate and an outstanding resolution.

So, if you have a 9800 series and want another resolution to try between the usual 1280 X 960/1024 and 1600 X 1200 see if you can use 1400 X 1050! I've been using this setup for months now with no problems whatsoever. Even the TV mode of the AIW works with it.

I can't say if this will work with previous version of ATI cards or with your monitor, but no harm in trying them out! Just be careful not to push your monitor out of its specs for pixel rate.

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[tom10167]

1280 1024 is fine for a lot of LCDS just by the nature of their shape, there was a hefty topic on that a few weeks ago. Nice find, though. How'd you hear about the program?

 

[Wicked Klown]

Alot of people here use PowerStrip to overclock their video card. They also use it for custom res and refresh rates.

 

[PreservedSwine]

I like this resolution as well, but don't like like tweakers, you can enable it in BF1942 by editing the game file as well

 

[Th0r]

Can someone work out how i can higher than 1024x786 without loosing 85hz??? My eyes start hurting at 80Hz... 60Hz is just a joke...

 

[MoreGooder]

Have you tried the Powerstrip program? You might be able to tweek it up a bit higher with that. You might also see what 1280 X 960 gives you (a more natural lengthXwidth ratio IMHO) Your limitation is really set by pixel rate pumped out of the graphics card and into your monitor. Which is the bottleneck? The Hercules 3D Prophet or your Monitor?

 

[Th0r]

Yes i have been using PowerStrip, i have been using it for the last 2 years... 1280x 960 gives me 75hz.... I am not sure what is the bottleneck on my system

 

[MoreGooder]

Have you checked the specs on your Hercules and on your particular monitor? Whichever one is lowest will be the bottleneck of course. If that is a newer video card my bet is that it is your monitor.

 

[Th0r]

Yeah its this monitor... O well it was worth a try... thanks...

 

[DayUSeX]

very cool nice find. I gotta give that a try though i kinda like my 1600x1200 =P