how do I get my new monitor to display 1440 x 900 resolution ?

[Speedy_Gonzales]

I bought a Westinghouse 19 " widescreen monitor. when I set it to display the optimum 1440 x 900 my text is real small

I changed the DPI to 120 but the fonts are still small

[Capn Hook]

If you set the PC setting to 1440 x 900, the monitor is displaying the optimum 1440 x 900 resolution.

[Speedy_Gonzales]

If you set the PC setting to 1440 x 900, the monitor is displaying the optimum 1440 x 900 resolution.

I worded my qustion wrong.............when I do set it to 1440 x 900 my text is way to small, how do I fix that ?

[Danger731]

go to control panel - display, XP or vista ?

[Danger731]

VISTA is start - contol panel - appearance and personalization, then scroll down to change resolution.

[Speedy_Gonzales]

go to control panel - display, XP or vista ?

I have XP................I have tried changing font size but still on some pages the fonts are small

[Speedy_Gonzales]

1280x720 is what I dropped it to for normal font size...........guess my video card is not the latest

[86 IROC-Z]

What size/resolution monitor were you using before?

On a same-sized monitor, the higher the resolution, the smaller everything will appear.

Example:
I run my display at 1680x1050.
At that resolution, if I hold a ruler up to the screen, my start button is 5/16" tall, and my instant messenger window is 5.5" tall.
If I change it down to 800x600, the start button and instant messenger window are still displaying at the same amount of pixels each and are both unchanged, but using the ruler again, the start button is 5/8" tall and the IM window is 9.75" tall.

Hope that helped explain.

[Speedy_Gonzales]

What size/resolution monitor were you using before?

On a same-sized monitor, the higher the resolution, the smaller everything will appear.

Example:
I run my display at 1680x1050.
At that resolution, if I hold a ruler up to the screen, my start button is 5/16" tall, and my instant messenger window is 5.5" tall.
If I change it down to 800x600, the start button and instant messenger window are still displaying at the same amount of pixels each and are both unchanged, but using the ruler again, the start button is 5/8" tall and the IM window is 9.75" tall.

Hope that helped explain.

my old monitor was a 17" @ 1024x768

[86 IROC-Z]

Yeah, it will look smaller.

You can run it at 1440x900 and still change the font size:

Right click your desktop, and click on properties. In the display window, click the Appearance tab. Near the bottom will be a drop down list titled "Font Size". The default is "Normal", but you have options for "Large Fonts" and "Extra Large Fonts."

[Speedy_Gonzales]

Yeah, it will look smaller.

You can run it at 1440x900 and still change the font size:

Right click your desktop, and click on properties. In the display window, click the Appearance tab. Near the bottom will be a drop down list titled "Font Size". The default is "Normal", but you have options for "Large Fonts" and "Extra Large Fonts."

I tried that and while it changed the font sizes on some things , places like this site the fonts were small.......does widescreen have any effect on it ?

[86 IROC-Z]

I tried that and while it changed the font sizes on some things , places like this site the fonts were small.......does widescreen have any effect on it ?

No, the widescreen wouldn't have that effect, its just the resolution. I don't know how to change the size on this web site, but a trick that works on others is this: Go to www.google.com (for an example) and hold the Ctrl key, and scroll you mouse wheel. It should change the size of the fonts on the website.

[Speedy_Gonzales]

No, the widescreen wouldn't have that effect, its just the resolution. I don't know how to change the size on this web site, but a trick that works on others is this: Go to www.google.com (for an example) and hold the Ctrl key, and scroll you mouse wheel. It should change the size of the fonts on the website.

cool trick man it works here also..........I will change the resolution and that try that trick....thanks

[Speedy_Gonzales]

No, the widescreen wouldn't have that effect, its just the resolution. I don't know how to change the size on this web site, but a trick that works on others is this: Go to www.google.com (for an example) and hold the Ctrl key, and scroll you mouse wheel. It should change the size of the fonts on the website.

thank you sir that made it work........I owe you one. man my picture is so clear now

[86 IROC-Z]

[Knighthawk LS1]

just wondering what type of video card do you have? I have the same resolution with an 8800gts GPU and text is crisp and clear

[Speedy_Gonzales]

just wondering what type of video card do you have? I have the same resolution with an 8800gts GPU and text is crisp and clear

my pc is 4 years old..........NVIDIA GeFORCE FX 5200..........it was clear b4 but now movies are like HD quality