On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:07:16 -0500
Duaine Hechler
No, I don't fully understand this because:
a) Yes, I understand aspect ratios
b) I've been running 1024x768 for about 5 or more years
c) The monitor is not emulating anything. When I hit the monitors settings button, it says that it is displaying at 1024 x 768, although it says "Optimum" 1280 x 1024. So the monitor is displaying what it's set for.
d) Everything seems to be displayed correctly - circles are circles and squares are squares - so nothing is getting "stretched"
Duaine
Hi Duaine, Then you have a 'multisync' style monitor; one designed to handle a range of standard display inputs (i.e. VGA, SVGA, XGA and so on.) The "optimum" setting says the best performing (or "native") mode is SXGA, 1,280 x 1,024. This basically means that's the mode that uses the full 5:4 active display area. Since you're running it at a lower resolution, XGA, the scenario "b" that I described earlier is in play. Bottom line? If you're happy with your current settings by all means keep them. If you're doing digital photography or other "serious" graphics work, you might want to think about checking out the "optimum" mode with a lower DPI if items on the screen get too small. regards, Carl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org