question about a monitor and a video card

[capapasmiki]

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my current 17" monitor max resolution is 1280x800 supposedly i bought a hd 4870 can i go beyond my monitor's max resolution?

[yugi]

17' is usually 1280 X 800 pero depende jud na sa monitor. I saw some monitor nga kaya niya ang mas pino pa..pero thats the standard.

[capapasmiki]

but can the video card make the resolution bigger?

[jayr168]

but can the video card make the resolution bigger?

For LCD Monitors:

The video card can output at a higher resolution but your monitor cannot display it if you go beyond its native resolution (1280x800 in this case) so the monitor downscales (resize) the image to its native resolution and displays it.

so theres no point in going beyond the native resolution of your monitor other than adding load to your pc expecially noticeable in gaming.

For CRTs might be similar but almost all modern crt display some message (e.g. "out of scan") and cannot display your image if you go beyond its max supported resolution.

[sakura437]

mu out of range nana cya kung malapas naka sa range....

[yugi]

sakto! meaning unsa ma kaya sa monitor nimo mao rana iya ma display! I hope this is clear!

[capapasmiki]

thx sa answers T_T mu palit na jud diay q ug monitor buto nasad bulsa

[isaacrobot]

ok rana bro, playing at your max resulotion is fine(personal choice nako)

going for larger resulotion like 1900x1200 is best with xfire hehehe

pang eyecandy lang na pero if naa ka wawarts why not