how to change to widescreen resolution?

[sarta]

On my laptop, under display properties->settings, all of the resolutions are 4x3 aspect ratios.

If I hook up a widescreen monitor to my computer, how do I set the resolution to a widescreen aspect ratio?

I have already tried hooking up a 16x9 digital projector to the vga port, which I was hoping would appear to look like a widescreen monitor to windows, but still all resolutions are 4x3 ratios.

 

[paparazi]

This may be resolved by installing newer VGA drivers.
Hopfully these newer drivers will provide "modern" widesrceen resolution options.

Martin

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[sarta]

When you say new VGA drivers, are you talking about drivers for the MONITOR or the GRAPHICS ADAPTOR?
thanks!

 

[paparazi]

I'm talking about the built in graphics card/adapter in the laptop.
You will be able to download these from your laptop manufacturers website OR if you can determine the chipset used on the motherboard? ie: SIS, Intel, ATI etc then go direct to the chipset manufacturers website for the very latest available.
Martin




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[fizzak]

Odds are your laptops ext vga does not support widescreen 16:9. Will probably stretch a 4:3 image.

 

[jlphoto]

I have a radion 9250 and I have an older wide screen compaq monitor (1997) the screen is streched.

I tried to download an updated driver from the ATI-AMD site but I got a message that the download was prohibited.

If I find someone with the right driver will that fix my problem?


I have never seen a worse tech support site.

 

[jlphoto]

by worse tech-support site i mean ATI-AMD not this forum.

just wanted to be clear