I bought a DVI-D cable so I could have my 360 hooked up to my Dell 2000FP at the same time as my PC and I could flip between them. Well just for s***s and giggles I cranked up the resolution. Previously, using a VGA cable, my monitor would only go up to 1280x1024 (It's listed max resolution) without turning the screen off or what-have-you. Now, with the DVI cable I have the monitor at 1600x1200 and it's not having any problems. Is there a reason for this?
It could be the video card. On the box of mine it specifies a max resolution for DVI and VGA and they are both different, not by much, but still different.
A VGA cable can easily support 1600x1200, not really sure what's going on with yours :shock: PwningStick
It's not the cable, it's the monitor. The monitor's max res. is 1280 x 1024, and I was unable to go above that with VGA. I'm now using DVI and it's working at 1600x1200.
[QUOTE="PwningStick"]A VGA cable can easily support 1600x1200, not really sure what's going on with yours :shock: The_Fell_One
It's not the cable, it's the monitor. The monitor's max res. is 1280 x 1024, and I was unable to go above that with VGA. I'm now using DVI and it's working at 1600x1200. 1600x1200 is the monitors max and native resolution. What could have happened was you were using a VGA cable and Windows detected it as a Generic Plug and Play monitor and that limited the resolution, then you switched to DVI and Windows detected it as a Dell 2000FS and knew what resolutions it could display and therefore let you choose 1600x1200.
The graphical resolution may be getting downsampled to 1280x1024 when it hits your monitor, that's all I can think of, since it appears you have a flat-screen since majority of them run 1280x1024 as their highest (as well as native) rez.
The graphical resolution may be getting downsampled to 1280x1024 when it hits your monitor, that's all I can think of, since it appears you have a flat-screen since majority of them run 1280x1024 as their highest (as well as native) rez.Genexi2
No, I just checked. Switched between 1280 and 1600 and they are definitely different resolutions. And to Large_Soda: it still detects it as plug and play, but you're right the max res. is 1600x1200. My mistake.
When you run over VGA, the computer cannot tell what the max resolution of your monitor is. The monitor driver is responsible for telling your computer what video modes (resolution and refresh combinations) your monitor supports. If you do not have the correct driver loaded for your monitor, the OS will make an assumption about what you can and can't support.
When you run over DVI, the video card can query the monitor for a list of supported modes. Your display setting choices will reflect this.
To run at 1600x1200 over VGA, find the appropriate monitor driver on Dell's site.
I have to assume (since you didnt say) that you are using a KVM switch. This could be your problem. Some switches dont like it when one device is on one rez and the other is diferent. The switch can "lockup" when dealing with VGA to DVI conversion between differnt resolutions because of the refresh rate. Mix in a LCD (which doesnt use refresh rates) and the poor switch get lost in the fray. They only think you can do is to power scycle the switch which normaly means powering off (or unhooking) all the connected devices (and unplugh the power cord to the switch if it uses one) and waiting a minute, then redoing it all. Give us a bit more info on how you hooked it up.
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