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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: maxstang on December 29, 2004, 11:56:13 pm

Title: Display size smaller with new video card/driver
Post by: maxstang on December 29, 2004, 11:56:13 pm

Installed my fancy new Radeon 9200 in XP.  When XP was driving the monitor (before I installed the driver) the picture filled the screen.  After the driver I have a unused black box around the displayed picture. I tried adjusting the resolution and the "size" in the Advanced tab of the display driver but it still doesn't fit the screen fully.  I even updated the driver using the newest from the ATI site (which included rotation, cool), but to no avail.  Any ideas?

Title: Re: Display size smaller with new video card/driver
Post by: markb on December 30, 2004, 05:19:31 am

Is it possible to adjust the size on your monitor? When i installed my 9200 I had the same problem and had to manually adjust the monitor.

Title: Re: Display size smaller with new video card/driver
Post by: maxstang on December 30, 2004, 11:18:20 am

Thanks for the response.  I'll have to try that again.  I did that once before but found that the picture became fuzzy when I adjusted the size manually.  I just wonder why the difference between the default windows driver and the ATI one. 

Title: Re: Display size smaller with new video card/driver
Post by: maxstang on January 02, 2005, 01:06:46 pm

Figured it out.  In 16 bit color the screen is full sized.  Apparently this monitor can't handle 32 bit color in the full screen mode.