Max Res. Mobility Radeon 9600?

[danrow_99]

My laptop has a Mobility Radeon 9600. I'm thinking of upgrading my trusty old 17" TFT so I was wondering what the max res. my graphics card will handle is.
Also, is it worth getting a monitor with a higher native resolution for future-proofing, or will running that at a lower than optimal resolution give apretty poor display?

Any advice much appreciated as always.

 

[manjuice]

My laptop has a Mobility Radeon 9600. I'm thinking of upgrading my trusty old 17" TFT so I was wondering what the max res. my graphics card will handle is.
Also, is it worth getting a monitor with a higher native resolution for future-proofing, or will running that at a lower than optimal resolution give apretty poor display?

Any advice much appreciated as always.

Max = 2048 x 1536 60 Hz
It should depend on the optimal resolution of the monitor.

 

[danrow_99]

Max = 2048 x 1536 60 Hz
It should depend on the optimal resolution of the monitor.

Thanks for that.
Is 2048 x 1536 definitely the max. res for the 32MB version of my card then, I didn't realise it was so high!?
Should be OK for a widescreen (e.g. 1680 x 1050) monitor then (obviously I'm not expecting great 3d performance at the higher res. mainly Photoshop)?

 

[manjuice]

Thanks for that.
Is 2048 x 1536 definitely the max. res for the 32MB version of my card then, I didn't realise it was so high!?
Should be OK for a widescreen (e.g. 1680 x 1050) monitor then (obviously I'm not expecting great 3d performance at the higher res. mainly Photoshop)?

http://ati.amd.com/products/MobilityRadeon9600/features.html

1680 x 1050 will be fine, providing monitor supports this.

 

[danrow_99]

http://ati.amd.com/products/MobilityRadeon9600/features.html

1680 x 1050 will be fine, providing monitor supports this.

It seems that this isn't the case. I've installed the drivers for my new Xerox XM3-22wB Monitor and the max res. available seems to be 1280x768.

The monitor can do 1680x1050, but I don't get that as an option in Display Properties/Settings/

In fact, I don't see any widescreen ratios offered even in the 'advanced' menu.

Any hints?

 

[Alexrose1uk]

Try downloading the Omegadrive modified Catalysts, they can sometimes be a little more flexible on that side of things than the more official 'safe' drivers.

 

[danrow_99]

Try downloading the Omegadrive modified Catalysts, they can sometimes be a little more flexible on that side of things than the more official 'safe' drivers.

Where can I get these from?
Thanks for the advice by the way.

 

[Alexrose1uk]

www.omegadrivers.net I think it is. Omega Drivers can be googled easy though

If those drivers dont sort out the res issue, then its definately an issue with the monitor driver, and you may need to use a program to create a custom res (1680x1050@60Hz)