A solution to non native blur on TFTs

Just an idea.

Why don't I have the option to keep a 1:1 screen resolution to screen pixels ratio at lower resolutions. Granted the picture would get smaller but if it's centred with a black border it would still look good. It's an option and seems logical for gaming on a 20-24" TFT where there is little hope of running games native with anything but the latest hardware. As games get more graphically intense you may have to drop the resolution anyway even with the latest hardware. I want to know if it's possible.

i've seen some laptops which do just that when run in non-native resolutions rather than blurring but yes, never seen a desktop TFT do that. I agree that would be a nice option.

That said, my 17" monitor runs natively (like pretty much all 17" tfts) at 1280x1024, it still looks fine dropped to 1024x768. I have a pair of Dell 17" TFTs on my PC at work which look pretty bad when run at 1024x768 tho...

My desktop TFTs both have that option, I assumed it was a standard feature.

what makes and models of TFTs are they Butcher? I think quite a few folks would probably appreciate knowing a couple of TFT's they can get with that option when looking for a TFT...

NEC1810 and NEC1860NX. Not sure if either are still in production but I guess a similar model would have the feature.

A Samsung SM151P which is somewhere in our house has this feature. Again I assumed it was a standard thing.

It's a standard thing in the Nvidia driver control panel - centred output (pixel 2 pixel) or monitor scaling (stretch).

I'm sure ATI have a similar option (don't have an ATI card so can't say for definite).

Never used the gfx card thing for it, I use the monitor's OSD to adjust the setting.

thats what i love about the hexus forums - a little browsing, maybe a casual post or two, suddenly you find answers to problems you didn't even know you had! :)

cheers all, will be thoroughly examining catalyst later on.