I needed a bigger monitor both for desk space reasons and deteriorating eyesight, so I got a nice 22" Samsung SyncMaster 22wm monitor. After plugging in the machine and installing the default driver, the images on the screen are stretched laterally. I'm working off an older machine, a Compaq Presario 6000 apparently with a graphics element from S3, their registry name S3 Graphics PRoSavageDDR. After running a utility to view further details on its graphics capability, I take it that this device supports AGP v.2.0, 4x speeds, 66 MHz PCI. The GPU ID is 5333 8D04 (for what that's worth). Anyway, I'm wondering if buying some fancy graphics card or something will solve the problem. Do I have to junk the older computer? (I'm in the process of getting new RAM memory for this one, and have everything installed on it, and it runs XP okay, so I'm reluctant to have to start over again.) Any thoughts on what my strategies might best be at this point? Thanks in advance, you savants!
2007-11-26
01:55:57
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