What is the best screen resolution for Windows XP?

Question

My pictures seem to be distorted and thought it might have something to do with the resolution.

Answer 1

It really depends on the native resolution of your video card and monintor. Video cards can only support up to certain resolution; same goes for monitors. I would suggest that you have the latest video card drivers installed for your card video card.

If you're not sure what kind of video card you have, you should be able to get some information from Device Manager: Under Control Panel, go to System, click over to the Hardware Tab, Click the device manager, and go to Display Adapters (or Video - I forget which for XP).

Also, you might want to play with it and try different resolutions to see what looks best to you: Under control panel, go to Display, click over to the Settings Tab - should give you the available resolutions and allow you to preview each one of them.

You might also want to see if you can determine the manufacturer & make or your monitor and from there, do some research online to see if you can find the native resolution. After that, chekc to see if your video card supports it (ie - if you can set it in your display properties).

Answer 2

Best resolution for your Windows XP system, is the highest resolution supported by your video card and monitor. while some machines do great at 800x600 and others at 1024x768, there are others that can go higher (specifically those people with larger monitors). Another thing to consider as far as sharpness is changing the color quality, some monitors are set at 16 bit you can get significant improvement by changing it to 32 bit, etc. And last but not the least, change the refresh rate of the montor to at least 72 hz this reduces eye strain. All these settings have a 15 minute preview for you to decide if it works or not.

Answer 3

"Resolution" is really a bit of a catch-all, in that at least two things affect what you will see. The resolution is the number of pixels both vertically and horizontally that the desktop displays at. So 1024x768 is the number of pixels wide x high. But notice that this makes a certain dimension to it: when reduced to the lowest common numerator/denominator, it is 4/3. This is the aspect ratio, 4:3.

My monitor uses 1280x1024 which comes to 5:4. If the aspect ratio of the pic does not match the aspect ratio of the monitor there may be distortion - too narrow, too wide ....

So whatever the 'resolution' be sure that it matches the aspect ratio of your monitor.

Answer 4

If you have a 17 inch or larger monitor- 1024 x 768

Answer 5

To replace the motive force, assuming you're on an information superhighway connection, follow those instructions: initiate Button->administration Panel->gadget->second Tab->gadget manager. Then there might want to be a yellow question mark/mistakes signal, I overlook which, and also you accurate click it, and hit replace My Drivers, or something alongside those lines. If this does no longer paintings, you ought to ensure what images card you've and obtain the motive force manually.

Answer 6

1024

Answer 7

Depends on what you find comfortable, and what your graphics card and monitor allow. My ould peepers aren't the best, so I use 800x600 on a 20".

Answer 8

i also used window xp i used 800 by 600 it is great and the color i choose is high color you try it

Answer 9

Minimum 1024x768... but I use 1280x1024, and text is a wee bit too small

Answer 10

depends on the size of your monitor