What Resolution Do You Run?

[echidna]

I keep meeting people who use their PCs extensively and still insist on using 800 x 600 pixel res!
self sabotaging ludites using product like photoshop/illustrator and protools which have way too many tool palets
i run 1280 x 1024 on a crap sampo alphascan 17 inch [i'd run higher on a better display]
and use up to 1600 x 1200 + 1024 x 768 on Mac using quark and BBedit
i of course design with 800 X 600 or less in mind for http, which is a real drag [but good for bandwidth]

what res do you run?
if 800 X 600 or less why?
do you know that you can see more information on screen in a higher res?

[ugluk]

i use 1024x768. it's nice. 800 is too small and any bigger res is well too big, i cant see what it says on the screen! :P :D

[Livy]

i run 1024*768, on my laptop. my brothers desktop is set at 800*600

[Acecool]

1280 x 1024
My gfx card cant handle anymore or the monitor, at one of my friends I switch to 1600 x 1200

[jetje]

1024x768 so i can spot anything on my screen without using binoculars... :lol:

[vivitron 15]

only 1024x768...till i get a bigger monitor, then i plan to go to 1280x1024 Seen a nice 19" monitor....hmm..

[Luca_Snipes]

my desktop is running 2 x 1280*1024, my laptop is at 1024*768

[Acecool]

Im using 17 inch and one of my friends has 19 inch, use 1600 x 1200 on 19, looks like 1280 x 1024 on 17

[gamer]

i'm running 1600x1200x32 on my 22" flatscreen crt moniter, and i'm running 1280x1024x32 on my 19" lcd moniter. both hooked up to my pc. I use the crt moniter when i'm gaming, and i use the lcd moniter for everything else. while there both hooked up at the same time. i have it as a single moniter hook up. basically what displays on one moniter displays on the other moniter.

[Buffalo]

I use 1024 x 768, 800 x 600 is a no go for me at all.
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/Pumpencum/celebs_are_us_n00b.gif

[pmbuzz]

1024*768 @ 85Hz. It's a comfortable res for people who are using 17" monitors, which i would say is the most popular size atm.

[Somebody1234]

I use 1152x864 @ 100hz on a 19" most of the time.

[ricky]

im on 1024x768 :)

[Schmiggy_JK23]

1280x1024...

1024x768 for most games, assuming they run fine, (ie, not doom3 alpha),

and for counter strike, i use 800x600, because its better for sniping!

[Amarjit]

I'm running 800 X 600 SVGA resolution, because my monitor is particularly old and it's maximum resolution would be XGA :(.

And I think it runs at something ridiculous like 60Hz :lol:.

[TRshady]

Whats any higher then 1024x768 like?

It must be amazingly small coz I can just about see on this res.

[echidna]

bigger than 1024*768 can look like this (http://www.sigup.com/sigs/hugedesk01.gif) (but not on i86! :D )
[don't let IE6 resize the image to fit the window, hover your cursor over the bottom left of the image and use this buttonhttp://sigup.com/sigs/IE6_image_expand_button.gif
it toggles the image between 'fit in window'/'real size']

@AmarjitSingh :: good luck to you that sounds rough beg-borrow-steal :ph34r: :lol: :D

[Darth Sushi]

1280 x 1024 @ 85 Hz on a 19" CRT

[Xanex]

1152*864 on a 17" @75hz

i think its the best size for 17"

15" -> 800*600 looks like 1024* on a 17"
17" -> 1024* looks like 1152*864 on a 19"

so for a 15" 1024 i reckon is the best
17" no less than 1152*864 for me

any higher is just stupid

Xan

[Dieselpower]

1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz on a 17" LCD

[Tyke]

1152x864/17" CRT

[echidna]

Originally posted by Xanex
so for a 15" 1024 i reckon is the best
17" no less than 1152*864 for me

any higher is just stupid
it all depends upon how many pixels and how big they are doesn't it
that's what you seemed to have been saying

[Storm]

i use 1280*960 on 17" CRT

it wont do 1152*864 4 some reason and i dont think 1280*1024 works 2 well either :P

o well........... this is xactly twice as big as 640*480 LMAO

i wouldnt run higher unless my screen was bigger........

[Wolfmight]

I run 1024x768 on a 17" moniter

,but my graphics card supports up to a 1280x1024 (man it's tiny on that though)

[Xanex]

@echidna

yea basically, the size of the screen has a certain ammount of pixels (x,y) so some res' work better than others , some divide equally into 4:3 which is the best.

you have to try to find out how many pixels ur monitor has then choose the best res, more pixels then res and then 2 monitor pixels share 1 res pixel. more res than pixels then u loose info as 1 monitor pixel trys to display 2 res pixels, if that makes sense.

as far as i know 800*600 = 4:3 and so does 1024* , they are the best res' for 15"

1024* and 1152*864 and one other ?? are the best for 17", even tho 1152 doesnt break into 4:3 it breaks quite well, eg there is the same diff on both the 4 and the 3 parts so it does fit, others are 5:3 modes and 14:9 and 16:9 and some other weird ratios

[The Knife Thrower]

I run 1280x1024x32@70Hz on a 19" monitor (it's f***ing massiv).

[fallenknight308]

Originally posted by Wolfmight@18 May 2003 - 07:19
I run 1024x768 on a 17" moniter

,but my graphics card supports up to a 1280x1024 (man it's tiny on that though)
Ditto ;)
85hz

[DJ-KeTTLe]

i run mine at 1920*1200 64bit colour rate on my plasma tv or projector
(no need to make vcds then) :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P

[DivX]

1024x768 all my TFT can go upto with a 75htz refresh rate