Jez,
I see that some people have given you graphics card advice, so I won't give you
much more of that. Since performance/speed isn't really an issue I would go to
newegg.com and find the least expensive card that meets your interface and
resolution requirements and has at least half-way decent customer reviews.
But FIRST, if you haven't done so already check to see if there is a bios
update that makes 16:9 resolutions available to the Intel on-board graphics. I
recently helped my father-in-law upgrade his monitor to a widescreen and I
simply had to install a bios update to enable widescreen resolutions. Having
said that, 1920x1080 might be a bit much for the onboard graphics to handle,
but it's worth a shot.
Regards,
Steve
----- Original Message ----
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 9:34:06 AM
Subject: [OM] [OT] Does someone understand PC graphics cards?
I just bought my wife a new lcd monitor and took recommendations from here
to get a 23" Samsung. It says its optimum setting is 1920x1080 (fullHD
16:9) but her low-end Dell PC has a simple on-board Intel graphics chip that
only supports 4:3.
So I guess I need to buy a graphics card. Where do I start?
tia
jez
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