The question is clear. Just Curiious. :D

I used to have 1024 * 768 with 24-bit color, but started to use 1280 * 1024 from today. I feel the text are not smaller to extent I have to strain my eyes; the BetaONE webpages looks better now as now I can see more area without scrolling down. So I hope I will continue using this resolution. :)



P.S: All the programs installed are working properly under the new resolution except for my old Pocket Oxford Dictionary. I keep getting an error called: OffToLin bad offset. :(

I'm running 1600 x 1200 @ 16bit. This is also on a 21" monitor so the text is a wee bit small. :D

Indy

1280 x 1024 x 32bit @ 85hertz.

21" monitor also :D

At this time it is 1280 x 1024 @ 36bit.
Was 1600 x 1200 @ 36 bit. till I smoked my 19 inch monitor :(

1280 x 1024 x 32bit @ 85hertz.

19" ViewSonic

640x480 on a 12" monochrome monitor :P :D :P :D

/JD

1024x768 on a 17" monitor

800 x 600 + Glasses
32bit
17" HP Pavilion M70 (BestBuy Display Model - Nice Price) B)

1280x1024@75hz/32bit/ViewSonic UltraBrite A90f+/19inch

1280x1024 32bit 85hrz 19". the only problem i have is sometimes my eyes get tired b/c of the brightness. Its like staring into a light for hours lol. I usally keep the brightness way down though...unless I'm playing a game.

1024/32-bit on a 20" monitor

I sit about 3 feet back from the screen. Hate web sites with fixed-size fonts!

Many people mentioned the Refresh Rate as well. I didn't mentioned that before, well mine is set to 75Hz. What's the difference between a 60Hz or 75Hz or 85Hz. I can't feel it in my screen. Can anybody please explain? Thanks. :)

600 x 800 on a 17inch monitor with 32bit 75 refresh.

1024*768 @ 72 :)

on a 17" very very old monitor :(

~*McoreD*~,

The Refresh Rate is how fast your screen/monitor gets updated with the current picture. The faster the rate, the better. If the rate is really slow, you might see the screen filicker a bit. Remember just because you might have Windows set for a high rate, you can't get anymore than what your monitor will allow and trying to can damage your monitor.

Here's a good info source with pictures:
http://www.d-silence.com/video/refresh.shtml

EDIT - After reading the entire article using the link above it says this at the end of the article:

Since Windows XP came out, much of this article no longer applies. However, Win XP (and Windows 2000) bring their own problems with Refresh Rates.

:blink: Back to square one, but it still more than answers your question about what refresh rate is.

1152x864*75

oN A 17'' kds @VIEW

Im running at 1280x1024 / 32 bit color @ 85Hz on a SONY SDM-S81 Flat. It's a beaut :)

-SlickVic78

Here's an odd one:
1152x864 @ 85Hz w/ 32 bpp on a 19"

Refresh rate is important in fast 3d games. Ever see a split second where the picture gets a horozontal line in it like it is two similar pictures misaligned? The higher refresh you have, the less likely this "tearing" will occur.

1024x768 32bit @85Hz
Games I run it at 1280x1024 32bit @60Hz (havent had no "tearing" yet that ive noticed)

On a HP mx75 17"

I use 1024 x 768

using a 19" EIZO NANAO

1280 x 1024 @ 16bit @ 85Hz

B)

I use 800 x 600 on a 13 monitor

It is not because it is something wrong with my eays, it is just because i like everything big.................and that remainds me, i really need a new and bigger monitor *lol*

I Use a 15" TFT from Samsung 1024x768 @ 60Hz 32bit.

Looking for a 17" or bigger TFT.
My notebook (work) has a resolution of 1600x1200 32 bits.
This is a mighty screen and i love this resolution. But they are a little bit expensive.

Wanna test your monitor?
Use this Nokia monitor test.
Has a lot of features for testing and adjusting your monitor.

When you see an image on your screen, it appears to the human eye to constantly cover the entire monitor. In reality an electron beam 'scans' the monitor, from top to bottom, making phosphor on the screen glow for a short period of time. At any instant only one point on the screen is at full brightness. You may have noticed this effect when a monitor screen is filmed with a camera. You get bright flickering stripes accross the screen as the camera takes a short snapshot for each frame.

The screen is scanned repeatedly, keeping it illuminated. Each scan is called a 'refresh'. A refresh rate of 75Hz means 75 refreshes every second. The human eye does not repond to brightness changes that quick, so you end up seeing the average brightness for each pixel, not realising that this fluctuates from very bright to very dark 75 times every second.

Whilst you will not be able to see the scanning from top to bottom, many people will be able to perceive flicker at lower refresh rates. I am used to 85Hz, and when I see a monitor set to anything below that, I can usually instantly recognise the low refresh rate. Many people are not able to notice the flicker itsself, but end up with sore eyes or discomfort when looking at low refresh rates. If looking at a screen seems unnatural to your eyes, a low refresh rate may well be the reason.

On TFT monitors this does not apply - pixels stay illuminated for much longer, the only effect of the refresh rate is that updates to the screen image are less frequent. This won't be visible except when an image changes 1/2 way through a refresh - 1/2 the screen will show an old frame, and 1/2 will show the new frame. This 'tearing' effect was mentioned here before.

Oh, and my config

1280x1024 @ 80Hz on an 19" monitor (primary)
and 1024x768 @75Hz on a 17" TFT screen (secondary)
(in a dual monitor arrangment)

1280x1024 32bit And I have no idea what the refresh rate is.... ;)

1280*1024 100Hz 32 bit on an 21" SUN ;)

1024 x 768 x 32bit @ 85hertz.

1280 X 1024 X 32 Bit @ 60Hz on a Samsung 191T