Question regarding LCD Scaling

Darren Albers darren at darrenalbers.net
Wed Jun 13 18:55:23 PDT 2007


On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:48:12 -0700, Keith Packard wrote:

> On Mon, 2007-06-11 at 19:41 +0000, Darren Albers wrote:
>> I apologize if this question has been asked/answered before but a
>> search did not reveal anything and my google skills have failed me.
>> 
>> I have a PC with a Intel 915 video card and a 22 inch LCD monitor. 
>> Since this video card is somewhat underpowered I have to run any games
>> I play in resolutions under the native resolution and since the monitor
>> scales up the distortion is pretty bad.  Is there an option to disable
>> video scaling and center the view?
> 
> Not in the driver. Many LCD monitors have a selection for that in their
> configuration though.
> 
> The only place where the driver could easily select this mode would be
> for LVDS (built-in) panels.

Thanks Keith, I was afraid of that but it makes sense.  I think it is 
time for me to return this panel and shop for one that allows me to 
disable scaling.

Thanks!




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