Anybody still using 800x600

[Topcat]

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no 1920x1200?!? yikes!

[gdement]

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I haven't quite figured out why 1280x1024 is so popular. It's hardly different from 1280x960, and 960 is 4:3... I'm on 1280x1024 right now, though, since my video card screws up the display size if I change resolutions (ie, I have to resize/shape the monitor's picture) and the few games I play don't offer 1280x960.

For whatever reason, 1280x1024 was established as a popular mode long before 1280x960. I think 1280x1024 was listed in the old VESA standards back in the DOS days, but I don't remember ever seeing 1280x960 listed there. A lot of users are probably just used to 1280x1024, and although CRT's would be better off in 960 mode I don't think I've ever seen a CRT advertised that way.

I use a 1280x1024 LCD, as many people probably do nowadays. The screen itself is physically 5:4, so the pixels are still square. I imagine that's typical.

[Fizzycapola]

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For the past ~10 years 1280x1024 has been my resolution of choice, my first PC montitor was the Sony 100SFT 15" which could display 1280x1024 @ 85hz (maybe 100mhz but I think these braincells have been overwritten with internet porn).

My next upgrade was to Iiyama which I enjoyed playing games, notably Vietcong at 2048x1600, no jaggies at resolutions no need for anti-aliasing.

I miss high resolutions like the Iiyama, I've now progressed (in a Microsoft type of way) to 1400x900 resolution for Windows and 1280x1024 for gaming. (oooh the progress)

[Sorry Dog]

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1280x1024 is default resolution for many 17" and even 19" non widescreen tft

...And mid to high end CRT's before LCD became more affordable.

I do most of my surfing on my 1280x800 laptop

...I guess because it can come to work with me

I actually prefer 4:3 for surfing since most pages are longer than they are wider.

but 16:9 or 16:10 is nice for Office app work and of course video.


Lately when I setup a computer for older eyes I leave it the native LCD resolution so that it doesn't look so fuzzy and increase font, icon, etc. sizes to make it readable. That can make some things look a little goofy but I think it's a fair tradeoff and those folks usually don't complain since it's usually an OS "upgrade" too so it look different to them anyway.

[willawake]

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welcome to the forum friend

yes i hate less than default lcd res. i hate large fonts also especially what they do to web pages but that is what the elder eyes are gonna get...

[Sorry Dog]

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welcome to the forum friend

I've actually been around the site for a couple of years, but only found the forums a few months ago...sure wish I found them at first and I would have seen the Abit settlement and sent'er in...but guess I got a reason to try a recap now. Surprisingly the Jackcon's ain't bulged yet, but everyone of the JPcon's puked brown crap on the underside of the cap.

BTW - speaking of resolutions and other old school talk... am I the only one that was perfectly happy with Windows 98SE... I still haven't seen a 2000/XP install that generally performed as snappy as the SE/ RAID 0 install on my KT7a...even with hardware today that is supposedly 4 times faster
Time to put it back together for a side by side comparo.

[Fizzycapola]

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Sorry Dog it's not just you. I'm sure most PC users are aware the newer the OS the lower the performance, often 70-1000%+ slower. Why people use new OS, who knows, brainwashing? mind control? psychological manipulation? Sometimes it scares me when I read people in jubilation of their massively reduced performance.

[grss1982]

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Hmmmm...

Here in the office we have like 65+ computers moslty with 15" CRTs.

Only a handful of them use 1024x768 (That includes me of course. BTW, I bought my own 17" CRT to the office, b'coz, I'm really starting to hate 1024x768 on a 15" CRT).

Of those of us here in the office who use 1024x768 or higher only four have big CRTs, me with my 17" and a friend of mine with his office issued 19" CRT and four others with office issued 17" CRT's. Take note most of the big CRT's in the office were acquired AFTER I bought my own 17" CRT. :-)

The rest of those with the 1024x768 resolution are stuck with 15" CRTs the will only go 60hz at that "high" a resolution!!!!!

ALSO, I could safely say that there are at least 50 computers here still using 800x600@60hz!!

[AKBessy]

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If I had to make a choice of going up or going down from WinXP, I would go back down to Win98SE. However, I did have blue screens with 98SE, but still tolerate them. I have Win98Lite installed on an old Dell desktop and am happy with it, but don't use it for my photos or Adobe Acrobat stuff (anything memory-intensive).