What resolution do you run your Monitor at?

[Paladin2000]

800x600, I can't remember the size of my ADI monitor though.

[the new JR Jansen]

640x480 with a 17 inch monitor.

I have to run it like that because my eyes don't work like they should and with this resolution, i don't have to strain them.

[Sir Krustin]

1024x768, 85hz on a 15"

I'm waiting to get a 21" Sony, so I'll be able to bump it up to a higher res. soon.

[Sir Krustin]

Originally posted by andrewas: quote: Originally posted by Attalus: Hmm, strange, when I set it to higher than 800x600, everything gets small. And, I dont have XP, I have Me, and the "Monitor" part of "Settings" doesn't have anything like that in it.

Getting small is the whole point. Once you get used to a 1024 display 800 (or, gods forbid, 640) seems confining. You get used to having all that extra space, and when you can barely see a page width in Word it starts to become annoying.

[/QUOTE]You better believe it, my mom has a computer with a 13" (!) monitor and the adapter is incapable of more than 640x480. I feel like I'm in a closet when I'm helping her out with something...I keep prodding them to get a better monitor, but no luck so far.

[philip]

I have it on 800x600 on the computer I'm internetting on (my dad's) On my own it's currently 1280x1024. Smaller icons are better than those from 800x600

[Charean]

I technically have 1600x1024.
It is a real pain finding backgrounds that work on that.

I have the 22" cinema display (widescreen).

Then again... there aren't a lot of mac users on this board.

[Night Stalker]

Originally posted by WillowIX: 1280*1024 works best for me. Especially with big icons so the text becomes somewhat normal. I use 85Hz on my monitor at this moment. Just a question on the Hz topic. What´s the frequency of a lamp? They flicker as well do to the AC. Anyone know?

The US uses 60 Hz AC Current, Europe and I think Canada use 50 Hz AC current. Nikola Tesla chose 60 Hz for the very reason of avoiding flicker. The human eye can resolve images at a rate of about 30-32 Hz. The light varies in intenseity over a single cycle like this: Off, On+, Off, On-, Off. So the light is not on all the time. Using a frequency faster than 30 Hz gives the illusion of the light being constantly on and f > 60 (Which relates to Nyquist sampling theory in the digital realm) decreases the flicker effect and decreases eye strain.

Originally posted by Night Stalker: quote: Originally posted by WillowIX: 1280*1024 works best for me. Especially with big icons so the text becomes somewhat normal. I use 85Hz on my monitor at this moment. Just a question on the Hz topic. What´s the frequency of a lamp? They flicker as well do to the AC. Anyone know?

The US uses 60 Hz AC Current, Europe and I think Canada use 50 Hz AC current. Nikola Tesla chose 60 Hz for the very reason of avoiding flicker. The human eye can resolve images at a rate of about 30-32 Hz. The light varies in intenseity over a single cycle like this: Off, On+, Off, On-, Off. So the light is not on all the time. Using a frequency faster than 30 Hz gives the illusion of the light being constantly on and f > 60 (Which relates to Nyquist sampling theory in the digital realm) decreases the flicker effect and decreases eye strain.[/QUOTE]Ahhh but you have to remember that not only is the screen flickering at 60Hz. so are the lights...watch any older TV show that showed Computer monitors and you will notice all kinds of interference patters on the screen instead of the image intended and with Florescent lights the flickering of interference patters gets even worse...you need refresh rates in excess of 70Hz to get a really good picture that will not give you headaches and eyestrain.

I go with the 800x600 on my 15" monitor because I can easily see/read everything while tipped back in my chair with the keyboard in my lap and my feet up on the desk LOL.

I haven't a clue what the refresh rate is, but I never suffer any adverse effects from looking at the monitor unless I spend 3 days straight or longer with a game...then the images are burned into my retinas and I can still see them when I close my eyes. Speaking of which, I haven't played a game since Wizardry 8 was released. I need to go game shopping or go dig through KHaN's and see what he has to play.