resolution probs with dell 3007 monitor

ericb · 12-15-2006, 10:39 PM

just purchased a dell dimension e520, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6400 (2.13GHz,1066FSB) with 2MB cache, 4GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 256MB nVidia GeForce 7300LE TurboCache graphics card, and it's windows xp.

with it i purchased the dell 3007 30" monitor. my main goal is to fit 9 applications on one screen. the 2560x1600 pixel resolution is supposed to accomplish this. for example here is a fellow online poker player's set up on his 30" mac with the same resolution:

when i go to 2560x1600 res my windows don't get much smaller. instead they go offscreen and i have scroll around with my mouse to find it. very annoying and not what i'm looking for. please tell me there is something i can do. i spent 4 hours online with an incompetent dell support rep, and he accomplished nothing. i want my monitor to fit 9 windows on the screen exactly like the above picture.

any suggestions,

eric

ps: those poker tables in the pic are from software that doesn't allow you to manually condense each table, so please don't suggest that. that is not what i am looking for.

ericb · 12-16-2006, 12:30 AM

it seems my video card doesn't support 2560x1600 resolution. any suggestions on a good name brand that does? for example looking up some prices at hdtvmagazine.com an evga is $355 while a sapphire is $70. why such a discrepency?

**speedster123** · 12-16-2006, 05:26 AM

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...456680&CatId=0

always read the customer reviews where ever you buy

12-15-2006, 10:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
ericb Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2 OS: xp	resolution probs with dell 3007 monitor just purchased a dell dimension e520, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6400 (2.13GHz,1066FSB) with 2MB cache, 4GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 256MB nVidia GeForce 7300LE TurboCache graphics card, and it's windows xp. with it i purchased the dell 3007 30" monitor. my main goal is to fit 9 applications on one screen. the 2560x1600 pixel resolution is supposed to accomplish this. for example here is a fellow online poker player's set up on his 30" mac with the same resolution: when i go to 2560x1600 res my windows don't get much smaller. instead they go offscreen and i have scroll around with my mouse to find it. very annoying and not what i'm looking for. please tell me there is something i can do. i spent 4 hours online with an incompetent dell support rep, and he accomplished nothing. i want my monitor to fit 9 windows on the screen exactly like the above picture. any suggestions, eric ps: those poker tables in the pic are from software that doesn't allow you to manually condense each table, so please don't suggest that. that is not what i am looking for.

12-16-2006, 12:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
ericb Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2 OS: xp	it seems my video card doesn't support 2560x1600 resolution. any suggestions on a good name brand that does? for example looking up some prices at hdtvmagazine.com an evga is $355 while a sapphire is $70. why such a discrepency?

12-16-2006, 05:26 AM	#3 (permalink)
speedster123 Mentor Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: United States-New York-Long Island Posts: 5,223 OS: xp pro SP3	http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...456680&CatId=0 always read the customer reviews where ever you buy