Monitor support by graphics card

kered10 · 25-01-2012, 17:56

My home pc is a Medion desktop from about 3? years ago with a Core2quad Q6600 2.4GHz, with 3GB RAM and a GeForce 9500S graphics card with 512MB, which is plugged into a iiyama AU5131T LCD monitor with a resolution of 1600x1200.

I was thinking of treating myself to a widescreen monitor instead, and I see that the 24" monitors tend to run resolutions of 1920x1080 or 1200, but when I look at the settings available on my pc for resolution, these higher widescreen numbers are not there.

My question is whether the graphics card is capable of supplying the required resolution to a high-res widescreen monitor? Would the higher numbers just appear if I plug in the new monitor? Or do I need a new graphics card, too?

Thanks

Derek

**Kymmy** · 25-01-2012, 18:00

Max res on the 9500's is 2560x1600

qasdfdsaq · 25-01-2012, 21:05

Only numbers that your current monitor are capable of are shown.

**Kymmy** · 25-01-2012, 21:12

There is sometime though a tick box for "SHOW ALL RESOLUTIONS" but qassie is correct in that the card will only show the resolutions relevant to the plug and play monitor attached to it

kered10 · 25-01-2012, 21:19

Many thanks to all

Derek