My computer runs at 800x600, but everything looks gigantic, i'm just wondering if i change the display optins to make it 1024x768 would it cause any performance loss or does it not affect the PC as a whole and MAX please help, the size makes me feel old and blind.
I think most standard 17" monitors these days run up to at least 75Hz running at 1024 x 768.
Its okay running at 60Hz - most games run at that unless you purposely overide the in-game refresh rates, I just find that long periods of time staring at the screen, really takes its toll running less than 65Hz.
quote:Originally posted by bullet21
all the icons and stuff get to small when you do it at anything greater than 800*600
If you are running Windows, then just change the icon size. It really isn't that hard. The whole idea of having higher reses is so that all the extra crap will be smaller. More room in all those fancy graphical apps for working. Not for displaying toolboxes and bars.
you can alter the size of most windows stuff, including icons, folder titles and web page text (provided the size has not been set with CCS). Have a good look through the various desktop setting and tinker. Other programs may not be so accommodating and will prove a limiting factor. eg- Freehand and Flash MX palettes don't fit well into smaller desktop settings and leave almost no room for viewing the actual work :(
800x600 is pretty low res for current hardware standards and most graphics programs are designed for larger desktops. 1024x768 is about standard for 17" monitors by my reckoning. As the others said - Don't below 75Hz...I find that if I am not looking directly at the monitor at low refresh rates I can see the flicker! 75hz is good, no need to go over I find... word of warning on setting high screen size and re-fresh rates- I understand that you can actually disable windows settings and set you monitor to other 'non-recommended' settings. If windows offers a screen size and refresh rate that sound too good to be true don't use it until you have cross checked with the monitor manual that the monitor can do this. damage may otherwise occur.
Just a thought- if you have a fairly new graphics card, or are looking to upgrade soon, you could look at 2 monitors- this would allow all sorts of options .eg low res for a palettes monitor and higher res for you image... and may be cheaper than a large single screen!
Couple things to note,
1) Your monitors refresh rate capabilities.
2) Your graphics card capabilities.
177" CRT monitors these days have no probs dealing with 1024 x 768 at around 85Hz. Which is what I'm running on our browser PC. Anything lower than 60-65Hz and youll probably find your eyes bloodshot and sandpaper feeling after a couple hours of solid modelling [:P]
If you have a older graphics card (geforce 2 and backwards), youll notice a big performance hit in Max etc when rotation and zooming and moving around in your 3d environment, but it shouldnt be too bad if your dealing with a few thousand tris, and the performance gets worse the higher the res you choose, generally speaking.