Bought a widescreen lcd monitor, needs 1680 x 1050 resolution
Hi, if I understand you right, your LCD can display 1680 X 1050 but your PC/Video can only display a max screen resolution of 1280 X 1024 (or something like that). Right click on your desktop, go to properties, Go to the settings Tab, see how high you can bring the screen resolution (towards the right). That is the limitation of the built-in video (S3 Graphics UniChrome 2D/3D Graphics with motion compensation) of the MSI KM4AM-V (2004). If this will do for you, then you're set, if not then..... To be able to display resolution higher than that, you have to add an AGP Video card capable of the 1680 X 1050 (ATI or NVidia or your choice as long as screen res is high). Your motherboard has one AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) slot @ 1.5V 4X/8X. This will also hold if you already happen to have an AGP Video card but with relatively low screen res. Hope this be of some help to you. Pls post again how things turn up. Regards
Hi, sorry for the loooong delay.
Most motherboard do not require jumper settings for video card.
BIOS settings although not necessary, can enhance performance. Since you used to run your video using part of your onboard memory, by going to the bios, you can set it not to use any memory or the lowest possible setting. At times, there are also provision to select either: onboard video, PCI, AGP. Chances are you will be installing an AGP, so select this. Also setting the aperture size to roughly double your new video card memeory might help improve performance. All other settings should stay.
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It appears that 1680 x 1050 resolution, widescreen for 22 inch monitors, does require an AGP card (that has dvi output).
Question, what is the procedure for installing the card. I understand how to install a card, but do jumper settings need to be changed on the motherboard, or a change made in the bios, or bother, etc., and in what order.
Thanks.
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