Screen Res problem

[Ultra Violent]

I'm trying to optimise my parents pc. So, running the free test on 3dmark03. Now normally this runs at 1024*768 on all the machines/tests i've done in the past. However on this PC 3dmark03 says it is about to do the test at 1024*768 but it actually runs full screen at 1280*1024. Oddly it looks like it has been blown up from 1024*768 to fill 1280*1024 as the games tests look much more jagged than i'ver ever seen before. Any idea whats going on.

The machine is a dell with RADEON X600 256MB HyperMemory graphics card.

[ThePassenger]

I'd try the options for 3D Mark, if usually has one or two for the resolution.
It will, looked stretched out as the default behaviour is to fill the screen rather than draw a small window in the middle, you can probably change this with in the advanced properties of display properties should you wish.

[twister]

I'm thinking that the PC in question *is* generating a 1024*768 output, but is hooked up to a LCD with a native resolution of 1280*1024, set up to scale all incoming feeds to fit the screen regardless of what their original resolutions were... So if all you're trying to do is tweak things to improve the 3DMark score, the results you get with the monitor upscaling the image will be the same as the results you'd get if the monitor is set to 1:1 scaling, or if you had a different monitor that could display 1024*768 without scaling - as far as the PC is concerned, it's doing the same amount of work in generating the signal that gets spat out the VGA/DVI port.

Edited by twister on Saturday 26th May 13:23

[Mr E]

twister said:

I'm thinking that the PC in question *is* generating a 1024*768 output, but is hooked up to a LCD with a native resolution of 1280*1024, set up to scale all incoming feeds to fit the screen regardless of what their original resolutions were...

Would certainly be my guess. My LCD screen has an option buried in the menu to turn the upscale on or off.