# Monitor resolution problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 8, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monitor-resolution-problem/283693 "2005-01-08T03:20:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monitor-resolution-problem/283693/21 "2005-01-08T04:49:03Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > No, but 1152x864 is, which works fine and matches the original DDC information. Is there a way to get those extra pixels that I’m missing? 1152x864 is better than what I had, but 1280x1024 would be nice to get, especially since I do a lot of photo editing. This is a CRT, not LCD. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monitor-resolution-problem/283693/22 "2005-01-08T05:29:28Z")
With a lot of trial and error, including swapping graphics cards and fiddling with the drivers, I managed to somehow get that elusive 1280x960 resolution. I have no idea what I did, but it worked. ---
**Author:** ![Rex\_Fenestrarum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rex_fenestrarum/32/7265_2.png) [@Rex\_Fenestrarum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Fenestrarum)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monitor-resolution-problem/283693/23 "2005-01-08T05:47:35Z")
Lemme guess… this was an ATI card right?? looks at the OP… :smack: Yep. ATI cards are kind of like that. For some reason, they’ve never offered 1280x960 as a resolution, even several years ago before LCDs became commonplace. Every NVIDIA card I ever had did 1280x960 (plus a lot of other non-standard formats… although _why_ someone would want to run XP in 16-color 640x480 is beyond me) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monitor-resolution-problem/283693.md?page=1)