Author Topic: Okay To Keep Switching Monitor Res? (Read 444 times)

Halo · « **on:** August 04, 2003, 10:54:01 AM »

Is is okay to keep switching monitor resolutions? For example, I prefer resolutions like 800x600 or 1024x768 for the larger text, and 1280x1024 for graphics, including Aces High and Flight Simulator 2004.

The system switches fine with no apparent problems, but I wonder if this eventually will result in problems such as impaired performance or a shorter monitor life span.

Any thoughts on this?

DAVENRINO · « **Reply #1 on:** August 04, 2003, 02:20:18 PM »

I use 1280x1024 for everything, including AH but I increase Font size to 110% so I can read the text.
DJ229 - AIR MAFIA

Halo · « **Reply #2 on:** August 06, 2003, 09:33:16 AM »

Not much interest in this thread. Guess it's too obvious to most people. Still seems to me it isn't a good idea to do too much monitor resolution switching, but I'll research that more elsewhere.

At any rate, Aces High bulletin board was slow to load and show after I switched to 1280x1024 flying while keeping my overall resolution at 1024x768.

So I switched back to 1024x768 for flying and bulletin board and all is smooth again.

However, I still fly FS2004 in 1280x1024 and naturally enjoy the prettier graphics.

Thanks for your input, Davenrino. I once increased my font size but found it was screwing up scrolling and presentation in some programs. Always a compatibility issue somewhere, I suppose.

DAVENRINO · « **Reply #3 on:** August 06, 2003, 01:52:59 PM »

Sorry Halo,
Forgot about that. I have One program that I only have to use once a year that won't work with 110%. Of course it also won't work with anything but 1024x768, so I change both for a few hours once a year.

DJ