Computer screen will not fill 23" monitor entirely

kylem

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Hello,
I bought a Dell inspiron 546 that comes with a intigrated ATI radeon HD3200 graphics card recently. I also purchased an 23" ASUS VH-232H
monitor. For some reason the desktop screen won't fill the entire 23 inch screen. I'm getting black bars around the edges of the monitor. Is this a limitation of the video card or something I'm missing with the settings? Thanks in advance for your help.
 
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I agree with the suggestions above --I am certain the computer is capable of filling the screen if you mess around with your settings on both the monitor and computer.

However, to clarify what you have is a integrated graphic chip--not a graphics card. The HD3200 is pretty weak for a big monitor, and if you want better video performance at 1920 x1080 you might consider getting an inexpensive graphic card for around $20-30. An ATI HD 4350 or 4550 would give you a pretty decent boost.


paperfox

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Are you sure you dont have any settings in your graphics drivers that are making your image "maintain aspect ratio" or "use centered timings"? I believe you want something like "scale image to full panel size".
 

deadlockedworld

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I agree with the suggestions above --I am certain the computer is capable of filling the screen if you mess around with your settings on both the monitor and computer.

However, to clarify what you have is a integrated graphic chip--not a graphics card. The HD3200 is pretty weak for a big monitor, and if you want better video performance at 1920 x1080 you might consider getting an inexpensive graphic card for around $20-30. An ATI HD 4350 or 4550 would give you a pretty decent boost.


 
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rofl_my_waffle

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go into CCC and go under the "Desktop and Display" tab. Right click on your monitor and select configure. Under one of the tabs above there should be a menu displaying a slider named "scaling" or something. Set that to 0% and your monitor should display at full res.

Monitors using HDMI input would default having 10% of the edge cut off for some reason. Wonder which genius thought that was a good idea.
I am using a Dual link DVI monitor right now so that option is not available for me, sry I can't be more percise. You shoul be able to find it though.