Flat Panel Monitor Resolution Question

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No. It sounds like the program is limited to a certain size; if it was
locked in that way, you can't do anything about it.

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"Piranah" <pokerrocks@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:64d26c84.0408201703.201b0f2c@posting.google.com...
>I have a dilema that Im hoping someone can help me with. Im a pro
> poker player. I play online. I currently have a 17" CRT. I want to
> add a 2nd monitor because I always play 2 poker games at the same
> time. Right now I have to toggle between windows by clicking the
> window buttons on the task bar. I want 2 monitors so I can have 1
> poker table on each screen and be able to see both tables at all
> times. I know I need a new video card and have that angle covered.
> Heres my problem. I want to do away with my CRT and buy 2 new flat
> panel monitors. The problem is that if I use any resolution higher
> than 800x600, the poker window doesnt fill the screen. At higher
> resolutions, I assume that the graphics are crisper, but there no way
> that I can find to make the window fill the entire screen, so I'll end
> up with side by side 17" flat panel monitors, but the poker tables
> themselves will only be 10" or so. If I lower the resoultion to
> 800x600 on a flat panel, the screen looks blurry.
> Playing 2 small poker tables defeats the purpose. I can do that now
> by raising the resolution on my current CRT.
> I could just buy another 17" CRT, but that takes up too much space and
> I'd like to enter the 21st century and get the flat panel monitors.
> Is there any way to use the higher resolution, but change the icon
> size or text size so it fills the entire screen?

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Piranah wrote:

> I have a dilema that Im hoping someone can help me with. Im a pro
> poker player. I play online. I currently have a 17" CRT. I want to
> add a 2nd monitor...

If you have a laptop, the second monitor can be used for second
windows. - RM