In my quest to improve my FS9 experience I purchased a Dell 24-inch wide screen flat panel. This is an expensive but beautiful monitor. However, I have been disappointed in a few things:1: the 1900X1200 aspect ratio that is optimum really squashes the 2D panel view. And the crazy thing is that in FS9 settings you can choose that resolution so it

There isn't much you can do about the stretching, search for Dell 2405FPW here on the forums, alot of threads about it.And as for 2. A very often overlooked issue by buyers is, that Monitor AND video card are very closely linked. For example you cant just buy whatever monitor if your GPU isn't powerful enough, and its a waste to buy an amazing GPU if you only use a 15inch monitor.The higher the display resolution you go, the harder your GPU has to work and thus has to be more powerful, e.a more Vram, higher clocks.Your x850 256mb isnt a monster and is quite dated, being the predecessor of the already older x1800 line, so it really has work hard to cope with such a high res. To have more fluid graphics, you need a more powerful video card. What you can do though is see if lowering AA/AF will help smooth things out a bit more in order to get some FPS boost.

Thanks, I figured as much really.This is what really chaps my hide though.My Dell XPS is just over 2 years old. I paid about $2,500 for it. It was advertised as a

>1: the 1900X1200 aspect ratio that is optimum really squashes>the 2D panel view. And the crazy thing is that in FS9 settings>you can choose that resolution so it

HiI don't know if this will help you, but have a look at this url:www.widescreengamingforum.comBefor I got my Phillips 20" widescreen I found quite a lot of useful information.