I have two monitors, one at 1920x1080 and the other at 1680x1050. I like to extend the view across both monitors using Nvida Surround which gives me a resolution of 2560x1024. I realise that I am losing some resolution due to the 1680x1050 monitor.

 

Does anyone have an opinion if it would be worth buying another 1920x1080 monitor to match the first? I can get one for $179AU which isn't such a big impost.

 

Also, how do you calculate the combined resolution of spanned monitors?

 

Many thanks for any replies.

 

John

Your 1920x1080 resolution monitor has a native aspect ratio of 4:3.

Your 1680x1050 resolution monitor has a native aspect ratio of 16:10.

In order for your desktop to span both monitors they have been set to a compatible aspect ratio of 5:4 (1280x1024) so your image quality will be being compromised.

 

Getting another monitor so you have 2 of the same resolution would be a good thing to do, you could always sell your second monitor to help fund the purchase.

 

The first figure (1920) relates to width of the panel in pixels the second (1080) to height so a combination of two of these monitors would be 3840x1080 as you have twice the width but the same height. As for figuring out how your mismatched panels end up with joint 1280x1024 resolution I expect there is some equation which figures out what the compatible aspect ratio is and then sets both to the highest supported resolution at that ratio, but that's as far as I'm willing to go.

Many thanks PieEater.

 

John