Post your computer specs!

Okay I've checked it. As you know the default and normal resolution is 1024 x 600 resolution. After the registry tweak, it increases to 1152 x 864. And this is the highest resolution AO532h can achieve. Everything becomes a little compressed though. But everything is clear and works.

 

Compressed as in stretched? Cause the aspect ratio doesn't look right. Whatever works for you.

 

I would only use the resolution that your monitor is made for.
Anything bigger will probably distort things.

 

My dell Inspiron

 

As in everything becomes smaller like the taskbar decreases in size vertically. But everything fits and looks okay. Not as good as in normal resolution.

Yeah I always use the default resolution. Only when I want to use apps that I change the resolution.

 

Hmm, that'd be strange without black bars on the sides, or parts of the top and bottom cropped out. The 4:3 resolution simply doesn't fully fit the widescreen without stretching.

 

Desktop

CASE: FRACTAL DESIGN Arc Midi High Performance Case
PSU: CORSAIR Gold AX 850W
MB: ASUS Z68 Maximus IV Gene-Z
FANS: 7 x 140mm YATE LOON D14SM-12 w/ Scythe Kaze Q8 8 Channel Controller
CPU: INTEL Core i5-2500K @ 4.6GHz
HSF: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO + 2 x 120mm YATE LOON D12SL-12 (Push\Pull) + ARCTIC MX2 Thermal Paste
RAM: G.SKILL Sniper Gaming Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) PC3-12800 @ DDR3-1600
GPU: HIS IceQ Boost Clock Radeon HD 7950 3GB @ 925/1250 Mhz
HDD: 2 x SAMSUNG 840 PRO 128GB SDD + 2 x WD Red 3TB Intellipower
EXT HDD: 2 x WD Red 3TB Intellipower (HighPoint Dual eSATA Dock)
DVD: LITEON DVD±R & LITEON BD-R
INPUT: LOGITECH K800 Black Illuminated Keyboard + LOGITECH Performance Mouse MX
DISPLAY: ASUS ProArt 24" P-IPS (DP) \ PANASONIC 65" Plasma (HDMI)
SOUND: OnBoard + LOGITECH G51 5.1 Speakers
OS: WINDOWS 8 Pro x64 with Media Center

dja2k

 

Stretching the screen is another way to put it. You understood it right my friend. I had taken screenshots but they look the same when compared to screenshots of normal resolution.

 

I guess you can't edit posts after a certain amount of time has passed but I'm going to go ahead and post my other hardware too.

- 2x Asus PB238q monitors in a stacked configuration
- WASD v2 with Cherry MX-Brown switches
- Razer Deathadder 2013
- M-Audio BX5D2 monitors on Mo-Pads
- KRK 10s on Mo-Pads
- Focusrite Scarlett 6i6
- All audio equipment wired with custom Mogami/Neutrik cables
- Cheapo Zalman mic
- Logitech c910

 

It is important to note that being a hardware enthusiast does not mean one uses the latest and greatest hardware. Well then, with that out of the way, let's see here.. What do I use on a regular basis?

System-1
1.4GHz Pentium-III, 1GB PC-100 SDRAM, 440BX chipset, Geforce 4600 128MB AGP, 3X120GB IDE HDD, CD & DVD ROM, 56.6K modem, AWE64Gold ISA SoundBlaster.

System-2
Pentium-M 1.73GHz, 2GB 133/266 DDR RAM, intel 82855GM integrated graphics chipset,
1X160GB HDD, DVD writer, software audio, 4x USB 2.0 ports, 1024x768 LCD, 2nd 1600x1200 4:3 monitor, Klipsch or Harmon Kardon audio depending on where I'm at. This is a laptop.

DX2
80486 DX2/50, 16MB ram, 200MB HDD, 15"CRT, Cirrus Logic 5422 1MB 16-bit ISA video card, 5.25" & 3.5" floppy drives, Serial+Parallel+IDE Multi-I/O card, 2nd parallel port, Micronics motherboard w/256k socketed SRAM cache, SoundBlaster 16 with wavetable daughtercard and ASP chip upgrade, 1x (150KB/sec) CD-ROM.

Apple //e
1MHz 65C02, 64K RAM, no videocard, 2x 143Kbyte floppy disks drives, 1x 10MB HDD, realtime clock card, 300 Baud modem, no sound card, LCD monitor, 64K/80column upgrade card. Serial RS232 card. Parallel printer interface. Epson MX-80 F/T dot-matrix printer with GrafTrax III firmware. This is a somewhat dynamic configuration in that I can plug in a z80 co-processor card, a sound synthesizer board, a vga card, and 6MB extra ram, I can also use a 1200baud modem if needed.

System-1 serves as a development and test bed. A utility system.
System-2 is my day-to-day workhorse.
DX2 and Apple //e are secondary word processors and legacy game playing units. They also provide a nice dose of nostalgia and old-days comfort.

Honest to goodness work is done every single day with these rigs. But System-2 sees the most usage because of portability. I also never overclock any of my rigs. I like to keep the components within their electrical ratings and timings. This affords great stability and reliability. It also eliminates having to do "funky" tricks and unorthodox things to get (and keep) something working.

There was a time when I'd chase the latest & greatest "specification", and most of it revolved around processors and graphics cards. I'm quite happy to have moved on from that phase of computing. The ROI was simply terrible. And it was time consuming too.

 

@Keatah - Thank you for posting that. Now I don't feel as bad about my own computers

System 1:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
3GB DDR PC-3200
500GB Western Digital
Zotac GeForce 7900GS
Windows 8.1 Pro

System 2:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+
2GB DDR2 PC2-6400
500GB Western Digital
ASUS GeForce 9600GT
Windows 8.1 Pro