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58  Setting Up Your Monitor Setting Up Your Monitor  59
Setting Up Your Monitor
Setting the display resolution to 1920 x 1080
(maximum)
For best performance, set the display resolution to 1920 x 1080 pixels by
performing the following steps:
In Windows Vista
®
, Windows
®
7 or Windows
®
8/Windows
®
8.1:
1 For Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 only, select the Desktop tile to switch
to classic desktop.
2 Right-click on the desktop and click Screen Resolution.
3 Click the Dropdown list of the Screen Resolution and select
1920 x 1080.
4 Click OK.
In Windows
®
10:
1. Right-click on the desktop and click Display Settings.
2. Click Advanced display settings.
3. Click the Dropdown list of the Resolution and select 1920 x 1080.
4. Click Apply.
If you do not see the recommended resolution as an option, you may need
to update your graphics driver. Please choose the scenario below that best
describes the computer system you are using, and follow the given steps.
Dell computer
1 Go to www.dell.com/support, enter your service tag, and download the
latest driver for your graphics card.
2 After installing the drivers for your graphics adapter, attempt to set the
resolution to 1920 x 1080 again.
NOTE: If you are unable to set the resolution to 1920 x 1080, please
contact Dell to inquire about a graphics adapter that supports these
resolutions.
Non-Dell computer
In Windows Vista
®
, Windows
®
7, Windows
®
8 / Windows
®
8.1:
1. For Windows
®
8 / Windows
®
8.1 only, select the Desktop tile to switch to
classic desktop.
2. Right-click on the desktop and click Personalization.
3. Click Change Display Settings.
4. Click Advanced Settings.
5. Identify your graphics controller supplier from the description at the top
of the window (e.g. NVIDIA, ATI, Intel etc.).
6. Refer to the graphic card provider website for updated driver (for
example, http://www.ATI.com OR http://www.NVIDIA.com ).
7. After installing the drivers for your Graphics Adapter, attempt to set the
resolution to 1920 x 1080 again.
In Windows
®
10:
1 Right-click on the desktop and click Display Settings.
2 Click Advanced display settings.
3 Click Display adapter properties.
4 Identify your graphics controller supplier from the description at the top
of the window (e.g. NVIDIA, ATI, Intel etc.).
5 Refer to the graphic card provider website for updated driver (for
example, http://www.ATI.com or http://www.NVIDIA.com).
6 After installing the drivers for your graphics adapter, attempt to set the
resolutionto 1920 x 1080 again.
NOTE: If you are unable to set the recommended resolution, please
contact the manufacturer of your computer or consider purchasing a
graphics adapter that supports the video resolution.