LCD Monitor Distortion/Stretching

[penkosey]

Hi,

Sorry if this is the wrong forum--it's a computer related question, and this is the closest I could find to that. Maybe I should have posted it in the General Forum...?

I just got a 19" flat screen monitor...it says the optimum resolution is 1440 x 900. I'm assuming that resolution allows the screen to show a true, undistorted image. Right now I've tried all the available settings that are on my desktop--I don't see the option of 1440 x 900 anywhere. (Right now I have it set at 1024 x 768). Options on my desktop are 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, 1280 x 960, 1280 x 1024, 1600 x 1200...blah, blah, blah...

I wish I could get it to the recommended 1440 x 900. It actually looks OK, but if I do any design work, I'm not gonna get a true idea of what the screen is really showing. In other words, if something should be a square, what I'm getting is a slight rectangle.

The monitor didn't come with drivers or anything...it's supposed to be plug-n-play. The company's website only had a download for a .inf file, which I tried to research...the .inf file seems to maybe instruct the computer on how to set up the monitor...but I have no idea how this works.

I'd be happy to provide details, but basically I just have a generic PC, and this is a sort of generic monitor made by Hanns-G. I was just hoping this was a common, basic question...

Thanks for reading!