Stupid question about LCDs

[Rouzuki]

Ok here's just a stupid question I was pondering but feared trying on my own because I didn't want to break anything.

What happens if I set my LCD monitor at a resolution higher than the max resolution it "supports"? I noticed sometimes when I switch between monitors, the option to scale my 1280x1024 monitor to as high as 2048x1536. Would doing so cause my monitor to break? Or would it just refuse to display at that resolution until the auto "keep this setting?" timer ran down?

Thanks, I'd like to know before hand on this one rather than attempting it and breaking something.

 

[clockdogg]

Not only will you break your monitor, most of the life in the universe will be sucked into the black gaping whole that will be the remnants of your screen.

Or not. Sadly, with LCD monitors, the max resolution is the max resolution. While your video card can scale away, the monitor can't magically create a million more pixels. If you are using a DVI connection, the video card drivers should prevent you from scaling beyond the max. On VGA, if you set the resolution beyond the max for your screen, your screen will likely display a 'Input Not Supported' message of some kind. And that will be the end of that experiment.

 

[Dogmapog]

Ok here's just a stupid question I was pondering but feared trying on my own because I didn't want to break anything.

What happens if I set my LCD monitor at a resolution higher than the max resolution it "supports"? I noticed sometimes when I switch between monitors, the option to scale my 1280x1024 monitor to as high as 2048x1536.
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Sounds like you have a 19in 5:4.....
1...1280x1024 is an enormous number of pixels relative to the screen size.
2...2048x1536 probably won't look better on anything except on hi-megapixel photo's.
3...2048x1536 will make it tough to read text.
4...leave it alone and save up 4 a 27inch{like me, lol}