ATI video cards - unable to use entire monitor (1080p)

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Published on 2010-02-08T20:01:03Z Indexed on 2010/05/28 18:42 UTC
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Hi all,

I have a Dell s2409w, 24" 1080p monitor. With nVidia, I would plug-in the monitor and voila, it automatically knew it was 1080p (1920x1080).

I have both a Windows laptop and Ubuntu laptop. Neither is capable of using the fullscreen even though the monitor reports the input is 1080p.

I am connecting the monitors via HDMI, is there a 'special' setting I am missing to make this work?

Otherwise, I like the performance of my ATI video cards, the drivers seem to be stable and reliable.

Thanks,

Walter

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