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Your computer uses a video adapter to generate the graphical images on your monitor(s). Zeta automatically finds the need driver for your graphic card, if it is supported.

In the Screen preferences you can set the amount of workspaces your system should have, resolution, color depth, refresh rate and adjustments for dual screens.

Workspaces
In Zeta you can run from 1 to 32 workspaces. By default Zeta is set to 12 workspaces. For more about Workspaces... .

Setting the resolution, color depth and refresh rate
The changes you make here, can be for the current workspace or for all workspaces.

Changes made here, doesn't require a reboot. After changes have been made, you will have a few seconds to confirm that you want to keep them (test period). If your screen doesn't support the screen resolution, the system will automatically restore your previous settings if you don't confirm the changes.

Recommened screen resolutions:

Monitor Size |  | Resolution
14" or less |  | 640 x 480
15" |  | 800 x 600
17" |  | 1024 x 768
19" |  | 1152 x 900
21" |  | 1280 x 1024

These are only recommondations, most screens are capable of running higher resolutions.

Zeta lets you have different resolutions over the different workspaces, this lets for instance web designers and image editors see instantly how their work will look on different screen sizes (and resolutions).

Setting your screen's color depth to 8 bits, will get you about 4.000 different colors, 16 bits about 65.000 colors and 32 bits millions colors. Most modern graphic cards supported in Zeta, will have no problems running a 32 bits color depth.

Before changing the refresh rate, you should check what refreshes it can manage. By setting a not supported refresh rate, you can damage your screen. Many graphic cards can deliver higher refresh rates, then the screen can deliver.

One or two screens?
Some ATI cards enables you to have two screens. The last settings in the Screen preference, are for running dual screens.

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