Quote Originally Posted by katank
Actually, the 1280 by 1024 looks really funny on my 17". It just looks narrower and long.

I went back to 1600 by 1200 and just turned down some other settings down a bit.
Your 17" might not fully support it (I've seen that effect too at times.) However, it might be the refresh rate. Try different refresh rates. There are some combos of refresh and resolution that change the screen geometry on my monitors. By setting the appropriate refresh I don't have geometry issues. Odd thing is, sometimes it is high, sometimes it is low refresh that is the problem. Depends on resolution for the given monitor/graphics card combo.