Hi. I am a newbie and here are some imformation about my hardware and settings tha you can help out with in my inquiry.

OS: 6.10 Edgy Eft
VC: Palit 7600 GS
Monitor: LG T710SH CRT
Driver: 1.0-8776

My screen resolution settings are 1024x768 for the screen resolution and this is optimal for my CRT monitor, refresh rate is 85Hz.

I noticed that the screen looks small which means that there are spaces at the edges and I can not get the optimal view. Surely I can adjust the width and the height in my CRT ,but, is there a fix for this so that my desktop display will be bigger? Many thanks!

Sure sounds like the Horizontal scan rate and/or vertical refresh rate you are using is not correct, and so the driver is not displaying the screen properly.
I am guessing you use an nVidia card, based on the driver number you post. What type of card is it?
Check the monitor manual, or use google, and verify the HorizSync and VertRefresh ranges for your xorg.conf file, and make sure the driver is specified as 'nvidia', not 'nv'.

EDIT - Sorry, ok I see the card there.. Who makes it? Is it an nvidia?

Horizontal Frequency 30 ~ 71 kHz
Vertical Frequency 50 ~ 160 Hz

Here's what your HorizSync and VertRefresh rates should be.

@GrapefruiTgirl

Thanks! I changed the horizontal and vertical frequencies and nothing changed. Should I also adjust the refresh rates? How to adjust this?
In the manual, it says that the best resolution is 1024x768 and the refresh rate should be 75 hz.

Yes, I looked at the specs online. Every monitor comes with a set of numbers they claim are the best, mine included. But these are at ideal conditions, on a praticular bunch of hardware, with a perfect driver, etc etc.. For mine, it says the native resulution is 1024*768 @ 85 hz , however its maximum resolution is 1600*1200, which is what I use. At this resolution, the refresh rate is 75.1H x 60.1V

So, the idea is to give the entire range your monitor is able to handle, and let it decide for itself what refresh & scan rates to use for a given resolution. In other words, do not have just one single number for the scan rates, but give it the whole range.

Why not post your xorg.conf file here so we can have a look

I'm quite sure that your monitor has controls to adjust the vertical and horizontal size.

Yup it has but can it adjust automatically based on settings?

Here is my xorg.conf(/etc/X11):

I installed the new dirvers from Nvidia thru Envy. It gives me more options. However, when I adjust the settings to 1024x768, 75 Hz it comes back to the default refresh rate settings of 50Hz since I installed the new drivers. Any fix for this? Thanks.

Your max refresh is 60 Hz according to your xorg.conf. Change the two lines below to match your monitor's capabilities:
and restart the x-server

Yup, that should do wonders as Wim says, change those lines to the values I gave above. This will allow your monitor to pick the best scan rates for the resolution being sent to it.

I change the settings in xorg.conf but every restart goes back to 50hz. I must be doins something incorrectly. I saved the settings in nvidia-settings but still the same.

OK, try removing or commenting-out the line in Module Section for 'Load DDC' and also add a line to the Screen Section like:
Option "UseEDID" "False"

And if this doesn't work, re-post your xorg.conf (as it is now) in your above post where you initially posted it.

@GrapefruiTgirl

Thanks a lot for the help and I am glad that there are a lot of people here in this community that help newbies like me. So here is the the conf file and I have not changed anything because I want to show you first:

I will follow your guide but don't know exactly what to type. Do you mind teaching a fool like me about it? Thanks for the wonderful help and more power to you!

OK first, is there an onboard video device in your computer, as well as this card?
If there is, please post the output of 'lspci' entered into a root console.

Now... Technically there's nothing *wrong* with this file; it could however have a few things added to it, in case one of them is something that will help the situation. It is something of a trial and error process though.
Also, If you haven't already, get a copy of the README file or the tutorial from nvidia.com and browse through it. It is VERY detailed, and explains every possible option you might ever need for these drivers.

Once you post the 'lspci' results I will suggest some things to add to the file; some of all of them may or may not help fix it, but again, it's different for almost every machine, so it is trial and error.

If its not so much to ask what are the commands for lspci? Thanks.

The command 'lspci' *is* the command. Just enter a console, use 'su' and enter the root password, and type 'lspci'. Then post the output here.