HELP !!Resolution Set up for 8800GT

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lov3rboy408

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everytime i set up my game to the MAX resolution.. it's said ERROR MONITOR IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THIS SET UP and it's go back to 1280 x 1024???
is it because my monitor old and only go up to that only?
 
Well common logic would say DONT USE RESOLUTIONS YOUR MONTIOR DOESNT SUPPORT. :)

Maybe you are selecting a widescreen resolution that you cant support? Be more specific.
 
Look for a current driver for your monitor. Then your monitor's max resolution should be the max you can see in Settings.
 
You can't just set your resolution to the max a game will display.. you can only set it to the max your monitor supports.

A 17inch CRT at 1280x1024 isn't going to be able to use signals running at 1900x1200.
 
i have a samsung syncmaster 730B 17'' LCD and it's not widescreen.. i don't have driver for it.. because i'm using window vista ultimate
 
lov3rboy408 said:
i have a samsung syncmaster 730B 17'' LCD
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SPECIFICATIONS:
Screen size: 17"
Brightness: 300 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio: 600:1
Viewing Angle: 160°/160°
Interface: Analog/DVI
Resolution: 1280x1024
Pixel Pitch: 0.264mm
Response Time: 8ms
Power Draw: 34W
Dimensions: 15x15.2x6.9"

Don't set your in-game resolution to anything but this.
 
I'm using Vista Ultimate 64 and Dell had drivers for my 2407WFP. I bet if you checked you'd find updated drivers for your monitor.

With the correct driver installed, you only see the resolutions listed your monitor supports.
 
Kowan said:
I'm using Vista Ultimate 64 and Dell had drivers for my 2407WFP. I bet if you checked you'd find updated drivers for your monitor.

With the correct driver installed, you only see the resolutions listed your monitor supports.
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In most games it shows all resolutions supported by the game not the monitor so changing drivers wont change that.
 
Actually it only shows the resolution your monitor supports. Unless you're using a 3rd party app that allows custom resolutions.
If you see a resolution your monitor doesn't support, it's using the Window's default monitor driver.
 
Yes, you will need to purchase a monitor that supports the resolution you're trying to push.

LCDs will run at resolutions lower than their native resolution, but they cannot run at higher resolutions than their native resolution.
 
lov3rboy408 said:
i search everywhere and they don't have my monitor driver for vista.. very weird...
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Monitors don't require drivers 99.99% of the time...
Anyways, long story short, you need a new monitor to play games at any resolution higher than 1280 x 1024. That's your MAX RES and NATIVE RES. You can play things at a LOWER resolution if you want, not not higher.
 
Orayn said:
Monitors don't require drivers 99.99% of the time...
Anyways, long story short, you need a new monitor to play games at any resolution higher than 1280 x 1024. That's your MAX RES and NATIVE RES. You can play things at a LOWER resolution if you want, not not higher.
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True, but there is a big caveat to that, on that (for example) even in XP if you use the default PnP monitor driver when you load up a current NV driver and try to use the NV sysytray config tool to switch resolutions on the fly you'll notice that all of the resolutions are not available just very basic ones, but when you load the real driver for that monitor those resolutions show up in systray config for both ATI or NV drivers. You can still change resolution the standard way but even then sometimes not all of the refresh rates that are available to a monitor (usually just in the case of CRT's does this matter though) as most LCD's are only going to use a 60 htz refresh rate anyway.
 
On a related note, I'm dual booting XP and Vista x64, and for the life of me, I can't figure out how to add custom resolutions. I'd really like to try 1440x900 in Crysis, but without getting that resolution added to Windows, I don't see how that's going to happen.

I'm using the latest 169.04 drivers. I've tried the nvidia control panel, powerstrip, rivatuner, updating the monitor drivers, can't find it anywhere.
 
With ntune you should be able to set up a custom profile with whatever resolution you want.
 
asmielia said:
On a related note, I'm dual booting XP and Vista x64, and for the life of me, I can't figure out how to add custom resolutions. I'd really like to try 1440x900 in Crysis, but without getting that resolution added to Windows, I don't see how that's going to happen.

I'm using the latest 169.04 drivers. I've tried the nvidia control panel, powerstrip, rivatuner, updating the monitor drivers, can't find it anywhere.
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Hmm I've been able to scale down to 14*9 (in Crysis demo, FEAR, and Far Cry) with my L226WTQ 22" just fine, but I couldn't do that until I loaded the actual XP L226WTQ monitor driver vs. the default XP driver. The only real reason I even use 14*9 is because I can then select 75 Htz so I can use Vsync (LCD's look terrible without Vsync on usually because of the banding that can occur game depending) and my FPS isn't capped @ 60 Htz but instead a nice steady 75 Htz. When i would use 60 Htz (default LCD refresh rate) and Vsync together the FPS would drop too low at times.

I REALLY don't like the fact that 60 htz is standard with LCD refresh rates because when you then use vsync it usually locks it @ 60 FPS along with the refresh rate. You can force vsync off but im many games it just doesn't look good on an LCD without vsync on whereas with my previous Sony Trinitron I would get insane FPS and IQ @ 1152X864 or 1280X960 and many times didn't have to use vsync. The only thing i'm worried about is not using the default 60Htz on an LCD and it's long term effects on the monitor.
 
You can't hurt the LCD by using > 60Hz refresh simply because the monitor won't display it. It's not like a CRT where you can force it to do something it shouldn't and burn it up. The LCD will only display as fast as it can which is a max of 60Hz. (Though it isn't really the same as CRT refresh rates)
 
rhagz said:
You can't hurt the LCD by using > 60Hz refresh simply because the monitor won't display it. It's not like a CRT where you can force it to do something it shouldn't and burn it up. The LCD will only display as fast as it can which is a max of 60Hz. (Though it isn't really the same as CRT refresh rates)
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Well that's good to know, though I have heard otherwise that it would be best to leave it @ 60Htz to make the monitor "last longer". I'm new to LCD tech though I so don't really know for sure, but I do know that selecting 75 Htz allows for more FPS with vsync on (obviously).
 
zone_86 said:
Well that's good to know, though I have heard otherwise that it would be best to leave it @ 60Htz to make the monitor "last longer". I'm new to LCD tech though I so don't really know for sure, but I do know that selecting 75 Htz allows for more FPS with vsync on (obviously).
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The computer may report 75FPS but the monitor isn't displaying it.
 
rhagz said:
The computer may report 75FPS but the monitor isn't displaying it.
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Yes it is. When you set the refresh rate higher you are increasing the frequency of the signal going to the monitor. While the standard refresh rate is 60Hz, most will handle, and display, signals up to 75Hz.
 
Not being able to set up custom resolutions is causing me problems too.

Just upgraded from an X1800XT to an 8800GT and the number of resolutions available on my 2407wfp has been cut down rather a lot.

There are no longer any widescreen resolutions available below 1680x1050. I've tried setting up custom resolutions in the nVIDIA control panel and it fails when I try to test them. I've also tried using the latest versions of Powerstrip and Rivatuner to create custom resolutions but these don't work either.

I've downloaded the 2407wfp drivers and am using the 169.02 nVIDIA drivers.

Edit: The only reason I'm after these lower resolutions if for Crysis on Very High...
 
Un4given said:
Yes it is. When you set the refresh rate higher you are increasing the frequency of the signal going to the monitor. While the standard refresh rate is 60Hz, most will handle, and display, signals up to 75Hz.
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Go read up on how LCDs don't even use standard refresh rates. They are not like CRTs at all.
 
Un4given said:
Yes it is. When you set the refresh rate higher you are increasing the frequency of the signal going to the monitor. While the standard refresh rate is 60Hz, most will handle, and display, signals up to 75Hz.
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No its not... Try as had as you want but if the LCD's native resolution is 1280x1024 @60Hz you will not be able to take the resolution or refresh rate any higher. Even if you force it via software options an LCD will either not display anything or revert to its native refresh rate there is no way to force it any higher.
 
pfunkman said:
No its not... Try as had as you want but if the LCD's native resolution is 1280x1024 @60Hz you will not be able to take the resolution or refresh rate any higher. Even if you force it via software options an LCD will either not display anything or revert to its native refresh rate there is no way to force it any higher.
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I understood this anyway, except that you can 'lower' your resolution and thus have a faster refresh rate available (75 Htz). You see (for instance) in CoD1 if I want vsync locked to prevent banding but I also want good FPS I have to lower the resolution to get that faster refresh rate and thusly better FPS (75 FPS capped via 75 htz) available. If I leave the res @ 16*10 it automatically will go no higher than 60 Htz and if i have vsync on it caps my FPS @ 60 FPS, which in unacceptable. It's either that or I play with vsync disabled and get horrible tearing which is also unacceptable, but if I set res to 14*9 @ 75 Htz vsync enabled it's perfect.
 
Solved my problem. I found this solution on http://www.tekbunker.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1960 and have successfully added 1280x800 and 1440x900.
1. NVIDIA Control Panel > Display > Manage custom timings.
2. Click both "Treat as HDTV" and "Allow modes not exposed by the display"
3. Click [Create...]
4. Under Custom display mode values:
Horizontal desktop pixels: 1440
Vertical desktop lines: 900
GDI Refresh rate: 60
Bits per pixel: 32
(don't have "Interlaced" checked)
5. Click [Advanced >>]
6. Under "Back-end parameters":
Timing standard: DMT
Desired refresh rate: 60
(the rest of the fields are grayed out)
7. Under "Front-end paramers"
Scaling type: Display (none)
8. Click [Test]
9. Click [OK]
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