Windows 7 & 8800GTX

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theDreamer

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Got Windows 7 loaded on the desktop this past weekend and things are great and one by one I got the needed drivers for all my gear. Intentionally waited to do the GPU last since my displays were fine at full resolutions for office work & internet browsing. Installed 191.07 and my 20" keeps its resolution but my 26" will not go beyond 1024x768 or 1280x720.

Current gear:
~Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
~20" monitor (Sceptre)
~26" monitor (Doublesight DS-263N)
~8800GTX
~nVidia drivers 191.07

Other items:
~Core 2 Quad 45nm CPU (not 100% on which one anymore)
~Gigabyte motherboard
~8GB of memory (G.skill)
~A couple of hard drives

The doublesight should be at 1900x1200 but the drives do not allow it. I can remove the drivers fully and the doublesight can do 1900x1200, I went into the nVidia panel and see if I could force a resolution. The best I could do was 1920x1080 and it would not allow that, tried a custom resolution and no luck. I do not have any older drivers or know where to get them, so if anyone has a link to a more stable drive please share.

Really enjoying Windows 7 other than this one issue with my GPU, would like not to have to upgrade but maybe this is a sign.

Thanks for any help.
 
ben chi(f4) said:
Can't help you. I have no problems at all.
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zomg ill ask you when i next have a problem...

On topic: I'm pretty sure you can't run 2 different resolutions on 1 card at the same time, so there is no actual problem just a limitation.
 
e-geek said:
zomg ill ask you when i next have a problem...

On topic: I'm pretty sure you can't run 2 different resolutions on 1 card at the same time, so there is no actual problem just a limitation.
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sure you can. I'm running one monitor at 1920x1080 and one at 1680x1050 on W7 Ultimate x64 and a GTX285. Unless you mean a limitation of the 8800GTX, in that case, yes.

EDIT: running 190.62 by the way
 
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Question, are you mirroring/duplicating your display or extending? Just asking, because dubbing your limited to the lowest resolutions displays res. Running to different resolutions off of my 8800GTX in Windows 7 (1680x1050 and 1368x768).
 
I am trying to run two separate resolutions.
Last night I tried just running a single monitors (26") and it still would not allow it to reach full resolution.

Is there a website to download older drivers for 64 bit Windows 7 for nVidia? Maybe another driver will work.

Thanks.
 
MurderCityDevil said:
sure you can. I'm running one monitor at 1920x1080 and one at 1680x1050 on W7 Ultimate x64 and a GTX285. Unless you mean a limitation of the 8800GTX, in that case, yes.

EDIT: running 190.62 by the way
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Are you saying the 8800GTX cannot run two separate resolutions in Windows 7?
I had 64bit Windows Vista Ultimate before this and could run 1900x1200 & 1680x1050 perfectly fine with no problems.
 
i am currently running 191.07 on my 8800gtx SLI setup, 1680x1050 on my lcd and 1600x1200 on my crt, win7 ultimate and everything is hunky dory
 
theDreamer said:
Are you saying the 8800GTX cannot run two separate resolutions in Windows 7?
I had 64bit Windows Vista Ultimate before this and could run 1900x1200 & 1680x1050 perfectly fine with no problems.
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I'm not saying if the 8800GTX can or cannot do this - I don't know as I don't own one. I was just saying that I can do it with my GTX285.

OP - I'm extending the monitor and then using a 3rd party app to put a taskbar on the second monitor.

Finally, it sounds like a driver problem. I'd uninstall your drivers and get the newest ones you can for 64 bit.
 
I have Ultramon also, also have the setup set to extend displays.
I do have the latest drivers, was using 191.07 for 64bit Windows 7.
 
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