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I use 2 displays on my computer: a Dell monitor @ 1024x1280 + a widescreen HDTV @ 1080p (not usually at the same time). Sometimes I like to play games on my monitor and sometimes on my HDTV. Problem is many resolution modes on my monitor won't display at all on the HDTV since the HDTV doesn't support many of the resolutions. So whenver switch to the HDTV to play games, all i see is a black screen. Normally in XP, i have the video card set to do display adapter scaling to solve all these resolution problems. Adapter scaling basically upconverts the video signal to the native resolution of your display so that virtually any resolution can be used on it.
But with Windows 7 when i choose nVidia scaling (aka adapter scaling), it reverts back to Display scaling every time.
This problem also occurs in XP for all forceware versions in the last 2 years, but can be fixed with a simple little run command line:
rundll32.exe NvCpl.dll,dtcfg setscaling 1 DA 2
However, this method does not seem to work anymore in Windows 7.
Secondly, if I have an HDTV attached to the card, it will automatically treat it as an HDTV in Windows 7 and will not let you treat it as a PC display, which means it it will only let you resize the picture but won't give you any scaling options.
So, to summarize:
1) scaling options are missing for HDTV displays
2) when scaling option is changed to "Use nVidia scaling", it always reverts back to "Use my display's builtin scaling"
Anyone know how to get nVidia scaling (adapter scaling) working on an HDTV?
Other important missing features I thought i'd mention and could use help with too:
nVtray- no longer works to enable all the classic features that were available before the they made the new nVidia control panel. When i try it on WIndows 7, it just crashes explorer.exe whenever i enter "advance settings" for the video settings
No more nView - means features like having seperate wallpapers for each display is gone. Goodbye to multiple desktops. No more hotkey functions. I normally use a hotkey two switch between the two displays, which i activate with a Logitech harmony remote.
But with Windows 7 when i choose nVidia scaling (aka adapter scaling), it reverts back to Display scaling every time.
This problem also occurs in XP for all forceware versions in the last 2 years, but can be fixed with a simple little run command line:
rundll32.exe NvCpl.dll,dtcfg setscaling 1 DA 2
However, this method does not seem to work anymore in Windows 7.
Secondly, if I have an HDTV attached to the card, it will automatically treat it as an HDTV in Windows 7 and will not let you treat it as a PC display, which means it it will only let you resize the picture but won't give you any scaling options.
So, to summarize:
1) scaling options are missing for HDTV displays
2) when scaling option is changed to "Use nVidia scaling", it always reverts back to "Use my display's builtin scaling"
Anyone know how to get nVidia scaling (adapter scaling) working on an HDTV?
Other important missing features I thought i'd mention and could use help with too:
nVtray- no longer works to enable all the classic features that were available before the they made the new nVidia control panel. When i try it on WIndows 7, it just crashes explorer.exe whenever i enter "advance settings" for the video settings
No more nView - means features like having seperate wallpapers for each display is gone. Goodbye to multiple desktops. No more hotkey functions. I normally use a hotkey two switch between the two displays, which i activate with a Logitech harmony remote.
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