1366x768 res

zytok · 7 May 2008 at 14:24

What is the best way of getting the above resolution on a Radeon 3850 connected to an LCD TV?

Mr E · 7 May 2008 at 14:38

I've plugged my hdtv into my pc via a vga cable, works fine. Are you sure that you don't mean 1360x768? That's the max resolution detected for my tv. I am going to use a dhmi cable (which sents sound aswell as video) one of these days.

Hope that helps

zytok · 7 May 2008 at 15:15

nope, 1366. Loads of LCD's have this as native res. It's connected via HDMI.

ukbrainstew · 7 May 2008 at 15:25

You most probably will have to go with 1360x768 and just lose 3 strip of pixels at either side of you monitor, I doubt you'll notice the difference. So long as you have a few missing pixels, it'll be 1:1 mapped.

Cyber-Mav · 7 May 2008 at 15:26

do a search iv done an extensive guide into this rez.

best way to get it working is to use vga connection, hdmi will only support 1280x720 or 1900x1080

ukbrainstew · 7 May 2008 at 15:33

Cyber-Mav said:
do a search iv done an extensive guide into this rez.

best way to get it working is to use vga connection, hdmi will only support 1280x720 or 1900x1080

That's not necessarily true, some TVs do support 1360x768 over HDMI, its just not a common feature.

Cyber-Mav · 7 May 2008 at 15:36

very rare iv seen that happen though, using HDMI the image goes through the tvs internal scaler and get rescaled to fit, and its not a pretty sight. best to use vga to get the sharpest image possible.

zytok · 7 May 2008 at 15:37

I've had it working before so I know it's doable (1366x768). Problem is I installed Vista SP1 last night and it has buggered up my graphics settings. 2nd problem is that I can't remember how I got it working the first time, just that it took me hours of mucking about with the CCC and Powerstrip. The Omega drivers claim to have 1366x768 as a res but I don't believe these will work under Vista 64 due to driver signing.

zytok · 7 May 2008 at 15:39

Cyber-Mav said:
do a search iv done an extensive guide into this rez.

best way to get it working is to use vga connection, hdmi will only support 1280x720 or 1900x1080

care to post a linky? Oh and you're wrong btw on the supported res's.

Cyber-Mav · 7 May 2008 at 15:41

i had to make a custom monitor driver using powerstrip to get that rez available.

Cyber-Mav · 7 May 2008 at 15:42

zytok said:
care to post a linky? Oh and you're wrong btw on the supported res's.

yep your right a few other rezes are available over hdmi but for the 3 lcdtvs iv been connecting to 1360x768 was not available over hdmi.

zytok · 7 May 2008 at 15:46

Cyber-Mav said:
i had to make a custom monitor driver using powerstrip to get that rez available.

I think I did this originally but still had problems. Remember uninstalling Powerstrip as I thought it wasn't going to help and then mucking about in the CCC until 1366x768 magically appeared in the list of available resolutions. 1360x768 looks carp on this screen. 1366 looked perfect.

Have to try Powerstrip again but well miffed that installing SP1 has managed to screw up my graphics settings.....

Cyber-Mav · 7 May 2008 at 15:51

for amy x1950pro i had to use custom monitor driver and it worked.

for the 8800gt im using currently on the lcdtv i had to use a combination of custom monitor driver, omega drivers version 169.25 and removing pin 11 i think on the vga cable to stop EDID information being passed between gfx card and lcdtv.

james.miller · 7 May 2008 at 15:56

hdmi supports lots of odd-ball resolutions. any, really. its down to the devices in question whether they support a certain resolution or not. 1360x768 was available out of the box from my 8800gtx using a dv> hdmi adaptor. along with some really obscure resolutions like 1168xsomething or other.it totally depends on what its connected to.

RaiderX · 7 May 2008 at 17:49

1366x768 is not a real res as 1366 is not a 32-bit number

helmutcheese · 7 May 2008 at 18:39

1366x786 is what all 720p HDTV Ready TV's (16:10 Aspect Ratio).

Your TV has to upscale every 1280x720p feed to that RES.

At least with a TRUE/FULL HDTV like the Sharp I had it was 1280x720 on the screen or 1920x1080p/60hz on the screen with no scaling needed.

I have never seen any Nvidia users have issues as they can simply as a Custom RES but ATI users sometimes had to use Powerstrip to get that RES.

Supernaut91 · 7 May 2008 at 19:29

My Panasonic Viera 26" TX26LXD70, is through HDMI and the max i can set is 1920,1080 i can also have any other resolution i like. Its great scales anything even 1920,1080 with 1:1 Pixel Mapping.

Margaret · 7 May 2008 at 19:49

Cyber-Mav said:
very rare iv seen that happen though, using HDMI the image goes through the tvs internal scaler and get rescaled to fit, and its not a pretty sight. best to use vga to get the sharpest image possible.

HDMI is a lot sharper than VGA on my set, at 1920x1080.

Bunyan said:
My Panasonic Viera 26" TX26LXD70, is through HDMI and the max i can set is 1920,1080 i can also have any other resolution i like. Its great scales anything even 1920,1080 with 1:1 Pixel Mapping.

Nah it accepts 1920x1080 but it doesn't actually run at that resolution, my parents Panasonic downstairs is the same, it accepts the single and downscales it to the native resolution of the TV.

Shocky-FM · 7 May 2008 at 20:21

My LCDTV supports 1360*768, I force 1366*768 with nvidias custom resolutions with HDMI/DVI, works fine.

james.miller · 7 May 2008 at 21:21

RaiderX said:
1366x768 is not a real res as 1366 is not a 32-bit number

being 32bit has nothing to do with it. if it was a 32bit limitation then you wouldnt be able to program a custom res of 1366x768 but you can. 1366x768 isnt a standard resolution because.....there is no real reason. the only reason i can think of is that it doesnt fall under 16:9 or 16:10 which are the only widescreen resolutions traditionally supported in windows (and osx?)