Cant Get 1680x1050

Jay123 · 19 Jun 2007 at 20:02

Hi Guys , Moving from Vista to XP for some aplications and i cant get 1680x1050! I can get close but the quality is horrible !

Monitor: Packard Bell 22" (No drivers on the website or anywhere)

8800GTS 640Mb Graphics Card

Any ideas Guys? Lastest Nvidia Drivers...

Thanks Guys

Jay!

Alex UK · 19 Jun 2007 at 20:07

Sounds very odd. What are the available resolutions?

Jay123 · 19 Jun 2007 at 20:08

1600x1200

Screen works perfectly in Vista

Alex UK · 19 Jun 2007 at 20:13

Are you trying to set the resolution through Windows or the Nvidia Control Panel? If you've only tried one, then try the other.

Jay123 · 19 Jun 2007 at 20:16

Alex UK said:
Are you trying to set the resolution through Windows or the Nvidia Control Panel? If you've only tried one, then try the other.

Tryed Both Mate, Im getting really anoyed now

H0wz3r · 19 Jun 2007 at 23:13

Have you tried using plug and play drivers for your monitor? Failing that, I would try drivers for similar 22" monitors as that may force the graphics card to allow more resolution options.

Sounds to me like your graphics card doesn't think your monitor can handle any resolution higher than 1600x1200 and this can only be down to lack of or missing drivers for your monitor.

Jay123 · 20 Jun 2007 at 23:13

Theres no driver for my monitor. Windows picks it up as Plug and Play.

Any drivers you know of will fix this ? I Can go in 1680x1050 but the picture quality is terrible

Jay!

Jay123 · 20 Jun 2007 at 23:29

Bump

Please Guys

bobert50 · 20 Jun 2007 at 23:31

sounds really unlikely but have you tried reinstalling the graphics card drivers since you've had the new monitor set up ? or trying slightly different variations of the drivers?

Jay123 · 20 Jun 2007 at 23:36

I have the newest driver for my graphics card . There is no drivers for my monitor (thanks to packard bell)

Shall i try Older drivers?

Jay!

squiffy · 20 Jun 2007 at 23:37

If you use DVI it should detect the maximum resolution your monitor supports.

Jay123 · 20 Jun 2007 at 23:46

Im using DVi .. Still the same

Jay123 · 20 Jun 2007 at 23:47

I can get 1680x1050 now but the picture quality is very very poor

d.chatten · 21 Jun 2007 at 01:25

Is your monitor a normal 4:3 or a wide 16:9, if it's a normal 4:3 then this may explain why you can't get 1680x1050 to display properly because i think 1680x1050 is wide 16:9, but, 1600x1200 is normal 4:3, the only thing i can think of is to try different refresh rates to see if it makes any difference.

Jay123 · 21 Jun 2007 at 19:42

Cant change refresh . Its stuck on 60Hz and when i change in nvidia tools it doesnt change

Its 16:9 22" Widescreen

squiffy · 21 Jun 2007 at 19:45

What do you want to set it to? 60hz is common refresh, but some support 75hz. Does yours?

Werewolf · 21 Jun 2007 at 20:15

What model HP monitor is it?

if it's the 2207 try this

g00dsh0t · 21 Jun 2007 at 21:12

hi , you could make your own driver with a programme called powerstrip.
hope it helps

Bossk128 · 22 Jun 2007 at 09:44

Why don't you phone Packard Bell tech support?

And maybe check the monitors OSD to make sure it's not doing any scaling.

Jay123 · 22 Jun 2007 at 23:31

Bossk128 said:
Why don't you phone Packard Bell tech support?

And maybe check the monitors OSD to make sure it's not doing any scaling.

There nothing in the monitor settings. Packard Bell havent got any drivers on the website which is what i need. Model is : http://www.packardbell.co.uk/produc...es/maestro-22/productsheet-6980230100-68.html

Vista picks the screen up as default. And sets it to the correct driver and the screen quality is excellent...

Thanks Guys Once Again!

Jay!