no 1680x1050 option in windows

joe pineapples · 4 Feb 2009 at 13:37

Hi

Just got a Samsung 2693hm, and GTX 280. Been playing a lot of stuff fine in XP and Vista, at 1680x1050, but today went to play crysis warhead and noticed a number of resolutions missing in the gfx options. Looked in the windows display properties and they're missing in there too, most noticebly 1680x1050. Already have the latest nvidia drivers and monitor driver installed, so at a bit of a loss. :confused:

joe

mangobreeder · 4 Feb 2009 at 13:46

www.widescreengamingforum.com will probally fix your problem

Typhoon · 4 Feb 2009 at 14:09

Go to Nivia conrol panel and choose custom resolutions; then just add the res you want.

Amnesia · 4 Feb 2009 at 15:48

try reinstalling the drivers

joe pineapples · 4 Feb 2009 at 16:37

Hi

Updated to the latest Nvidia driver (i had a slightly older one), but still the same result. Anyway. tried your suggestion Typhoon and that worked fine - thanks. Maybe a future driver will sort it properly.

joe

Audigex · 4 Feb 2009 at 16:57

I have the exact same problem right now: It's probably either your cable or port on the monitor not sending the correct resolution info to the PC.

Try it with another system, if it works on there with the same cable+port, it's the PC. If not, replace the cable, if that doesn't work: RMA it.

joe pineapples · 4 Feb 2009 at 17:48

Audigex said:
I have the exact same problem right now: It's probably either your cable or port on the monitor not sending the correct resolution info to the PC.

Try it with another system, if it works on there with the same cable+port, it's the PC. If not, replace the cable, if that doesn't work: RMA it.

Hi

I just checked in Vista, and the 1680x1050 res is there (without forcing it), so i'm guessing its some weird driver issue, rather than a hardware problem.

Typhoon · 4 Feb 2009 at 17:57

joe pineapples said:
Hi

I just checked in Vista, and the 1680x1050 res is there (without forcing it), so i'm guessing its some weird driver issue, rather than a hardware problem.

BTW once you have added a custom res in the Nvidia control panel, it is automatically added to the Vista screen settings control panel.

joe pineapples · 4 Feb 2009 at 18:23

Typhoon said:
BTW once you have added a custom res in the Nvidia control panel, it is automatically added to the Vista screen settings control panel.

only added it in XP

Audigex · 4 Feb 2009 at 20:39

Anyone know how to manually add a resolution on intel mobile graphics? Specifically 965 express.