hi guys, recently i bought myself a second hand 6800gt to replace my 9800pro...
let me explain quickly my setup on my 9800pro... i had my 17" hitachi lcd connected and running at 1280x1024. i also have a sony 32" widescreen television. this tv isnt lcd or plasma but the older ones (u know the ones that went back miles
)...
anyway my setup with the ati was simple, the tv was an extended desktop and the resolution was a widescreen one 848x480 i think and all was sweet. to watch movies on it i would just drag windows media player across and double click and the movie would fill the tv...
this nvidia is proving to be a nightmare. i cant seem to find a widescreen resolution that will work. initially nvidia drivers didnt have the option for 848x480 so i tried to custom create them (nvidia has that option) but it said "this resolution cannot be added." so i downloaded powerstrip and added the 848x480 resolution. then i had to use ultramon to select that resolution on the tv. i thought i had finally cracked it but the display on the tv ended up being garbled (the wallpaper would only appear across the top half of the tv and crap in the bottom half)...
does anyone know how to fix this, or maybe i have to use a lower resolution? if so what res as i can custom make it in powerstrip or something. this tv with the nvidia card seems to like the low resolutions like 400x300 but these resolutions are not int he right aspect and when i watch movies it gets cut off on the tv screen....
plz help, this is driving me crazy
thanks
let me explain quickly my setup on my 9800pro... i had my 17" hitachi lcd connected and running at 1280x1024. i also have a sony 32" widescreen television. this tv isnt lcd or plasma but the older ones (u know the ones that went back miles

anyway my setup with the ati was simple, the tv was an extended desktop and the resolution was a widescreen one 848x480 i think and all was sweet. to watch movies on it i would just drag windows media player across and double click and the movie would fill the tv...
this nvidia is proving to be a nightmare. i cant seem to find a widescreen resolution that will work. initially nvidia drivers didnt have the option for 848x480 so i tried to custom create them (nvidia has that option) but it said "this resolution cannot be added." so i downloaded powerstrip and added the 848x480 resolution. then i had to use ultramon to select that resolution on the tv. i thought i had finally cracked it but the display on the tv ended up being garbled (the wallpaper would only appear across the top half of the tv and crap in the bottom half)...
does anyone know how to fix this, or maybe i have to use a lower resolution? if so what res as i can custom make it in powerstrip or something. this tv with the nvidia card seems to like the low resolutions like 400x300 but these resolutions are not int he right aspect and when i watch movies it gets cut off on the tv screen....
plz help, this is driving me crazy

thanks