Widescreen res problem

knoxy · 27 Jun 2006 at 23:39

Hey guys,
Just bought the Viewsonic VX2025 and chuffed with it. Running a res of 1280*1024 at moment but having issue running it at 1680*1050... I've selected the mode but the resulting desktop is too big for what I can see?

If I move the mouse to the top, bottom, left and right edges of screen, the desktop "scrolls" to the parts I cant see?

This isnt quite right is it?

I've updated to the latest catalyst drivers and installed drivers for my monitor btw. My graphics card is 9800 Pro.

Hope someone can shed some light on this please?

Cheers,
Knoxy

knoxy · 28 Jun 2006 at 19:09

Aye, using driver from cd and its picked the correct monitor up

running at 60hz hasnt helped either

also, when i right click on the desktop, and view the properties, clicking along the tabs will cause explorer.exe to crash causing all my apps to barf!

any ideas? :-)

knoxy · 29 Jun 2006 at 13:46

aye, i'm considering the full format :-)

i do have some issues with my pc anyway so worth a shot

have played a game in WS mode though and its fine

knoxy · 15 Jul 2006 at 09:34

That worked a treat! Cheers mate :-)

sadbuttrue said:
Open the ATI CCC (if you're unlucky enough to have it) and locate Monitor Properties. Try the following:

Option 1. If "Use Extended Display Identification Data" is not checked, check it.
Option 2. If "Use Extended Display Identification Data" is checked, uncheck it and set a manual max resolution of 1680x1050 with whatever hz you want to run at.

The problem you have is that the ATI drivers believe your monitors maximum resolution is below what you are trying to display.

knoxy · 15 Jul 2006 at 09:40

One more thing I noticed though on my screen though (before and after the res change). The text isn't actually full black, its like its got pinky green pixels where it anti-aliases the text? I have some screenshots if that makes it easier to figure out what I'm blathering about :-)

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