Wrong Native Res supported on 27" LCD

NeptuneUK · 10 Oct 2011 at 23:52

I have a generic 27" LCD that I have been running at 1336x768 for about two weeks now. I assumed that this was the native res (even though it's ****) as it was the only one supported in windows (and via the nvidia control panel)
I recently upgraded the NVIDIA drivers and the monitor is now stuck at 1280x768.
When uninstalling the drivers and then reinstalling them I noticed (after the uninstallation, so using windows default drivers) I was able to set the resolution to 1600x1200.
1600x1200 looked slightly blurry though so I NOW believe the native resolution should be 1680x1250 even though it wasn't available before.
I have reinstalled the old drivers that worked with the 1366x786 res but I'm still stuck at 1280x786.
I am unable to force the correct res with the NVIDIA driver now either as when trying to add an unsupported res there are no options.
It says I can create a custom resolution, but that doesn't work either?

Any ideas? I have tried uninstalling the monitor drivers but that doesn't help, I am also unable to run any games in fullscreen mode as I either get an 'input not supported' or just a blank screen.

Edit: Windows says it is a n27xa22-2, but there is no information about this on the net.

NeptuneUK · 10 Oct 2011 at 23:58

Update: I managed to force a 1680x1250 res but it was far too skewed to the left hand side to use. 1600x1200 no longer works at all.

NeptuneUK · 11 Oct 2011 at 00:09

Im using DVI -> VGA.
I can see now how this might be causing my ballache.

I have it at a relatively low headache inducing res of 1440x900 now. Some of the text looks a little over truetype-fonted but I think it's the best I can do for now until I see a good B-grade monitor on offer in the shop.
Still hurts my eyes though.

NeptuneUK · 11 Oct 2011 at 00:27

Surveyor said:
Does the monitor only have a VGA connection?

What version of Windows are you using?

Edit

Are you sure this is a PC monitor and not a TV?

Ok yeah it's a TV. Hence no proper driver support. I can't even find the correct native res for this thing. 1336x768 looks too low and 1650x1080 looks too high. I'll have to make do with this until fate allows me to purchase something proper.
I have a phenom black x6 and a GTX570 so I assume HD resolutions shouldn't be an issue with gaming in the future.