Missing 1440 x 900 resolution GTX570

[PhireSide]

Hi guys, I have a small issue in that I cannot get my monitor's native res to display. The option is missing in the Windows 7 slider. I am running the nVidia drivers (most current), and an LG W1934S-BN LCD screen. It is an analog LCD with a DVI adapter. The custom resolution tool that Nvidia supplies did not help. Crysis 2 supports native but it draws it with black bars on the top and bottom of the screen. Anyone experienced this before?

 

[ponder]

Get out the lg driver cd and install the driver in XP compatibility mode.

 

[PhireSide]

The CD is missing, I tried using the PnP driver Windows has built in but no go. I hope LG has it on their support page somewhere

 

[Pada]

You can try Refreshlock, but this seems to be a different problem if not even Crysis 2 can fix the resolution at 1440x900.

Does it show black bars on the top & bottom in other games as well?

It's really a waste to use such a terrible screen with such an awesome graphics card

 

[PhireSide]

Its either that screen or a 17" CRT - the new PC really drained my budget

I've never heard of refreshlock, I'll give it a go later on today and see what's up. Windows by default installed the monitor as non-PnP, and the resolutions available are from 800 x 600 all the way to 1600 x 1200, but it totally misses the 14xx resolutions. Just my luck. I currently have it @ 1280 x 960? to get it to display kind of correctly, but it's not perfect. I just find it strange that Windows XP could find the native res fine, and windows Z is having such a hard time. Thanks for the help chaps, I'll let you all know if I come right by this evening

 

[Pada]

I also had this exact same issue with Windows 7 like 3 weeks ago when I was at the ITWeb Security Summit and trying to connect to the Plasma TV which had a resolution of like 1280x720 (I can't remember the resolution).

 

[PhireSide]

I also had this exact same issue with Windows 7 like 3 weeks ago when I was at the ITWeb Security Summit and trying to connect to the Plasma TV which had a resolution of like 1280x720 (I can't remember the resolution).

And I had a similar issue with displaying dual resolutions at a security firm once. Not lekker.

I asked on overclock.net and a dude there pointed me to the US site and I found the drivers here. Funnily enough the SA site does not have a driver repository...I'll have to wait until tonight to see if it worked, but I'm hopeful. Otherwise it's back to the 17" for now and a 23" in June/July (hopefully...the GF is gonna kill me lol)

EDIT: our temps on the farm this morning::

 

[ponder]

The CD is missing, I tried using the PnP driver Windows has built in but no go. I hope LG has it on their support page somewhere

Oops. I dunno what it is with LG monitors requiring drivers as I've been in the same boat before. Linux however does not give a toss and it just works.

 

[PhireSide]

Still no go! I installed the W1934 drivers for the monitor and it still wouldn't give me the 1440 option. I also tried a W1952 Windows 7 Certified driver which has the same resolution - also fark-all. I'm at a dead end here

 

[PhireSide]

Solved! I played around with the custom resolutions a bit more, and I tried LG W1952 drivers - success! I now have the correct amount of pixels on my screen

 

[shaddowdragon]

Solved! I played around with the custom resolutions a bit more, and I tried LG W1952 drivers - success! I now have the correct amount of pixels on my screen

NB: If one of your VGA pins are bent the SW can fail to ID your monitor and other info etc. Check that all your pins are ok before the party!

 

[PhireSide]

NB: If one of your VGA pins are bent the SW can fail to ID your monitor and other info etc. Check that all your pins are ok before the party!

I did check that, and swop around ports on the VGA card. Luckily it was a brand new VGA cable, so I could rule that out. On a side note, I have seen some pretty weird stuff due to bent pins on VGA cables, mouse/keyboard plugs and molex adapters. I'll boot it up tonight again and see if it's still normal. It could be that green shooting star I saw last night that did the trick

 

[Jabberwocky]

adjust your resolution with the nvidia control panel - by right clicking on the desktop

Had the same problem... windows showed less resolution options than nvidia control panel. fixed it by changing the resolution back.

 

[PhireSide]

I have it all solved, I added the custom res into the nVidia panel but it would not draw correctly on the screen. I fiddled with the advanced settings (which I knew nothing about - stuff like edge pixels and interlacing) and I got it to work