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    Certain resolutions disappeared...

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by anothergeek, Dec 19, 2008.

  1. anothergeek

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    I originally had 1366 x 768 and 1600 x 900 resolutions available in all games, and on the desktop. I believe specifially after I installed Doc's 180.70 (and shortly after 180.84), I lost those resolutions. Yesterday Nvidia released the official 179.28 drivers, but those didn't bring back the resolutions. And finally, installing factory drivers didn't either. I made sure to clean the drivers in safe mode after removing them. I have no idea...

    FO3 runs terrible on stock drivers :D I'm heading back to Nvidias now..
     
  2. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    Those are 16:9 resolutions and you're on a 16:10 display... I don't know why they've disappeared, but why would you want to use them anyway?
     
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    It actually is a 16:9 display, native res is 1920 x 1080. Obvious I can't play the latestgames at 1080p, but some games like boishock, run quite well at 1600 x 900...
     
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    Of course... I'm an idiot.
    I'll let someone who is not an idiot help you.
    For some reason I read 1920x1200 not 1920x1080.
    Sorry about that. :eek:
     
  5. st0nedpenguin

    st0nedpenguin Notebook Evangelist

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    According to the release notes, resolution support is pretty limited along with a whole bunch of other stuff.

    Definitely sticking to the desktop drivers myself now.
     
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    Fixed the problem! In Nvidia control panel under display category, there's an option to create custom resolutions. 1600 x 900 was then added to the windows resolution list, and to all my games.
     
  7. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    179.28 came with 1366x768 as a default res (good thing too, as it's my screen's native).
     
  8. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    179.28 wiped out all of the 16:9 resolutions in my games, with the exception of 1280x720.

    Of course, I'm on a 16:10 display so I don't care, but I was just letting you know.