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    Cannot change to "use NVIDIA scaling" on my z11xn

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by raim, Oct 24, 2009.

  1. raim

    raim Newbie

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    Hi

    I have recently installed Win7 with all the new drivers so everything works including the brightness adjustment in SPEED mode. However, I am trying to play som computer games in lower resolution such as 800x600. The problem when I do this is that the picture inside the game is not fully scaled over the entire screen. I have tried to use the setting "NVIDIA scaling" inside the NVIDIA control panel, but it always automatically change back to "use my display's built-in scaling". When I instead use the INTEL graphic card the screen is scaled properly over the entire screen but I want to use the NVIDIA card for games.

    I am currently using Win7 pro x64 with the newest video drivers from sony support site.

    I would be thankful if someone could help me or confirm that this problem is not only concerning me.
     
    raim, Oct 24, 2009
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    Firestone Notebook Consultant

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    same issue :)
     
    Firestone, Oct 24, 2009
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    raim Newbie

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    ok thanks for the answer. Can anybody try it on a 32bit win7? To see if it only concerns 64bit OS?
     
    raim, Oct 24, 2009
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    Nautis Switchable Graphics Guy

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    Scaling
    This is a problem with all Nvidia drivers on Windows 7. You can adjust it by switching to a resolution other than native and then adjusting it. (Move the resolution down and then try to adjust the scaling.)

    The scaling option is stuck at the native resolution because at that resolution nothing needs to be scaled.

    59Hz
    The other problem is the 59Hz issue or not being able to set it to 60Hz. This is due to the drivers detecting the display at its proper 59.94Hz and removing the digits after the decimal rather than rounding up as it did in the past. So in other words technically the drivers are reporting the correct refresh rate (59Hz) and displaying it directly. I assume they kept the 60Hz option to not cause any problems even though it really cant be switched to.

    So what has happened in both of these cases is the functionality has changed from what everyone was use to and the nvidia control panel was never adjusted accordingly.
     
    Nautis, Oct 24, 2009
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  5. thomaskc.dk

    thomaskc.dk Notebook Deity

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    Has there been any "fix" for the scaling?
     
    thomaskc.dk, Oct 13, 2010
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  6. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    For me, I just set the Windows resolution to lower than the LCD screen's resolution. If I change the scaling setting then, it will stick. After that, you can put Windows resolution back to highest.
     
    namaiki, Oct 13, 2010
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