New strange happening in the Nvidia Control Panel

Basically today, out of the blue, a strange problem has popped up on Win7. I can't change my display refresh rate to 60 anymore, it's stuck on 59. When I try to change it to 60, it asks me to apply the setting, then after I approve it automatically switches back to 59.

Same thing happens with the Change Flat Panel Scaling options. I can't set the scaling to "Do not scale" anymore.

Anyone else have this issue? This is the first time I have seen the NVCP revert to it's own settings after me selecting a different one.

 

These are common problems with Nvidia drivers and Windows 7/ Vista.

 

Try un-installing and re-installing nVidia components first and hope that it fixes it.

 

Yep, that happens a lot with recent NVidia drivers. \rant The quality of their stuff really has gone down the drain during the last year or so, and the problem you see is really the least of them. You may or may not have noticed that since version in the 180s or so, 2D acceleration often does not work anymore, and on and on... \rant

Anyway, in this particular case I am almost certain that the problem is really only with the control panel itself. In other words, your setting is in fact applied the way you want it to, it's just that the control panel will not show that that's the case... To check, simply switch your card to a different resolution, and see what happens.

I would strongly advise against that approach, for NVidia drivers in particular, since that is bound to make matters worse. NVidia's drivers are all half broken these days, that's the core of the problem.

I remember a long time back when ATI was the only game in town for high-performance laptop graphics, and they acted the same way, pushing shoddy drivers on an unsuspecting public. Which gave NVidia an opening, who came to dominate this field for a long time. Maybe it's time for things to change again...

 

I would also reinstall, that should fix it.

 

This won't fix the issue. This is an underlying issue with all Nvidia drivers.

 

I reinstalled, and it fixed it for me. Fixed my overclocking problem too.

 

Thanks everyone for your replies. The problem in itself is not huge, since now that I have a top of the line CPU (T9900) I run all my games @ max resolution with no problem whatsoever. And the refresh rate at 59 is just as smooth as 60 so I will keep my installed drivers for now, not to risk creating other more serious problems. On a positive note my old nvlddmkm driver crash that I used to get on Vista x64 is gone. That is a huge relief as it used to cause the system to lock up at times, forcing a manual restart.

 

means even lower than at the start of vista, where they where responsible for 2 3rd of the bluescreens worldwide? or before, where they always cheated on their hw to get better benches, even accepting that gamers experience will go down in quality.



a happy non-nvidia user



btw, for the OP. check if you have some form of hdtv settings set up (plugged in on some hdmi tv or something lately?). maybe that messed the driver up. 59fps sounds like a tv setting.

 

It's a common problem, reinstalling doesn't work, just leave it the way it is, can't tell the difference between 59Hz and 60Hz; it could be even at 60Hz but the bug doesn't reflect the change in the control panel.

 

Yeah, I know, their driver development really has turned into a disaster area. Shame, they still have pretty decent hardware. Like I said, things used to be different, but it looks like they need to lose a good chunk of market share before they wake up, hopefully...

 

You probably have a lot more expertise in the tech field than I, so I don't mind if you or other members step in and let me know that my ideas might be wr....wr....wro....wron....wrong. It's really hard to spit that out.

 

Hah, don't you worry about any of us being afraid to step in and argue with whatever it is you are saying

But you knew that already, didn't you?

Seriously, though, with the recent issues with NVidia drivers and their installers, it is really a good idea, and sometimes even mandatory, to uninstall the drivers carefully, and then run DriverCleaner.NET afterwards before attempting a reinstall. And, yes, unfortunately I have a lot more experience with that kind of thing than I ever wanted...