I don't know what's the problem for this guy.

wtcnbrwndo4u · December 2nd, 2006

You guys mind helping me with this dude on the NewCelica forum. He bought a new XFX 7600GT and is not allowed to run games at 1280x1024. He was able to before with his older ATI card. He says he has the latest drivers as well.

http://www.newcelica.org/forums/show...42#post3408442

Thanks,
Sameer

wtcnbrwndo4u · December 2nd, 2006

Snap. I realized that link won't work unless you're a member (it's in the off topic forum).

I'll just quote his posts.

Quote:

At first I thought this was an issue with a particular game, but it seems to be more widespread. I have an XFX Geforce 7600 GT. I'm running it at 1280x1024 native resolution. Now my issue:

A good number of my games will not allow me to set my resolution to 1280x1024 even though I know they can be run in that resolution and I was able to play them at that resolution with my old ATI card - now that I've switched to this card I have lost the option to run this res. I can only choose LOWER resolutions capping at 1024x768. Some games let me, others don't. The option for 1280x1024 just doesn't show up with those titles.

I have the latest drivers and everything.

Quote:

I was using 1280x1024 with my ATI card and I'm using the same now. As soon as I switched to the Nvidia though a number of games that I was running at 1280x1024 would no longer show that resolution as being available. The highest I can run them now is 1024x768.

The games in question most notably are Command and Conquer Generals, Lord of the Rings - Battle for middle earth, and Civilization III. I also just installed Morrowind and read in a few places that it should run at 1280x1024 but I don't get that option there either. All the games are all patched to the max as well.

Just a real oddity thats been bugging me.

yurimxpxman · December 2nd, 2006

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Originally Posted by wtcnbrwndo4u

Snap. I realized that link won't work unless you're a member (it's in the off topic forum).

It's also a violation of the rules to link to another forum, so you may want to edit your post before Capper sees it

Quakindude · December 2nd, 2006

Yuri....the way I read the forum rules, you can't spam the forum with links. One link, as is the case here, should be OK in this situation. If he were to say, "This forum sucks, I'm hanging out at this forum <insert link>, come join me there", then that would violate the intent of the rules as I read them. Capper will come along and correct me if I'm mistaken.

That being said, @OP, it doesn't sound like the guy has the drivers installed properly. I would have him remove the drivers, use Driver Cleaner Pro in safe mode to remove all traces of the old drivers, then reinstall. If he only has two or three resolutions available to him, then it's a failed driver install completely as that's what you get with the standard Windows VGA adapter. You may want to have him tell you what Hardware Devices says he has installed.

Also, if he DOES have the right drivers installed, installing NVTweak will unlock other resolutions. However, he will need to be careful he doesn't over clock the nutz off his card.

yurimxpxman · December 2nd, 2006

Has he mentioned whether he's gotten any blue screens? In particular, the IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error. If so, then Tom would certainly be correct.

wtcnbrwndo4u · December 2nd, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by yurimxpxman

Has he mentioned whether he's gotten any blue screens? In particular, the IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error. If so, then Tom would certainly be correct.

He hasn't mentioned that.

**stinger608** · December 2nd, 2006

The other thing is, did he uninstall the ATI drivers?!?!

If he still has the ati drivers installed in his system, that could surly be causing a serious problem.

Quakindude · December 2nd, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by stinger608

The other thing is, did he uninstall the ATI drivers?!?!

If he still has the ati drivers installed in his system, that could surly be causing a serious problem.

Good clarification. I should have said use DriverCleaner Pro to remove both sets of drivers.

Only want one set of drivers on the system at a time.

**gvblake22** · December 2nd, 2006

If he needs help that bad, how about you send him here instead?

**Hitman** · December 2nd, 2006

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Originally Posted by gvblake22

If he needs help that bad, you about you send him here instead?

Best Idea yet! Just make sure he uses this referral link.

December 2nd, 2006	#1
wtcnbrwndo4u Resident Brownie Join Date: May 2006 Location: KS Posts: 2,211	I don't know what's the problem for this guy. You guys mind helping me with this dude on the NewCelica forum. He bought a new XFX 7600GT and is not allowed to run games at 1280x1024. He was able to before with his older ATI card. He says he has the latest drivers as well. http://www.newcelica.org/forums/show...42#post3408442 Thanks, Sameer - Core 2 Quad Q6600 - DFI Infinity 975X - 4GB Corsair XMS2 w/ DHX DDR2-800 - 250GB Seagate 7200.10RPM + 160GB Hitachi 5400.4RPM - ATi Radeon X1900XT 256MB - Cooler Master Centurion 5 + OCZ StealthXStream 600W - Acer 19" P191W Monitor - Logitech Z-5500 Digital + Logitech MX Revolution - Vista Ultimate x64

December 2nd, 2006	#4
Quakindude I'm Diggin it! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fort Rucker, AL. Posts: 2,754 Blog Entries: 7	Yuri....the way I read the forum rules, you can't spam the forum with links. One link, as is the case here, should be OK in this situation. If he were to say, "This forum sucks, I'm hanging out at this forum <insert link>, come join me there", then that would violate the intent of the rules as I read them. Capper will come along and correct me if I'm mistaken. That being said, @OP, it doesn't sound like the guy has the drivers installed properly. I would have him remove the drivers, use Driver Cleaner Pro in safe mode to remove all traces of the old drivers, then reinstall. If he only has two or three resolutions available to him, then it's a failed driver install completely as that's what you get with the standard Windows VGA adapter. You may want to have him tell you what Hardware Devices says he has installed. Also, if he DOES have the right drivers installed, installing NVTweak will unlock other resolutions. However, he will need to be careful he doesn't over clock the nutz off his card. Q6600@ 3.2GHz w/ CNPS9700 \| EVGA 780i \| 2Gb Corsair DDR2-800 \| EVGA GTX 280 1Gb Video \| 1x WD 640Gb HDD, 2x Seagate 400Gb HDD, 1x250Gb WD \| 2x Samsung SH-203B Opticals \| Antec 900 \| ABS/Tagan BZ700 700W PSU

December 2nd, 2006	#9
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,410 Blog Entries: 1	If he needs help that bad, how about you send him here instead? Last edited by stinger608; December 2nd, 2006 at 13:38.

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stinger608 Silence..Or I kill you! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the Zone! Posts: 2,664 Blog Entries: 1	The other thing is, did he uninstall the ATI drivers?!?! If he still has the ati drivers installed in his system, that could surly be causing a serious problem.