JohnRogers

I'm writing this FAQ because some monitors work at an optimum resolution that may not be supported by Windows. So the easiest way is to use the nVidia Control Panel to force it to! :D

First of all, enter your nVidia Control Panel VIA 'Right-Click Desktop > Settings Tab > Advanced > GeForce XXXX'. For newer driver versions, such as 9x.xx, you will need to revert to the "Classic View" for this. This can be selected at the top of the Modern Control Panel, in the drop-down list. It may be called Advanced View, depending on the driver version.

Now, navigate to the "Screen Resolution & Refresh Rates" section. You should now be looking at something like this:



Alright. Now, click the "Add" button from within the "Custom Resolutions & Refresh Rates" frame.

Now what you must remember is that resolutions, and any dimensions for that matter, are written width x height x depth - but we don't have depth in a screen resolution, so we're sticking with width x height. So for the common 19" Widescreen resolution, 1440x900, 1440 is the Width and 900 is the Height.

Enter in the resolution you want, then select 32-bit from the "Colour Quality" drop-down (or 16-bit, if you for some reason prefer that :p). Then select your Refresh Rate. 60Hz is optimal for LCD monitors, any higher and it could leave you with a broken one. :p

You should now have entered something like this (my example is in 1440x900):



Click OK, hit Apply, then you should be able to select it from the Resolution Panel from within that same window. :) If you can't, you should contact your monitor's manufacturer and ask for a driver CD - but I've never known of this happening.

Thanks! :)

ENTERPRISE

Nice FAQ. Im sure People with Nvidia cards will find this rather handy.

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Mad_Handlez89

Nice - This helped with my mums PC. Good Work

Trippen Out

can this be done with nvidia cards in linux with legacy drivers

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blackeagle

Thats cool I never knew about this.

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Kipper

doesn't work for me. I get this "The custom resolution cannot be added" error when I try 1440 x 900 on my monitor (even though 1680 x 1050 is its native). Any suggestions?