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I've just done a fresh format of windows XP, and installed the latest drivers for my XFX 7800GT graphics card. However, when I went to set the resolution, the options I had on my old setup were not there, and strange new resolutions are there instead!
I thought it was supposed to prevent the user from setting a resolution that the monitor can't support. My monitor can support anything up to 1440 x 900 resolution, and this used to be the max option, as expected. However, now, my max option exceeds 2048 x 1536! Worst thing is, I was used to using 1440 x 900, now I can't even select that resolution!! My screen is widescreen, so I'm used to a little squeeze/ stretch, however, the best resolution I can get now is far too stretched, and I cannot cope with it. I want my old resolution back!
What has gone wrong? I tried the drivers I was using before (both Nvidia forceware), but it makes no difference. Is my card broken in any way? The display does not look right, please help me to get it back.
Cheers
*p.s. another thing that isn't supposed to happen - when I right click on the nvidia icon in the system tray, the screen flickers, goes black, then comes back again, as if changing resolution, but it isn't. What the heck is going on! That never used to happen!!
I thought it was supposed to prevent the user from setting a resolution that the monitor can't support. My monitor can support anything up to 1440 x 900 resolution, and this used to be the max option, as expected. However, now, my max option exceeds 2048 x 1536! Worst thing is, I was used to using 1440 x 900, now I can't even select that resolution!! My screen is widescreen, so I'm used to a little squeeze/ stretch, however, the best resolution I can get now is far too stretched, and I cannot cope with it. I want my old resolution back!
What has gone wrong? I tried the drivers I was using before (both Nvidia forceware), but it makes no difference. Is my card broken in any way? The display does not look right, please help me to get it back.
Cheers
*p.s. another thing that isn't supposed to happen - when I right click on the nvidia icon in the system tray, the screen flickers, goes black, then comes back again, as if changing resolution, but it isn't. What the heck is going on! That never used to happen!!