zircon Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 I am using two identical Sceptre 20" monitors on Windows XP with a Geforce en7600gs graphics card. I was using resolutions of 1600x900. I wanted to play Team Fortress 2, and the game told me I should update my drivers. I did so, and when I did, my resolutions were messed up. I could no longer even select 1600x900, or 1440x900 for that matter. The closest was 1680x1050 which is too high for me. How can I get back ALL my resolutions? I even tried forcing Windows to display resolutions that wouldn't work, and it doesn't have 1600x900 or 1440x900 on the list. It's driving me crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 I'm guessing you're running both monitors at the same time. Try running on one monitor, then switch back to both and see if the options come back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 Nope, no difference. My left monitor does from 1280x1024 to 1680x1050. The right one has 1280x1024, 1360x768, 1440x900, and then 1680x1050. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalcyonSpirit Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 That's an nVidia card, right? Have you tried changing the resolutions using the nVidia Control Panel? I have an nVidia card, and sometimes the default Windows display controls won't show the correct resolutions until after I've done it via the nVidia control panel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 The nVidia panel has the same resolutions as Windows. The issue is I want a 16:9 ratio. Apparently the system won't allow that, even though I had it before. I've set a custom resolution for my second monitor now - my non-primary - which works fine, thanks to the advanced nVidia panel, but it won't let me set one for the left. Or at least, when I do, it looks misshapen.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coop Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Have you tried going back to the drivers you were using before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 I don't know what I had before. They were just pre-installed on my computer. I seem to have fixed the problem by going to the Advanced area of the nVidia panel and forcing a resolution. So dumb that I should have to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coop Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 I don't know what I had before. They were just pre-installed on my computer. If you know when your PC was made (or at least bought), you can get a good idea of which driver to grab from Nvidia's driver archive. Just find the one that was actually out at the time your PC was made/bought, and go about 1-3 drivers further back (depending on how rapidly the drivers were released at the time). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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