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Jumbles wrote:
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Hey i hook my asus 8800gtx card up to my tv using a DVI cable. I get
a
perfect picture and quality is great but one thing.. The size is
just a
touch to large. like my desktop is showing up more than my tv can
show.
my last card had a option of resizing your desktop for hd mode but
this
doesn't have it. i got latest drivers and im stuck


Is this an aspect ratio problem with video's/movies or the desktop
in
general?
If it's an aspect ratio problem i.e. your widescreen movies are
getting
stretched to 4:3 then you are in the same boat as a lot of people
since the
80 series drivers.

if it's just the desktop then I think you can tweak the aspect in the
new
drivers. there has been talk of this in this group before but it's
not
something I've had to deal with.




sounds like your TV is set to overscan. this is a pain in the ring for

digital connections, as basically it takes the signal being sent by
the
output (in your case your PC) and then zooms in a small amount.
typical
oversan is about 3%. TV's do this to block out any on-screen timing
markers or broadcast codes that are on some digital signals. I suggest

looking through your TV manual and see if you can turn off overscan.
if
its a cheapie, you might be in a spot of bother.

the plus side is if you can, you'll get a better picture.

http://pixelmapping.wikispaces.com/Overscan+Explained
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overscan





Hi
Thanks for the responces already. well for the first question it is the
desktop that is stretched out but its not by much. I know the tweak you
talk about for changing the size of the desktop, i used to do it all the
time but (i should of put this in first post) after i got Vista Ultimate
the option isn't there anymore.

For the second post i'll poke around in my tv setting and see if i can
find the overscan option to turn off and give it a try.

Thanks again for your help guys, i'll keep you up to date with my situ