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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 |
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"8800gtx on my Samsung Plasma" wrote in message ... 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. |
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"8800gtx on my Samsung Plasma" wrote in message ... 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 |
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8800gtx on my Samsung Plasma wrote:
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 Have a look in the forums over here. http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=20929 Paul |
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"8800gtx on my Samsung Plasma" wrote in message ... 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 Does your LCD support 1:1 pixel mapping? Typically this would be 1360 * 768. On my LCD panel connected via DVI to HDMI the Nvidia card auto-detects it, but chooses something like 1080i or 720p by itself. I just changed the resolution to 1360*768 and the desktop - and videos - fit perfectly as you would expect. There is no question that driving the LCD at it's native resolution will always give the best results, as its not having to upscale (or downscale) the picture and generally the PC can do a better job of that. BTW ffdshow can do a really good job of upscaling xvid, divx movies to the higher resolution. GTS |
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Jumbles wrote: "8800gtx on my Samsung Plasma" wrote in message ... 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 |
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