More hardware failures, Looking for a new Monitor...

[BarracudaUAK]

I almost returned it....


It list resolutions (in the system settings which are pulled from the TV), from 320x180, up to 1920x1080.

I have to scroll through 4 "pages" of resolutions to get from the top of the list, to the bottom...

When I tried to run Mass Effect, it was telling me that the resolution that the sytem switched to when I ran the game was "not supported".
HDMI1 also list something else on the input, so I change to HDMI-2 (yes, I turned everything off first).


I then tried running SH3. 1024x768, worked great.
So just for kicks, I changed the desktop resolution to 720P... "not supported".

OK, FINE. So you support a 4:3 AR resolution, but not a slightly lower 16:9?
So I tried again to run Mass effect again, "not supported".

I reset Mass Effect to 1920x1080 with the setup program, and it runs (and looks better than Mass Effect 3 does on the Xbox 360!), WOHOO!
So I try to run Fallout 2 (yes -2-, TWO) and it switches to 640x960, then goes blank, and then "not supported"...

Now I'm rather unhappy...
And Fallout 2 is supposed to be 640x480, so something is up...

The only thing I can think of at this point is getting the GPU to "scale up" to 1920x1080 so that we remove the TV as a potential problem.

After some digging I was able to find the command to force all output to "scale up".
I tested it with SH3, since I know that resolution works, and it only takes be about 20 seconds to get to the menu with GWX...

And I was able to get it to "scale" to the vertical resolution, while keeping the original 4:3 aspect ratio.

Other options are "Center", which puts it in the middle of the screen, and "Full" to scale it up to the full 1920x1080, but that makes everything appear stretched (Similar to how my Win XP install did when I played it the first time).

So I thought I would update this, just in case anyone was thinking about getting one of these.

The Windows driver for AMD has the options, as does -according to post on the net- Nvidia.
Linux uses "xrandr" to control that. Separate from the driver, and works with all card types (based on what I've read).

Link: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...isplay_scaling
Covers the "xrandr" command under amdgpu, but applies to all.
It might moved from the page linked in the future.

Other than this limited number of functional resolutions (dispite what the EDID says it supports), I'm liking it so far.


Barracuda

[Reece]

Gee you're having a rough time of things though it sounds like it is finally working out, having an old computer running XP won't be of any help to you.
I hope you get it all sorted soon.
BTW, 90% of my programs will not run on Win 10 or Linux so I am stuck with XP, might have to do something about changing my dual boot laptop from Win 10/Linux to Win XP/Linux, if it can be done easy enough!!
Cheers.

[BarracudaUAK]

Originally Posted by Reece

Gee you're having a rough time of things though it sounds like it is finally working out, having an old computer running XP won't be of any help to you.
I hope you get it all sorted soon.
BTW, 90% of my programs will not run on Win 10 or Linux so I am stuck with XP, might have to do something about changing my dual boot laptop from Win 10/Linux to Win XP/Linux, if it can be done easy enough!!
Cheers.

That sounds a bit odd.


I don't I have anything that needs XP that won't run on Linux....


I think we need a new thread!




Barracuda

[Reece]

Originally Posted by BarracudaUAK

That sounds a bit odd.


I don't I have anything that needs XP that won't run on Linux....


Barracuda

Try radio decoders, ham radio stuff.

Originally Posted by BarracudaUAK

I think we need a new thread!

Barracuda

Sorry didn't mean to hijack your thread!

[BarracudaUAK]

Originally Posted by Reece

Try radio decoders, ham radio stuff.



Sorry didn't mean to hijack your thread!

No, I meant to get all of the stuff that doesn't work 'out-of-the box', working.


I'm not worried about it, just thought that it would be easier to find in the long run in it's own thread.












More "On-Topic"-ish. TV is working good since I set the card to 'scale' to 1080p.
Where there is a hardware capabiility, there is a way...


I think.


We need a "wrong thread" sign!


Barracuda

[BarracudaUAK]

Originally Posted by BarracudaUAK

...
The Windows driver for AMD has the options, as does -according to post on the net- Nvidia.
Linux uses "xrandr" to control that. Separate from the driver, and works with all card types (based on what I've read).

Link: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...isplay_scaling
Covers the "xrandr" command under amdgpu, but applies to all.
It might moved from the page linked in the future.

Other than this limited number of functional resolutions (dispite what the EDID says it supports), I'm liking it so far.


Barracuda

As mentioned in a SH4 thread, I've been having freezes since shortly after I got the new Monitor/TV.


I thought it might have been related to the fact that I had it "scaling" everything to 1920x1080, but I turned that off, and I was still getting freezes.
Even on the desktop.
(I might not have -actually- turned it off...)



SO, I swapped my older R9 380 in, and all is good as I backup the system...


I'm going to try a Gentoo install, which is -slightly- more in-depth than Fedora
(like a Balao vs. a rowboat ).


I've been putting it off for a while, but now is the time.


Still have my 5600x2 that I'm typing on here, so I'm still able to get to Subsim....


Should I start a new thread "Barracuda's Adventures in... insanity"?



Barracuda