Really can't understand what i should do

Sailor Steve · 11-22-12, 11:00 PM

I'm not sure this will help, but in my case it wasn't the latest drivers, or not, it was the right drivers. I tried a dozen different downloadable drivers (wishing I could find the box and disc that came with the card the whole time), and nothing worked. I then went directly to the manufacturer's website, and even that didn't work. At someone's suggestion I removed and reseated the card, and that didn't help either. While I was doing that I read the name on the card itself, and realized I had gone to the wrong manufacture.

A quick trip to the people who actually made the card got me the drivers that did the trick.

CaptainMattJ. · 11-23-12, 01:40 AM

EVGA, the manufacturer of my GTS 450, gives me the drivers i already have, what nvidia puts out. It's really making no sense to me, i can't get it back to crisp 1440x900 (i can force it to go to 1440x900, but it looks blurred and distorted).

i might just give up and finally install windows 7. i dont know anymore.....

HunterICX · 11-23-12, 04:19 AM

Here's something to try after a quick search I found this on the EVGA support site:

Question/Issue:
My monitor is blurry or my font is no legible at 1440x900.

1. NVIDIA Control Panel > Display > Manage custom timings.
2. Click both "Treat as HDTV" and "Allow modes not exposed by the display"
3. Click [Create...]
4. Under Custom display mode values:
Horizontal desktop pixels: 1440
Vertical desktop lines: 900
GDI Refresh rate: 60
Bits per pixel: 32
(don't have "Interlaced" checked)
5. Click [Advanced >>] 6. Under "Back-end parameters":
Timing standard: DMT
Desired refresh rate: 60
(the rest of the fields are grayed out)
7. Under "Front-end parameters"
Scaling type: Display (none)
8. Click [Test]
9. Click [OK]

HunterICX

danasan · 11-24-12, 09:55 AM

I used to have a monitor with 1440 x 900 resolution. Not a single nvidia driver was able to recognise that on its own. ATI drivers did (with ATI cards, of course).

Grab a copy of PowerStrip. That is a tool you can easily write your own monitor "driver" with.

11-22-12, 11:00 PM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I'm not sure this will help, but in my case it wasn't the latest drivers, or not, it was the right drivers. I tried a dozen different downloadable drivers (wishing I could find the box and disc that came with the card the whole time), and nothing worked. I then went directly to the manufacturer's website, and even that didn't work. At someone's suggestion I removed and reseated the card, and that didn't help either. While I was doing that I read the name on the card itself, and realized I had gone to the wrong manufacture. A quick trip to the people who actually made the card got me the drivers that did the trick. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

11-23-12, 01:40 AM	#2
CaptainMattJ. The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sin City Posts: 1,364 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	EVGA, the manufacturer of my GTS 450, gives me the drivers i already have, what nvidia puts out. It's really making no sense to me, i can't get it back to crisp 1440x900 (i can force it to go to 1440x900, but it looks blurred and distorted). i might just give up and finally install windows 7. i dont know anymore..... __________________ A popular Government without popular information nor the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own Governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives - James Madison

11-23-12, 04:19 AM	#3
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Here's something to try after a quick search I found this on the EVGA support site: Question/Issue: My monitor is blurry or my font is no legible at 1440x900. 1. NVIDIA Control Panel > Display > Manage custom timings. 2. Click both "Treat as HDTV" and "Allow modes not exposed by the display" 3. Click [Create...] 4. Under Custom display mode values: Horizontal desktop pixels: 1440 Vertical desktop lines: 900 GDI Refresh rate: 60 Bits per pixel: 32 (don't have "Interlaced" checked) 5. Click [Advanced >>] 6. Under "Back-end parameters": Timing standard: DMT Desired refresh rate: 60 (the rest of the fields are grayed out) 7. Under "Front-end parameters" Scaling type: Display (none) 8. Click [Test] 9. Click [OK] HunterICX __________________

11-24-12, 09:55 AM	#4
danasan Elite Spam Hunter Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Flensburg / Germany Posts: 1,141 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	I used to have a monitor with 1440 x 900 resolution. Not a single nvidia driver was able to recognise that on its own. ATI drivers did (with ATI cards, of course). Grab a copy of PowerStrip. That is a tool you can easily write your own monitor "driver" with. __________________ "I invite you to go inside this submergible hole in the water where you can nicely hide from destroyers."