Screen Resolution Problem

[Mike]

I am having ongoing resolution problems when I install my video card drivers.
BEFORE I install them, my screen resolution is 1280x1024 which is what it
should be.
AFTER I install the nVidia drivers, the maximum allowd resolution drops to
1024x768.
Note: I have an SLI configuration.
Also, This is the maximum allowed resolution. It is too low for my monitor.

S775 P4 3.2 Ghz
2 Gb DDR2 RAM.
SLI GPU's 1 Gb RAM Combined.

 

[John Barnes]

Don't install them, then. This is an issue you need to take up with nVidia.
Can I suggest you either try the beta or a generation back on the drivers.
Sometimes the latest drivers are not the most appropriate.

 

[Mike]

I gone through this before and nVidia says that it's a "Microsoft problem".
Every version of nVidia driver has the same problem. It's not the nVidia
drivers that are doing this. It's the Vista operating system. Is there a
registry tweak that will allow me to fix this. I have experience with the
windows registry.

 

[John Barnes]

Sorry, but there is no logic there. You have no problem with the correct
resolution using the native Vista driver. You install the nVidia driver (no
changes to the os) and you now have resolution problems.
The only thing that has changed is the driver (from nVidia). For whatever
reason it is not compatible with the Vista video display interface.
Most monitors work fine with no driver, but you may need the monitor driver.
Check if one is available.
Good luck.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Nvidia has had trouble with proper video drivers for Vista since early on in
the beta. ATI never did. It's not a Vista issue, it's Nvidia's. The video
drivers determine the available resolutions, not the operating system.
There's no registry tweak, you need a display driver that supports the
resolution you desire, and this needs to come from the manufacturer.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Chuck]

You don't suppose that the registry entry codes for resolution changed do
you?
And, the Nvidia developers were using the wrong info (likely from XP?
Microsoft's Docs can leave quite a bit to be desired.