1366x768 (or 1360x768 for that matter)

[allies]

Hey guys, quick question here.

I recently put together a HTPC... 2GB ram, X2 4200+, etc, plus I'm using the onboard X1250 graphics card. However, I'm struggling to get it to output native resolution. I can get 1280x768 to work which is decent, but not nearly as good as it would look native. It seems like a bunch of people have this problem, but don't really have any answers. I came to anandtech to see if you guys had the answers, I know you do... thanks

 

[Spikesoldier]

running a 32" olevia here with a radeon 3850 on an intel core2 platform

i have no problem running 1360x768 (i run a 1:1 ratio, and use the radeon to run non native scales to 1360X768)

running such a low resolution allows me to run 8xAA and 24xAF with transparency n most games i play, and it looks great. also i can get away with my cheap 256mb card since i know that textures at that resolution wouldnt benefit from 320/384/512MB of vram.

are you by chance using HDMI?

edit: dp

 

[Spikesoldier]

dp

 

[allies]

Nope, using DVI. Maybe I will spring for sub-$150 card and move my silent 8600GT to the HTPC as I heard nvidia is a little better on the scaling side of things. We shall see.

Also, is there any media player that takes advantage of AVIVO/PureVideo?

Also, if anyone has a quick fix for my problem, I'd still appreciate responses

 

[kylebisme]

Originally posted by: allies
Hey guys, quick question here.

I recently put together a HTPC... 2GB ram, X2 4200+, etc, plus I'm using the onboard X1250 graphics card. However, I'm struggling to get it to output native resolution.

What have you tried? Powerstrip will allow you to define custom resolutions.

Originally posted by: allies
I can get 1280x768 to work which is decent, but not nearly as good as it would look native.

1280x720 would at least give you the proper 16:9 aspect ratio of your display, 1280x768 on the other hand is 15:9 which will make things look a bit tall and skinny on a 16:9 TV.

 

[QuantumPion]

If you are using Vista, it should allow you to select the screen's native resolution because Vista reads the data directly from the screen's chip. I used to have this problem in XP, but using Vista allows me to use my plasma display's weird native resolution of 1366x769.

 

[firewolfsm]

You should be able to set "custom resolutions" with ATi drivers, look it up on google for a quick solution.

 

[allies]

Maybe I'll try vista. I have XP on it right now. Also, I'll look into custom ATi resoultions - powerstrip didnt work.

When I run 1280x768 it fills the screen, and my tv does say it's in Dot-by-dot mode, buuuut there's quite a bit of banding that isn't present at other resolutions that are stretched to fit the screen.

 

[heyheybooboo]

What are you using for your 'monitor' ???

Will it display 1366x768 ???

What mobo ??? It's a 690g but who makes it ??? Gigabyte? Asus?

 

[kylebisme]

Originally posted by: allies
Maybe I'll try vista. I have XP on it right now. Also, I'll look into custom ATi resoultions - powerstrip didnt work.

When I run 1280x768 it fills the screen, and my tv does say it's in Dot-by-dot mode, buuuut there's quite a bit of banding that isn't present at other resolutions that are stretched to fit the screen.

The TV is obviously wrong as 1280x768 in dot-by-dot mode would leave 86 colums of blank pixels on a 1366x768 display.

Asfor Powerstrip, in what way did it not work? Did selecting the resolution result in the TV reporting no signal, or did the resolution not even show up as avalable after attempting to add it?

 

[daveymark]

this thread should help

the basic gist is to use ATI catalyst and tweak it that way