Overscan Problem....Fixed Look If You Also Have This Problem

[hennessy1]

I have this card with the latest drivers

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814121225

With this monitor and its latest signed driver

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16824116084

All with this motherboard and its latest drivers

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813188021

I can fix the overscan problem within nvidias control panel up to 1080 it I try to correct it at 1200 it does not give me the option to fix the desktop.

 

[BassBomb]

What cable are you using?

It should work fine with DVI running at 1920x1200... LCD monitors don't overscan pc inputs. Try some sort of "Auto Adjust" feature on your monitor.

 

[hennessy1]

I am using an hdmi to dvi cable

 

[BassBomb]

I just noticed it does not have a DVI cable :S.

That is very odd thing for a monitor to not have DVI. Were you using "resize HDTV desktop" option? It seems there are strong issues with that option for the 8 series

If you read the comments for the monitor, they mention this issue. One mentioned a some sort of solution regarding the monitor .inf file.

 

[vhx]

It is because you are using HDMI to DVI.

This is for 8800gtx/gts but It might work for 8800GT. http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi...d_adp.php?p_faqid=2064

Good luck.

 

[heyheybooboo]

That monitor is 16:10 native (1920x1200).

1080p is 16:9.

When you say "" I am using an hdmi to dvi cable "" you may have a problem because Viewsonic in bold letters sez ""True 1080p with HDMI""

Whether that would be a 'letterbox' in the 16:10 native resolution I do not know.

Best shot would seem to be what vhx recommended - if it will work.

You may be forced to join The Dark Side for the ATI Radeon DVI to HDMI adapter

(Oh! The Horror!)

 

[hennessy1]

I will try all of your answers. I havnt tried it myself yet but do you think overscan will be an issue with 2 of those viewsonic monitors? In a dual monitor setup?

 

[heyheybooboo]

Originally posted by: hennessy1
I will try all of your answers. I havnt tried it myself yet but do you think overscan will be an issue with 2 of those viewsonic monitors? In a dual monitor setup?

Not if you run in 1920x1200 ...

 

[hennessy1]

If I try the link from vhx will it still work in vista x64?

 

[hennessy1]

Hey guys I tried that nvidia download fix and it didnt help. I dnt have a problem resizeing my desktop I can do that just fine but the overscan issue still comes up when I play games I have only tried it on a few so far but maybe its the older games that have trouble.

 

[hennessy1]

someone?

 

[heyheybooboo]

Originally posted by: hennessy1
someone?

Bueller??

Powerstrip

 

[hennessy1]

I had googled the problem and found this answer and it works. http://forums.nvidia.com/lofiv.../index.php?t58483.html