Please HELP: Just bought the Apple 30" and it will not work at high res on PC ?

[SirDingo]

I just bought the Apple 30" LCD at Fry's, and it will not seem to work at it's default res of 2560x1600, it just sticks too 1280x800 ? I have a eVga 7800GTX with dual link DVI, and I have read alot of users reviews of saying it work on a PC with a 7800GTX at that res ?

Thank's

 

[destrekor]

were there any driver software to install for the monitor?

 

[Rage187]

Take it back, wait less then a month and buy the 30" Dell which has the same panel for half the cost.

 

[SirDingo]

 

[SirDingo]

I am a newb Had it plug into the wrong port, the second one is the dual link DVI, working fine now, just played some CS:S at 2560x1600 = jizz.

But now some other games will not even load up ? Tried BattleField2 + Doom3, and after clicking on the game icon to start them, it drop's back to desktop right away, not even opening game

 

[destrekor]

the games are probably passing out at the thought of playing in those resolutions lol

the gtx will play them at that resolution but i think you'll need to cut some details out.. i might be wrong though

and as for an honest answer to the problem, i have none

 

[SirDingo]

I still have the games set to their last setting, BattleFIeld2 was 1600x1200, so this monitor should scale back to that ? Just wondering why this is happening, where CounterStrike:SOurce worked no problem ? Do I have to set the video settings for my 7800GTX differently ?
Thanks

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: SirDingo
I still have the games set to their last setting, BattleFIeld2 was 1600x1200, so this monitor should scale back to that ? Just wondering why this is happening, where CounterStrike:SOurce worked no problem ? Do I have to set the video settings for my 7800GTX differently ?
Thanks

BF2 needs set manually..

How about come CS screen shots.. Congrats on a KICK ass Panel..

 

[SirDingo]

Originally posted by: bjc112

Originally posted by: SirDingo
I still have the games set to their last setting, BattleFIeld2 was 1600x1200, so this monitor should scale back to that ? Just wondering why this is happening, where CounterStrike:SOurce worked no problem ? Do I have to set the video settings for my 7800GTX differently ?
Thanks

BF2 needs set manually..

How about come CS screen shots.. Congrats on a KICK ass Panel..

I can e-mail pic's ? But back to BattleField2, I am confused on what to do ? I click on the game icon, and it seem's like it will start, then 2seconds later drop's back to the desktop

 

[SirDingo]

bump, anyone know what my issue is with BattleField2 ?
Thank's

 

[otispunkmeyer]

on your BF2 short cut, right click, properties and look at the target

go to the end and add....

+szx 2560 +szy 1600

so it should look like this

C:\Program Files\EA Games\Battlefield 2 Demo\BF2.exe" +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +szx 2560 +szy 1600


see if that works. it should start BF2 up in Native res which id imagine looks pretty awesome

 

[duragezic]

What was your previous monitor? I had the same issue with BF2 when I either specified an invalid resolution in the command-line, or when I used my rig with a 19" CRT for a week or so then when I came back home to my LCD and tried to play BF2, it would kick me back to desktop like you describe. The latter was caused by BF2 expecting to play at 1024x768@85 Hz. The resolution was fine, because like you said, anything smaller should be able to be scaled. But LCDs can't be run at 85 Hz, I think 75 Hz is max and even then, 60 Hz is what you want. Perhaps this is the problem. I fixed it by editing the Video.con files (there are several and I didnt know which one was used) and putting 'rem' before the set 1024x768@85Hz line.

 

[moonboy403]

reinstalling the game would solve the problem
i had the same problem as you when i switched my monitor

 

[whistleclient]

i saw on another forum someone got apple 30" to work with BF2. i'll try to find link...

 

[whistleclient]

apple cinema display drivers for xp

link


may help you

 

[whistleclient]

Originally posted by: tangent1138
i saw on another forum someone got apple 30" to work with BF2. i'll try to find link...

guy running bf2 on apple 30":

forum link

pic

 

[Fraggable]

To fix BF2, go into your documents folder and delete the Battlefield 2 folder or rename it. Start the game and it'll recreate the folder and work at whatever res you need.

 

[SirDingo]

I will try this out, deleting the BattleField2 folder in the Documents section ? Other games looks nice WoW is unplayable 2560x1600res, I had to set it to 1920x1200, but all details/setings maxxed looks Tried HalfLife2 2560x1600 and it runs smooth and looks jizz worthy