This is Serious!!

[Techhog]

Download the 14.4 WHQL driver, disconnect from the internet, run DDU in safe mode to remove the AMD driver (and the Nvidia driver if traces are found), install 14.4, reconnect to the internet.

 

[KingFatty]

I think the monitor is being improperly detected/operated as a "TV" mode, so the video card is using an improper color space for the monitor (gray-scale/illumination).

See if you can get the computer to load a "monitor" driver for the display, instead of a "TV" driver.

 

[crazy.wingman]

Please go to device manager, and look for "Monitors" category. What is your display listed as?

Try to upgrade the monitor drivers, by properties, update.

It says Generic PnP monitor under monitors.

 

[master_shake_]

ditch the hdmi and use a dvi cable?

 

[crazy.wingman]

The cable used has no effect on the back lighting of the display, so not sure what you mean by indirect illumination.

Ar you playing audio through the monitor speakers or something? I am not understanding why it is easier to use HDMI than DVI. Once plugged in, why would you need to unplug it?

There are many advantages of HDMI than disadvantages. Why one needs to use DVI interface if HDMI is available?

I want to solve the issue here, and not just to find workaround. I know DVI will solve the scaling issue and the greyscale.

 

[crazy.wingman]

Seems like somethings wrong, the behavior you are describing is opposite of what should be happening. Setting it to 0 should give you the borderless image. A setting higher than 0 is for "underscan" meaning it will "shrink" the image to fit the actual native resolution of the monitor (really meant for TV's, but works the same either way).

I'm guessing that either a left over from your Nvidia drivers is causing the issue or a bad AMD driver install. I would run sweepers for both companies to make sure everything is being removed and start from scratch. Could also be Windows getting in the way if it installed some display drivers/software between the time you uninstalled the Nvidia card and installed the AMD card.

I had already taken care of it, I used display driver uninstaller and Ccleaner
before switching to 7950. Already tried to check by removing all drivers from my PC.

 

[crazy.wingman]

ditch the hdmi and use a dvi cable?

Its the last option I have kept.

 

[master_shake_]

Its the last option I have kept.

all my monitors run on dvi cables all have sharp pictures.

hdmi in my experience is meant for tvs and tvs alone.

 

[Dankk]

Its the last option I have kept.

lol, if your monitors support DVI then you should have told us. Just use DVI then. It's less problematic and in some ways it is superior to HDMI.

As mentioned above, HDMI should only really be used for television sets and whatnot.

 

[master_shake_]

i wish hdmi would die a fiery death...

displayport for all!

 

[sxr7171]

Any improvement after setting overscan correctly? What are your current symptoms?

 

[KingFatty]

It says Generic PnP monitor under monitors.

Can you go to the monitor manufacturer's website, and download a specific driver for your specific monitor.

install the driver, and try to get the specific monitor to show up in your device manager. That way you *won't* show the "generic" driver anymore. If you can't find the manufacturer's provided driver, you could also try going to the generic device driver in display manager, and selecting "update," and see if windows could find one. But I'd suggest you doing the footwork instead, and finding the specific driver, and installing that.

I still think the video card is sending a signal for a generic display and playing it safe, but if you have the specific non-generic display driver installed, the video card could send a signal that is properly understandable by the non-generic specific monitor's driver.

 

[tweakboy]

Because HDMI transfers sound as well.

 

[crazy.wingman]

I think the monitor is being improperly detected/operated as a "TV" mode, so the video card is using an improper color space for the monitor (gray-scale/illumination).

See if you can get the computer to load a "monitor" driver for the display, instead of a "TV" driver.

I installed the monitor drivers, yet the problem not solved.