So I ask wifey for new monitor for Christmas...

[bj229r]

My 22" flat screen is dying, would really rather 24" anyhow, with an hdmi to plug smartphone into. ANYhow, Christmas morning, she shows me my brand new 32" LG (combination tv/monitor, has every known input, save dvi) Try as I might, my old GeForce 8800GT card doesn't do anything beyond 1360X768, and the thing simply can't look right, unless you set monitor from 16:9 to 4:3....which makes the text clearer, but then it's too tall. Prolly time for a new card anyway, but I REALLY don't wanna spend much money---is it possible for a $58 video card to be useful?

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=N520GT-MD1GD3-LP&cat=VCD

MSI GeForce GT 520 1 GB DDR3 PCI Express Video Card

General Features:
Low profile PCB
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 GPU (graphics processing unit)
1 GB DDR3 memory
PCI Express x16 2.0 interface
64-bit memory interface
810 MHz core clock speed
1800 MHz memory clock speed 
2560 x 1600 maximum resolution display output
Microsoft DirectX 11 support
OpenGL 4.1 support
NVIDIA 3D Vision Technology
NVIDIA PhysX Technology
NVIDIAR CUDA Technology with CUDA C/C++
NVIDIA PureVideo HD Technology
400 MHz RAMDACs

[Masherbrum]

I just went to Evga and looked at the product sheet.  That 8800GT will go above 1920x1080 at 85hz.  Beej, make sure you are looking at the recommended resolutions of monitors. 

[Easyscor]

One of the most common problems with new TV/Monitors is that they're factory preset for TV. You can force the video cards' output to something that will sort of work or you can use the monitors OSD menus to change it to PC Monitor mode. This is rarely clear in the manuals and you may need to go online to find what other people are doing to solve the problem for you particular monitor. It can be maddeningly irritating. Good luck.

[bj229r]

I just went to Evga and looked at the product sheet.  That 8800GT will go above 1920x1080 at 85hz.  Beej, make sure you are looking at the recommended resolutions of monitors. 

hmmm...That option doesn't show up in the drop down, but it allowed me to input 85 mhz and 1900x1080 as a custom res, but it doesn't seem to store it. Mebbe I need to look at drivers

[FLS]

What is the native resolution of the TV?

[MrRiplEy[H]]

I just went to Evga and looked at the product sheet.  That 8800GT will go above 1920x1080 at 85hz.  Beej, make sure you are looking at the recommended resolutions of monitors. 

The LG tv however will not go to 1920x1080 at 85hz. 60hz max.

[bj229r]

What is the native resolution of the TV?

In RGB mode, manual says 1920 x 1080

[Masherbrum]

In RGB mode, manual says 1920 x 1080

Update your drivers.  Set the tv to the 1080 resolution and then go to the pc video properties and choose 1920x1080.  

[bj229r]

alas, can't choose rgb resolution on tv

(AM loading newer drivers tho, another few min on that)

[Masherbrum]

alas, can't choose rgb resolution on tv

The card is not the issue then.

[bj229r]

I'm just assuming people weren't using 32" monitors back then...I'm thinking it's been 3-4 years since you gave me that card

(it works ok....borders aren't quite right, etc)

[Masherbrum]

I'm just assuming people weren't using 32" monitors back then...I'm thinking it's been 3-4 years since you gave me that card

(it works ok....borders aren't quite right, etc)

I use my 8800GTS KO with an ASUS 23" at 1920x1080 with no issues.   If you are having border issues,  it is not because of the card. 

[Bizman]

Beejay, you seem to forget it's a TV, not a 32" monitor. A regular TV of today can produce a picture according to HD 1080p specifications, i.e. 1920 * 1080. In a TV only the pixel size grows, not the amount of them. A monitor that size could have a resolution of    2560 * 2048, but the price would have four digits... And not have a built-in TV.

If your videocard doesn't show 1920 * 1080 after driver update, then there's something wrong in your TV's settings. On your remote you should find an input device select button, a rectangle with an arrow pointing from left to the center of it, giving a menu of currently available sources. Make sure the input you have connected to your computer is set to "PC". Maybe you need to go deeper into the settings for that, but since it is a multifunctional, I assume it shouldn't be buried too deep.

[bj229r]

Beejay, you seem to forget it's a TV, not a 32" monitor. A regular TV of today can produce a picture according to HD 1080p specifications, i.e. 1920 * 1080. In a TV only the pixel size grows, not the amount of them. A monitor that size could have a resolution of    2560 * 2048, but the price would have four digits... And not have a built-in TV.

If your videocard doesn't show 1920 * 1080 after driver update, then there's something wrong in your TV's settings. On your remote you should find an input device select button, a rectangle with an arrow pointing from left to the center of it, giving a menu of currently available sources. Make sure the input you have connected to your computer is set to "PC". Maybe you need to go deeper into the settings for that, but since it is a multifunctional, I assume it shouldn't be buried too deep.

After plunking in the new drivers, I didn't see anything new on the drop-down list for Windows resolutions (still maxes at 1300 x 700 something) Went into Nvidia control panel, back into custom resolutions ("resolutions not offered by Windows", or something like that) entered 1920 1080 as a custom res,,and it accepted it. THEN, went back to Windows drop down list, TONS of  new stuff there. All the way to 2,000 something. 1,920 by 1,200 seems to work best. SWEET, don't have to get a new card!