- May 30, 2013
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Hey guys 
So i bought a Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 (2gb DDR3) and i got it through the mail today. I dropped it into the case fine, it powered up, automatically did it's updating business and then i hit a snag. I tried to use the HDMI output on the card and found that the Resolution for my TV had been detected correctly BUT for some reason when i applied the settings (1680x1050) a lot of my screen was cut off and i couldn't get the icons aligned on the screen correctly. I switched output to VGA and instantly everything was fine. I should also add that on the first attempt to install the drivers using AMD auto detect the program got right to the end of the driver downloads and then gave me the 'Could not parse error' message and then told me the download failed. I tried to do it again and this time it worked, almost as if the drivers had installed correctly the previous time but something had caused the program to think there was an error. Not sure if this is the problem or not but i thought mentioning it could be a good idea. Anyway, my question is this:
Is there any way i can force the resolution through the HDMI? I used EVERY tool in CCC to try and get it working but the closest i came to getting it right was having my Wallpaper fit perfectly while having my icons spread almost to the other end of the screen. Really annoying as i would love to see my games in 1080p and this card is something i've been saving for for a long while. Failing being able to force the Res, is there ANY other way i can sort it out? I use the HDMI cable for my Xbox too so that isn't it, and the VGA Resolution is flawless. Anyone got any ideas on what could be causing this? Thanks in advance
So i bought a Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 (2gb DDR3) and i got it through the mail today. I dropped it into the case fine, it powered up, automatically did it's updating business and then i hit a snag. I tried to use the HDMI output on the card and found that the Resolution for my TV had been detected correctly BUT for some reason when i applied the settings (1680x1050) a lot of my screen was cut off and i couldn't get the icons aligned on the screen correctly. I switched output to VGA and instantly everything was fine. I should also add that on the first attempt to install the drivers using AMD auto detect the program got right to the end of the driver downloads and then gave me the 'Could not parse error' message and then told me the download failed. I tried to do it again and this time it worked, almost as if the drivers had installed correctly the previous time but something had caused the program to think there was an error. Not sure if this is the problem or not but i thought mentioning it could be a good idea. Anyway, my question is this:
Is there any way i can force the resolution through the HDMI? I used EVERY tool in CCC to try and get it working but the closest i came to getting it right was having my Wallpaper fit perfectly while having my icons spread almost to the other end of the screen. Really annoying as i would love to see my games in 1080p and this card is something i've been saving for for a long while. Failing being able to force the Res, is there ANY other way i can sort it out? I use the HDMI cable for my Xbox too so that isn't it, and the VGA Resolution is flawless. Anyone got any ideas on what could be causing this? Thanks in advance
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