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PervertedJustice   09-12-2009 at 09:15:59 PM

I just upgraded my graphics card and my screen is oversized and blurry. I removed the old drivers, turned off the pc put in my new video card (GeForce GTX 285 OCX) booted the pc back up and ran the driver installation I got off the nvidia website (this one in particular - http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_190.62_whql.html) rebooted again, changed my resolution back to the normal resolution I've always run at and have the blurry oversized display. Any thoughts?

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strangestranger   09-12-2009 at 09:53:53 PM

Hmm, definately sounds like something to do with either resolution of perhaps dpi size.

If you are using vista and are running at your displays native res then right click the desktop then in the personalize window at the left, click adjust foint size and play about with that.

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PervertedJustice   09-12-2009 at 10:10:26 PM

It's not just the font that's messed up, the screen itself is no longer sized right. I skipped right over the disc that came with the card and just ran the newest download for my card from nvidia, would this cause any issues such as these.

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strangestranger   09-12-2009 at 10:21:54 PM

Perhaps. You could try installing another driver, don't use nvidia but a few people sometimes find that newer drivers cause more problems than they fix.

Download another one and try that to see if that corrects it.

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shadow703793   09-12-2009 at 10:47:08 PM

1. What LCD?

2. What native resolution for the LCD?

3. What OS? (I'm guessing XP by the link which is broken btw).

4. What resolution are you running at now?

5. Can you post a pic of the problem? (Print screen should work)

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PervertedJustice   09-12-2009 at 10:59:21 PM

Hannspree hf259h

1920 X 1080 (same settings as the last video card and ran fine)

XP SP3

1920 X 1080

Will get pic up in a few

Here is the link to another person with the same video card/monitor setup and same issue as I'm having.
http://forums.techguy.org/hardware [...] 285-a.html

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redgarl   09-12-2009 at 11:05:53 PM

PervertedJustice wrote :

http://files.bortweb.com/how_to_fi [...] r_text.htm

Anyone ever seen or done that /\



Hmmm this is bringing back memories when I bought my BFG 8800 GTX OC... Nvidia new GPU were badly designed for video streaming and I was having my right top corner with speed overlaying...

And they still get rendering problems now?

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photonboy   09-13-2009 at 12:19:38 AM

For now, try older NVidia drivers. Try the next most recent and work backwards.

Make sure DPI scaling is off and that your refresh rate is correct. Do you have DRIVERS for the monitor?

Go into the NVidia interface and make sure it's not stretching (I don't know the section). There should be three different choices.

Other:
Try running a tool to uninstall and clean up NVidia drivers then reinstall the latest driver.

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PervertedJustice   09-13-2009 at 03:11:25 AM

Thanks a lot for the suggestions everyone, gonna get this going tonight one way or another :). I'm going to try removing the drivers with a tool and reinstalling the latest first then going from there if that doesn't work. I'm hoping the old removal/new install didn't take properly.

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PervertedJustice   09-13-2009 at 05:52:06 AM

Tried removing the old and reinstalling a driver version before the newest release and got the same problem.

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swifty_morgan   09-13-2009 at 06:58:34 AM

nvidia control panel........manage custom resolutions........force high def res..( check box )....create..........advanced............timing standard/DMT

in the advanced you can try and set your own and "auto" may help but the old way is to use DMT.

............ after you make your changes you have to hit "test" up in the corner......... that's about all I can remember....... hopefully there's enough info here to get you on your way.

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swifty_morgan   09-13-2009 at 07:02:12 AM

also forgot to say........ change signal or format ( control panel ) and select HD tv over dvi if that's how it connects..............

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PervertedJustice   09-13-2009 at 03:41:18 PM

Thanks, but that link a few posts up where you modify the .inf file did the trick. Hope this comes up for people with the same problem and they see the link. I was really getting frustrated with this.

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FlagChris   10-01-2009 at 04:11:05 AM

I tried the .inf trick but it din't work, icons are still blurry and I am losin' it. Help

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