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I dont like powerstrip. It makes my PC lockup and crash and ie and
hurting and owwies and such
And thats just before i even change anything. I justhad it installed
to overclock my vidcard. Now i just use the drievrs to do that.
Ill try it maybe it wont be so bad this time.
On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:14:09 GMT, "Chris Townsend"
<fakename@comcast.net> wrote:
>I have never used an Nvidia card with my HTPC so I don't know how they
>handle component output or even TV-out at all but Powerstrip may be just
>what you are looking for, before ATI vastly improved HDTV support in their
>drivers Powerstrip was a must-have for me and it is super convenient for
>setting up and accessing different resolutions.
>
>http://www.entechtaiwan.net/util/ps.shtm
>
>Putting Powerstrip and HDTV in Google will give you a lot of good info, you
>to need to be a mite cautious when enabling custom resolutions and adjusting
>overscan.
>
>"Son Of Sheep." <sheep.com.au> wrote in message
>news:u3q4e1pmk4qpeh8bj96mklk6kj3cjrce7e@4ax.com...
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>>
>>
>> Yeah its fully 720p and 1080i.
>>
>> I cant seem to get it right. Its either to big for the screen so i can
>> pan it left right upand down. Or is solid but cuts out the top and
>> bottom of the screen somwhat
>> Working on it.
>>
>> But i can notice playing on the TV is much better, Not sure whay but
>> the bigness seems to make it better
>>
>> All i need is to get my Gaming chair with the keyboard and mouse
>> holder. And beer holder and chip holder setup and iam set
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 15:44:45 GMT, "Chris Townsend"
>> <fakename@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Son Of Sheep." <sheep.com.au> wrote in message
>>>news:thv2e1h9p8hhiae2tfsqss4510cg8cvjsd@4ax.com...
>>>> >Setting up a TV so i can play games via my PC.Need some help.
>>>>>
>>>>>I have an Nvida 6600 Gt videocard. And the Tv i have connected is an
>>>>>86cm WideScreen HD TV.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>My pc is connected via componet to my tv.
>>>>>
>>>>>All i want is my TV to show the PC games at the same size and
>>>>>resoolution. Ive got it set to clone mode. If i try to set the
>>>>>reso9lution of the TV it does not let me its stuck at 640 by 480 for
>>>>>some reason.
>>>>>
>>>>>Ive head that 720p is the best resolution to playgame sin. I would
>>>>>like to try this but have No idea how. I asume if i set the resultion
>>>>>in the game to this and set the TV as 720pp this would work right ??
>>>>>
>>>>>Also iam confused about overscan , underscan and Native resolutioon
>>>>>settings.
>>>>>
>>>>>If anyone can help me please do. Ill keep trying but its allittle hard
>>>>>for me. First time trying this.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks.
>>>
>>>Your TV has to be capable of 720P, are you sure it is? Most CRT HDTVS do
>>>only either 480P or 1080i, I only have a 27" non-widescreen HDTV so really
>>>the best I can do is 856x480 for a game like Quake3. I have an ATI 9700
>>>AIW
>>>and games look really good at 4X or 6X FSAA at 640x480. You can download
>>>Powerstrip and set up custom resolutions but for the ideal resolution your
>>>set needs to be able to do 720P, the big downside to 640x480 on my set is
>>>some newer games have loading screens that need 800x600 or better in which
>>>case I just use the S-video connector which will do 800x600 or 1024x768 no
>>>problem. There are a number of games that will run in Widescreen mode too,
>>>on your set I imagine at 480P it is running 856x480 full screen, on my set
>>>that res is windowed, using 1080i I can't see the buttons and such on
>>>setup
>>>screens.
>>>
>>>A lot of good HTPC/HDTV info here:
>>>http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=26
>>>
>>
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