1680x1050 DVI Support

[captain_fink]

Any idea what card I can get to support 1680x1050 on the DVI out? I'm currently upgrading (was trying to stick with the same socket 478 processor and add a fan and overclock) and just got a Dell 2005FPW Widescreen... and it runs natively at a just too wide 1680. Even a 6800GT/ULTRA only supports 1600x1200 on the DVI.

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[sweatlaserxp]

I don't see why most current cards wouldn't support that native widescreen resolution...

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[captain_fink]

I'm not sure why not, they will support it on the analog out, but not on the digital, which leads to the next question. Is DVI better than the VGA out?

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[dhlucke]

Have you installed the monitor drivers?

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[captain_fink]

yes the drivers installed correctly, i hooked it up on a dual monitor setup with my original crt (crt on the vga, monitor on the DVI) and it detected correctly with (Digital) after it. But it wouldnt display a picture. (even after removing the crt and trying single monitor on DVI) So I moved the new monitor to the VGA out and it displays fine but is detected with (Analog) after it. If you look at the specs for any video card the DVI apparently only supports 1600x1200 even if the card can handle 2048x1600. Is that 16x12 a digital standard? And is there something I have to do to enable the DVI out?

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[Crashman]

The Dell monitor has an input selector, that has to be set to DVI to see the image.

1600x1200 is too big for the digital input on your monitor, slightly narrower but MUCH taller. Try choosing 1280x1024 first, then switching cables and making sure the monitor is set to DVI input. THEN try finding a way to set the back up, only to 1680x1050 this time.

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[TheGreatGrapeApe]

This is a common issue with nV and Apple monitors too.

All cards can be forced to support resolutions outside of their 'norm', just not outside of their maxes (usually related to a refresh rate/colour depth). But it also depends on the spanning modes you have a choice of like nV's usual 3200x1024 and 3200x1200.

You often need another program to get them to match specific resolutions like <A HREF="http://entechtaiwan.net/util/ps.shtm" target="_new">PowerStrip</A> or see if nV's quick way works for ya'.

<A HREF="http://www.nvidia.com/object/custom_resolutions.html" target="_new">http://www.nvidia.com/object/custom_resolutions.html</A>

From what I've read though there's a dual monitor bug with this, and nV drivers do not support this out of the box (like they won't support Apple Cinema monitors as such).

There's also a reg hack that I got from TweakXP to force 1400x1152 for my editing rig (<font color=red>Use at your own risk</font color=red>, VERY RISKY and LAST RESORT if you're not familiar with editing the register, don't bother with this!);
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[captain_fink]

Currently its running on a 256 meg PNY GeForce FX5700VE (which has been refund rma'd to newegg) in its place i have a GigaByte 6800GT coming. That should support it on the DVI, and if it doesnt I'll just use the VGA out. I finally did get the DVI on the fx to work, I think i had to switch it over then the boot windows and let it run its 'Found New Hardware' wizard (I'm not sure because the screen was black until it showed the windows desktop) However its only running at 1024x768 and wont switch to any other resolution. Even the resolutions shown supported on Dell's site http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/monitors/2005FPW/English/about.htm#Specifioications don't work. So I'm hoping its the cheap card.

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[dhlucke]

1. Don't use both DVI and VGA at the same time.
2. Install the newest Nvidia drivers
3. Update the monitor drivers.
4. Make sure your monitor is in DVI mode.

Then change the resolution.

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