Stuck at 1280x1024. How to increase the resolution?

[Lalith10]

Hi!

I have a Full HD monitor, but I am not using it since the colors look washed out on it. Hence I decided to use my old VGA ONLY LG FLATRON L177WSB monitor temporarily. It is connected to GTX 970 through VGA to DVI cable. Its native resolution is 1440x900. But...it is not available in the properties! The maximum/recommended is 1280x1024. And when I auto adjust the monitor, it says choose optimal resolution 1440x900. So I tried DSR, but whatever the resolution I choose it looks very, very blurry with black bars on top and bottom of my monitor. Hence I created a custom 1440x900 resolution and it worked! Looks sharp, works at both 60 and 75hz and games like GTA 5 support it well! But today, I tried The Evil Within and The Witcher 2, and to my surprise these games are not showing the 1440x900 resolution! The maximum I see is 1280x1024. So the only option I see is, achieving the native resolution by not create a custom one. So any help? Any solution for my problem?

My configuration:

Intel i5 4440 @ 3.10Ghz
Zotac GTX 970 4GB
GIGABYTE B85M-HD3
Flatron L177WSB
8GB Ram

Thanks!

 

[i7Baby]

Does Windows recognise it as LG FLATRON L177WSB in Display Settings? Is that where you set the resolution?

 

[Lalith10]

Does Windows recognise it as LG FLATRON L177WSB in Display Settings? Is that where you set the resolution?

No, it shows as Generic PnP Monitor.

 

[i7Baby]

Try installing the driver - http://www.driversupport.com/lp/gppc/alt?gclid=Cj0KEQjw1duqBRDPlLKsuJCUiuABEiQAxgHwJ1kCGgcFdngrMLeuBaEp1dzraTQDSkHpppA0OqgetgEaAj028P8HAQ&tid=top-oem&oemid=54273&utm_source=AdWords&utm_medium=PPC&utm_term=Lg%20Drivers&utm_content=45986696983&utm_campaign=TopOEM&m=LG&s_kwcid=AL!4343!3!45986696983!b!!g!!lg%20drivers&ef_id=VJ4nigAABKyELG8@:20150516085951:s

 

[Lalith10]

Tried and there's nothing related to monitor!

 

[i7Baby]

Try and find the driver and install it.

 

[Lalith10]

Try and find the driver and install it.

I found a driver on its website. Comes with three files with the same name "l177wsb" but in different formats. Security Catalog, ICC Profile and Setup Information. So, how to install it?

 

[Lalith10]

It worked! I installed the Setup Information file and the games are now showing 1440x900 resolution! Thanks a lot.