Hi, thanks for reading this.
I've been trying to run GW fullscreen on my HDTV (which I now permanently use as a PC screen). But not one resolution gives me a crisp image, I know I'd need 1920x1080, the same resolution I use in other games + desktop, but it's not in the list ! It only goes to 1600x1200 but my screen goes "out of range" when I select that option.
Any ideas?
Guild Wars resolution limited
Zan Usi Quan
Big John Thomas
Have a look in the drivers to see if theres an option to add 1080 to the display manager. In my ATI ones its under HDTV Support
Zan Usi Quan
I've looked there - I have the nVidia control panel, I can select it there, but I don't think I can force GW to run at 1920x1080 with it...
moriz
what kind of graphic card do you have?
the geforce 8400M GS on my laptop is limited to 1280x720p. yours might have a similar restriction.
the geforce 8400M GS on my laptop is limited to 1280x720p. yours might have a similar restriction.
Zan Usi Quan
GeForce 9500 GT
+ a restriction to GW only? :/
+ a restriction to GW only? :/
Snograt
Hmm, have you tried setting up a custom resolution, 1920x1080 60Hz?
Zan Usi Quan
Thx for the replies, but the 1920x1080 is in the standard list, so I can't add it to custom...
Zan Usi Quan
Oooh, maybe I should add my PC is connected to the TV with a simple PC cable (blue one...?) and not an HDMI one...
Snograt
Er, is your HDTV 1080p capable?
...running outta ideas now ^_^
(edit) No, ignore that: you already said you run windows at 1080. Which is odd, cos GW takes its list of resolutions from the same list Windows does - doesn't it??
...running outta ideas now ^_^
(edit) No, ignore that: you already said you run windows at 1080. Which is odd, cos GW takes its list of resolutions from the same list Windows does - doesn't it??
Zan Usi Quan
Aye it is, it's a Full HD TV 
Snograt
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Oooh, maybe I should add my PC is connected to the TV with a simple PC cable (blue one...?) and not an HDMI one...
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Zan Usi Quan
Ok thanks hehe, I know what's up then
Snograt
It's tricky, all this HDTV stuff, as my ignorant thread in the Hardware section proves ^_^
My reply above is assuming the "blue one" is a D-Sub cable, rather than a DVI cable which would allow the HD resolution. I wish an HD expert would pop in and put me out of my misery here :/
See, I know that ol' d-sub is capable of those resolutions, but isn't capable of carrying an HDCP signal (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection), so HDTV's won't play it. BUT - HDCP was designed to protect DVD/Blu-Ray copying, so why won't it work for non-HDCP sources, like games? Is it that HDTVs will ONLY accept HDCP signals at HD resolutions?
Sigh.
My reply above is assuming the "blue one" is a D-Sub cable, rather than a DVI cable which would allow the HD resolution. I wish an HD expert would pop in and put me out of my misery here :/
See, I know that ol' d-sub is capable of those resolutions, but isn't capable of carrying an HDCP signal (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection), so HDTV's won't play it. BUT - HDCP was designed to protect DVD/Blu-Ray copying, so why won't it work for non-HDCP sources, like games? Is it that HDTVs will ONLY accept HDCP signals at HD resolutions?
Sigh.
Zan Usi Quan
Haha no idea, I just realized this GFX card doesn't have a HDMI slot though, maybe the video-out cable'll do...
Elder III
it should have a DVI port on it - that ought to work for you 
tijo
If it has a DVI port, use a DVI-HDMI adapter as elder III suggested, this will give you the same quality as HDMI minus the sound output through HDMI.
Zan Usi Quan
Yeah so I thought, 'good I have a DVI cable laying around!' I check my screen and it doesn't have a DVI Port ! 
But yeah, I'll look into that adapter, thanks all ! problem solved
But yeah, I'll look into that adapter, thanks all ! problem solved
Quaker
Have you installed the proper nVidia graphics drivers?
I recently ran into a similar issue when I upgraded my HTPC. The desktop would run fine at 1920x1080, but GW would only let me run at 1280x1024. It then occured to me that I hadn't installed the full ATI driver suite - I was only running on the default ATI drivers built into Vista. I installed the drivers and everything worked.
Btw, I too was using the VGA connection to the HDTV since the HDMI connection would not display without a one inch border around the picture. That may have since been cured with an update, but the VGA connection works just fine. (It requires a separate audio connection of course.)
I recently ran into a similar issue when I upgraded my HTPC. The desktop would run fine at 1920x1080, but GW would only let me run at 1280x1024. It then occured to me that I hadn't installed the full ATI driver suite - I was only running on the default ATI drivers built into Vista. I installed the drivers and everything worked.
Btw, I too was using the VGA connection to the HDTV since the HDMI connection would not display without a one inch border around the picture. That may have since been cured with an update, but the VGA connection works just fine. (It requires a separate audio connection of course.)
Zan Usi Quan
Yup I had already downloaded the latest drivers, I messed around with the cables, but didn't come up with anything, so I just put the regular VGA cable back in, and suddenly 1920x1080 is in the list !
So I really didn't have to do anything lol... Don't know what happened but I'm happy ^^
So I really didn't have to do anything lol... Don't know what happened but I'm happy ^^
Lord Sojar
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Btw, I too was using the VGA connection to the HDTV since the HDMI connection would not display without a one inch border around the picture.
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