Help with Display Settings

Hello,

I have a problem with my new 24" wide display. I have a NVidia GeForce FX 5200 card connected to it. My new monitor is a 24" Samsung LCD. I installed the latest GeForce drivers 175.19. Here is my problem. I am able to set the screen resolution to the optimal 1920 x 1200. However, my desktop is stretched too wide. The desktop is clipped so when I move my mouse to the right border the entire desktop moves to the right. This is some form of scaling problem. (hope I am explaining this correctly).

I have tried a few things but cannot seem to get this to work. I have tried making changes through nVidia control panel, through the standard display settings in XP, and through the monitor's own buttons.

Can anyone help me solve this frustrating problem?

On another topic, is the FX 5200 card OK to use with this new monitor. I use this monitor strictly for office applications and to view digital photos. I do not play any games or do any sort of 3-D work on it.

THANKS!!!!

UPDATE: I found an earlier post that was similar to this. In it a member suggested installing 93.71. I uninstalled the latest driver and installed 93.71. Now my screen is sized correctly. My maximum resolution is 1600 x 1200. This is much better than when I started (1024 x 768) but is still not optimal for my 1920 x 1200. I would like to enjoy the full resolution of my new monitor. Looking forward to suggestions.

 

Hi,

Sorry to say, it sounds so close to the other thread you spoke about, it is almost identical.

A 5200 is not really very powerful (I have one in a relative's PC), I would be looking at the capabilities of the graphics card and not expecting too much.

Matt

 

Hi Mr. Chip, I also have a FX 5200 Nvidia installed but only on a 22" wide, but I had the very same problem when going to DVI. I was ok with VGA, but I am sorry to say I can not exactly remember what I ended up doing but I did manage it. What I do know is I had to do it manually in the Nvidia Control Panel, I had to set my Resolution in "Manage Custom Resolutions" in my case 22" 1680X1050 @ 60Hz Progressive then hit Create. I do think that you should be able to achieve your Resolution in VGA mode I would not be very optimistic about DVI.
Hope this helps a little.
hawk22

 

Check in nVida Control Panel for the following setting ....

Change Flat Panel Scaling - SEE PICTURE / attachment.
Hopefully you have these options available. With luck, one of the options will work...
(scaling managed by monitor -
or
- graphics card). Restart's may be necessary for properly display outputs.

 

Hello people. Just ran across this discussion on FX 5200. I have the same card in my machine.( HP Pavilion) and I cannot get the resolution to go above 1024x768. How do you get the higher res.?