Computer display problems slash help

[jbob23]

im having all sorts of problems with our computer and the monitor. its windows vista. we have a decently sized lcd monitor like 19 in. maybe. ive always ran the resolution at 1440x900 and it looks damn good.

well i get on the computer today and the screen is all messed up. like not centered at all and doesnt fit right. the image like overlaps itself even.(like stuff usually on the left side is now skewed on the right side). this had me worried but i managed to change the resolution back down to something like 1280 x 738 or somethin. its not near as sharp but it atleast looks ok.

im wondering how i can fix this?

and then also when i was messing around trying to fix this problem i got into my graphics card stuff.
all kinds of stuff like antialiasing setting and the Anisotropic filtering. ive heard of people messing with these and it made there screenshots look way better? any idea of what to do there or should i not mess with it at all?

[INVADEtheLINE]

If anything, in those settings, disable Vsync (Vertical Sync)...It helps the game run smoother.
Upped my framerate like a mofo

[jbob23]

If anything, in those settings, disable Vsync (Vertical Sync)...It helps the game run smoother.
Upped my framerate like a mofo

Alright thx cool deal

any ideas on my display problem? cuz it seems you are pretty computer savy from what ive seen and heard from you.

[DJ99X]

Make sure your screen is Vista compatible. Some of the older LCD screens weren't made for vista. There should be a sticker like this on your screen




That Vsync setting was on my computer when I first got it. Capped my framerate at 60 fps

[jbob23]

Make sure your screen is Vista compatible. Some of the older LCD screens weren't made for vista. There should be a sticker like this on your screen


That Vsync setting was on my computer when I first got it. Capped my framerate at 60 fps

not seeing that sticker anywhere but the monitor came as a set with the computer and it had worked fine for a long time. its dumb.

and ya that vsync really helped my framerate too

[DJ99X]

Oh, I thought you meant this new computer had Vista, whilst your old one did not. Is a screenshot possible?

[jbob23]

Oh, I thought you meant this new computer had Vista, whilst your old one did not. Is a screenshot possible?

this is wahts wierd. cuz i tried to get a ss earlier and when i opened it, it was just a regular desktop screenshot. nothing was messed up.

just tried again and its the same way.

[DJ99X]

Hmmm, der, I don't know why I thought that would work, it doesn't actually take a shot of whats on screen. How about a photo?

[jbob23]

kind of hard to see (damn cell phone camera). but on the far right side of the screen u see where the clock is? that should be on the edge of my screen not ofset to the left. and then u see where the icons that are supposed to be on the left are now overlapping on the right.

i could maybe manually adjust the screen to make it fit, but it should adjust itself..its pissing me off.

[DJ99X]

Yeah, thats very strange, never seen anything like that before

[jbob23]

well i got it fixed. for now lol. POS

i update some drivers that jlv suggested to fred in another topic and it worked.