**Resolution Execution** HELP!!!!

[Darth_Spud]

Hi all

I have recently purchased a Goodman’s 27” HD TV and am running it as a PC monitor. Windows desktop looks great but I’m having some trouble when playing certain games. The TV resolution on the desktop is 1232 by 704 which I find is a little odd as the native resolution for my TV is 1280 by 720. When I try to set windows to display this resolution the picture goes of the screen and I have to use Overscan compensation to make the display smaller to fit the screen, hence why my display runs at 1232 by 704. If I increase the resolution, screen flicker is visible as the refresh rate for my TV only goes to 50 Hz. When I play certain games the resolution and screen size change and sometimes this ruins the display. CSS runs great though at a resolution of 1240 by 704 but I don’t see this resolution option is most games. My graphics card is a 7950 GX2.

Is there a way of forcing games to run at custom resolutions?
Can I up the refresh rate on my TV without breaking it?

Any help would be great

Cheers

[jimbouk]

Many games have command line options or settings files that need to be changed to get the right resolution. You'll probably have to go on a game by game basis, but you might find some info regarding Matrox cards who offer super-widescreen gaming at non-standard resolutions/aspect-ratios.

[DJWillis]

Can I ask what connection your using to hook the PC up to the screen.

Overscanning on PC inputs would seem more then a little odd but then LCD TV's seem to have interesting (read often very bad) support for PC VGA connections and stuff like ESSID.