resolution problem

Christophe wrote:
> I just reinstalled XP on an old machine with a geforce4 440MX card
> Without the driver, XP sees a "VGA Compatible video controller" and I
> have access to many high resolution options
> (this is a recent Samsung 19" panel).
>
> After I install the nvidia driver (the latest one, that I just
> downloaded from the nvidia site) the highest resolution that can be
> reached is 1024*768 (but the screen operations are significantly faster)
>
> Any hint on how to solve that ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Christophe

If you use the utility here, can it see the EDID information
coming from the monitor ?

http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/moninfo.shtm

Paul
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"Christophe" <invalid.RemoveThis@invalid.fr> wrote in message
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>I just reinstalled XP on an old machine with a geforce4 440MX card
> Without the driver, XP sees a "VGA Compatible video controller" and I have
> access to many high resolution options
> (this is a recent Samsung 19" panel).
>
> After I install the nvidia driver (the latest one, that I just downloaded
> from the nvidia site) the highest resolution that can be reached is
> 1024*768 (but the screen operations are significantly faster)
>
> Any hint on how to solve that ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Christophe

You installed the monitor *.inf files from the Samsung LCD CD? What most
call monitor drivers.
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DaveW a écrit :
> There is no problem. You have simply run into the limit of that older
> underpowered video card.
>
It seems to me that this card is capable of a resolution higher than 1024*768
Is there anything I am missing ?

Thanks
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Paul a écrit :

> If you use the utility here, can it see the EDID information
> coming from the monitor ?
>
> http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/moninfo.shtm
>
> Paul

I will try and let you know. Thanks for the advice.
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Augustus a écrit :

>
> You installed the monitor *.inf files from the Samsung LCD CD? What most
> call monitor drivers.
>
>

No ! Did not think of it, I did not have the CD
I will try to find it. Might be the reason the drivers are confused.

But really can anyone confirm that this card can handle resolutions higher than 1024*768 ?

thanks
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In article <478787ae$0$22806$426a34cc@news.free.fr>,
Christophe <invalid.DeleteThis@invalid.fr> wrote:
>Augustus a écrit :
>
>> You installed the monitor *.inf files from the Samsung LCD CD? What most
>> call monitor drivers.
>
>No ! Did not think of it, I did not have the CD
>I will try to find it. Might be the reason the drivers are confused.
>
>But really can anyone confirm that this card can handle resolutions
>higher than 1024*768 ?

Yes, it can. You can probably download the needed .inf files from
Samsung's website. Otherwise the .inf files from a comparable LCD screen
are useable too.

And what you missed in another posting is that DaveW is a total idiot.
Don't pay any attention to his so-called 'advice'.

What you, of course, should not expect is your videocard of being able to
do any meaningful rendering of games to the intended resolution. But
2D/Desktop related work: that should be ok. I've got a rather old machine,
with an Intel i810 videochip (probably even less powerful than what you're
using), on-board, which using Linux can display 1680x1050@60Hz just fine.

Regards, Patrick
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"Christophe" <invalid DeleteThis @invalid.fr> wrote in message
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> Augustus a écrit :
>
>>
>> You installed the monitor *.inf files from the Samsung LCD CD? What most
>> call monitor drivers.
>
> No ! Did not think of it, I did not have the CD
> I will try to find it. Might be the reason the drivers are confused.
>
> But really can anyone confirm that this card can handle resolutions higher
> than 1024*768 ?

It'll handle well over 1024x768. If you can't find the CD, just grab the
files from the Samsung website.
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"Christophe" <invalid.RemoveThis@invalid.fr> wrote in message
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> Augustus a écrit :
>
>>
>> You installed the monitor *.inf files from the Samsung LCD CD? What
>> most call monitor drivers.
>
> No ! Did not think of it, I did not have the CD
> I will try to find it. Might be the reason the drivers are confused.
>
> But really can anyone confirm that this card can handle resolutions
> higher than 1024*768 ?
>
> thanks

The Product Overview @ NVIDIA.com says 2048x1536
http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce4mx.html
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Augustus a écrit :
> "Christophe" <invalid.RemoveThis@invalid.fr> wrote in message
> news:478787ae$0$22806$426a34cc@news.free.fr...
>> Augustus a écrit :
>>
>>> You installed the monitor *.inf files from the Samsung LCD CD? What most
>>> call monitor drivers.
>> No ! Did not think of it, I did not have the CD
>> I will try to find it. Might be the reason the drivers are confused.
>>
>> But really can anyone confirm that this card can handle resolutions higher
>> than 1024*768 ?
>
> It'll handle well over 1024x768. If you can't find the CD, just grab the
> files from the Samsung website.
>
>
Okay,

To all who replied,
thanks fro recommandations.
Getting the LCD drivers from Samsung's site brought the whole thing to 1280*1024.
This will be mainly for web/office work so it will be fine until the system dies

Thanks again

Christophe
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Christophe wrote:
> Augustus a écrit :
>> "Christophe" <invalid.DeleteThis@invalid.fr> wrote in message
>> news:478787ae$0$22806$426a34cc@news.free.fr...
>>> Augustus a écrit :
>>>
>>>> You installed the monitor *.inf files from the Samsung LCD CD? What
>>>> most call monitor drivers.
>>> No ! Did not think of it, I did not have the CD
>>> I will try to find it. Might be the reason the drivers are confused.
>>>
>>> But really can anyone confirm that this card can handle resolutions
>>> higher than 1024*768 ?
>>
>> It'll handle well over 1024x768. If you can't find the CD, just grab
>> the files from the Samsung website.
>>
> Okay,
>
> To all who replied,
> thanks fro recommandations.
> Getting the LCD drivers from Samsung's site brought the whole thing to
> 1280*1024.
> This will be mainly for web/office work so it will be fine until the
> system dies
>
> Thanks again
>
> Christophe

Did the moninfo utility report an EDID or not ? I'm curious, as you
needed the .INF to get it to work, which implies there was no EDID
visible to the system. It would be sad, if the EDID was present, but
a .INF was still necessary - only one of the two should be needed.

Paul
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