Windows 7 - in game resolution error - displaying resolution way less than 1080p

Hey guys ...m banging my head with this issue...i have an ati radeon hd 5850 and samsung syncmaster 2233SW monitor....in the games the resolution being displayed is very low, somewhere in the 1280 x 1024 type of regions...though in the game settings its showing 1920 x 1080 ...please help...drivers are latest...11.12 amd vision engine control center


btw my desktop resolution iv put at 1280 x 800 ...wen i put it at 1920 x 1080 in the desktop d sides of the screen get cut...evn my monitors auto adjustment function doesnt help...

is it every game? or just specific games? and are those games old?

the reason i ask is older games aspect ratio is 4:3 not the modern widescreen 16:9 so resolutions will always look odd/funny when you set the games to a 16:9 resolution.

what cables are you using to connect the gpu to the monitor, and would you mind filling out your system spec on the left hand side under your post count so we can have a badger (get it??) at anything else that maybe the issue.

oh and where are my manners, Welcome to the forum

its with new games such as Call of Duty Black Ops and Just Cause 2...they all support 1080p...newayz yesterday i tried by installing old drivers for my gpu and the resolution got better at 1680 x 1050 i think...and fit the screen...at 1920 x 1080 d sides i cudnt see...evn my desktop was stretched too much....and all of this happened suddenly, this whole error...i changed no settings, just 1 morning i launched cod bo...n it happened...i reckon bout 3 days back...i hav an analog cable that connects my monitor to d gpu that came wid d card...and i hav dis pc for 2 yrs nw...worked fine...couple of weeks back removed xp n put 7...workd fine till dis random error...

I have some info on this matter to share that I have seen in simmular games as u! Just cause 2 for example:

When u set{have changed since last played} your desktop resolution to say 1920x1280 and whatever Hz and then launch the game it will take the desktop resolution and apply that to the game thus regardless of your previous game setting it will over write this in the setting config file of the game in question. This is applicable to many games and would seggest that u know beforehand what resolution u use for each game and then simply set the appropreate resolution on your desktop or GPU control panel before launching a game!

From what i know this is caused by the differnce in desktop Hz and game Hz...if there was any to start with.

Come to think of it, This actualy makes sence when gaming in Windows 7 for better compatability and less resources used when Alt+Tabing...

If what I mentioned does not help u might need some more advanced help with this.