Standard VGA Graphics Adapter won't let me go to 1280x1024 resolution


  1. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Professional 64bits
       #1

    Standard VGA Graphics Adapter won't let me go to 1280x1024 resolution


    I'm on Windows 7 Professional 64 bits
    My motherboard has an onboard graphics card that works just fine. I installed an old PCI graphics card in order to use more monitors (TNT2 Riva by NVidia). The card is so old that it doesn't have a driver for Windows 7 64bits (it seems that it works in 32 bits)
    As a result Windows 7 uses a "Standard VGA Graphics Adapter" as the driver, the monitor and card works but it wont let me go above 1024x780, is there any way to force a higher resolution in this driver? Both my monitor and card can support it

    Best,
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  2. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #2

    I doubt if any pci card will work with 7 64 bit.
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  3. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Professional 64bits
    Thread Starter
       #3

    There is got to be a hack somewhere that does this
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  4. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Professional 64bits
    Thread Starter
       #4

    AddRAM said:
    I doubt if any pci card will work with 7 64 bit.
    Why? Is there something in x64 based systems that doesn't match with PCI standards?
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  5. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #5

    No drivers for the card, they are so old.
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  6. Posts : 2,606
    Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1
       #6

    tradingbr said:
    There is got to be a hack somewhere that does this
    LaptopVideo2Go: Drivers

    is a source of driver installers with a modified .inf that forces the installer to work for cards that nVidia doesn't officially support.

    I don't see TNT2 in the latest hacked .inf on the site, though.

    There's nothing in the Microsoft Update Catalog for the TNT2 for any 64 bit OS.

    The TNT2 was introduced in 1999. Maybe you should be looking at slightly newer junkyard graphics cards (Geforce 4 MX, maybe).
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  7. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #7

    With old cards it`s just trial and error.
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  8. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Professional 64bits
    Thread Starter
       #8

    I found the solution
    Go to Display / screen resolutions, click advanced settings, go to the monitor tab and unclick "hide resolutions this monitor can't display"
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  9. Posts : 2,606
    Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1
       #9

    tradingbr said:
    I found the solution
    Go to Display / screen resolutions, click advanced settings, go to the monitor tab and unclick "hide resolutions this monitor can't display"
    That works for the generic VGA drivers? Neat.
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  10. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Professional 64bits
    Thread Starter
       #10

    Yep
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