Hey. I recently upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate x86 and I'm not regretting it in the least—the OS is amazing. However, I have been experiencing an issue when gaming.
I run a dual monitor setup with one being a Samsung 2253LW and the other being an HP vs17—their native resolutions are 1680x1050 and 1280x1024. On XP, all games ran in windowed mode at my Samsung's native resolution just fine. The vs17 would have conversation windows open and such while the widescreen held the game at full resolution, keeping the borders off the screen as much as possible.
After upgrading, most games no longer run like this without error. The resolution of 1680x1050 is perfectly selectable, but they're a few dozen pixels off height wise and the mouse cursor is rendered a few pixels below where it actually is.
I've tried a number of things, such as running with the basic theme, trying all compatibility options, reinstalling and uninstalling drivers, et cetera. The games are displayed fine when running at a windowed resolution which isn't my native one.
Any ideas?
Here's one example. You can see the window border at the bottom—the other three sides of it have been moved just out of view.
Here's another. The border is larger this time for some reason. Sometimes in this game, the bottom few pixels or so get 'stuck' and render a frozen image from the menu throughout gameplay, causing the resolution to shrink even more.
EDIT: Sorry, I somehow managed to post this in the wrong section. I meant to post it in gaming. Can a moderator please move it?
I run a dual monitor setup with one being a Samsung 2253LW and the other being an HP vs17—their native resolutions are 1680x1050 and 1280x1024. On XP, all games ran in windowed mode at my Samsung's native resolution just fine. The vs17 would have conversation windows open and such while the widescreen held the game at full resolution, keeping the borders off the screen as much as possible.
After upgrading, most games no longer run like this without error. The resolution of 1680x1050 is perfectly selectable, but they're a few dozen pixels off height wise and the mouse cursor is rendered a few pixels below where it actually is.
I've tried a number of things, such as running with the basic theme, trying all compatibility options, reinstalling and uninstalling drivers, et cetera. The games are displayed fine when running at a windowed resolution which isn't my native one.
Any ideas?
Here's one example. You can see the window border at the bottom—the other three sides of it have been moved just out of view.
Here's another. The border is larger this time for some reason. Sometimes in this game, the bottom few pixels or so get 'stuck' and render a frozen image from the menu throughout gameplay, causing the resolution to shrink even more.
EDIT: Sorry, I somehow managed to post this in the wrong section. I meant to post it in gaming. Can a moderator please move it?
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My Computer
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Myself
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate x86
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 at 2.4 GHz
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-945P-DS3 (Revision 2.0)
- Memory
- 2x1GB OCZ Premium Dual Channel, 2x512MB Kingston
- Graphics Card(s)
- HIS HD4850 IceQ 4
- Sound Card
- Next on my list.
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung 2253LW, HP vs17
- Hard Drives
- Seagate Baracuda 1TB SATA II
Samsung 160GB SATA
- PSU
- Generic 500W
- Case
- One that brings me great shame.
- Cooling
- Coolermaster Hyper TX3 for the E6600
- Keyboard
- Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000
- Mouse
- Logitech MX1000
- Internet Speed
- 1500 downstream, 256 upstream
