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Argonath RPG Community => Hardware/Software support => Resolved issues => Topic started by: FastSh00T on March 01, 2010, 05:35:22 pm
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After i installed Windows 7 i opened all most games and screens is very small and some games lag too.
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Are the game settings correct?
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Well it's the same settings on the last Windows (xp)
Even the new game that i downloaded small screen ....
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Tell us what games are.
Some games are, sadly, not compatible with Win7.
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San Andreas , Crysis (Only lag) , Medal of honor - Mohaa , That's what i played for now :)
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San Andreas , Crysis (Only lag) , Medal of honor - Mohaa , That's what i played for now :)
Those are all compatible... no idea what's going on.
Did you update your drivers? Maybe it's a scheduled scan from your Anti-Virus software?
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You may need to turn your desktop resolution up to solve the small screen/colour issue
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Not at all..
Try using right click on an icon and going properties > Compatibility Tab.
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Not at all..
Try using right click on an icon and going properties > Compatibility Tab.
I don't think if that option will always work. Windows 7 uses a lot of system ressources more than XP, then the lagg that you're experiencing is quite ordinary. Try to lower the settings to take the lagg off.
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Lag + Small screen you got any answer? ...
I already tried Compatibility Tab but the game crash
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Update your Graphics driver, i had the same problem, this fixed it.
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As Brad said, Get the Graphics Driver, I had this problem, That fixed it.
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how to update my Graphics Driver?
or you mean to buy new one?
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how to update my Graphics Driver?
or you mean to buy new one?
Find out the make and model of your graphics card
go on the website of the make, and download the models drivers for w7
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With regard to the "small screens" when playing games, Windows 7 often displays problems with regard to pixel scaling, when you use a resolution that isn't the same as your monitors native resolution. The problems are generally one of two things.
1. Screen stretches, but leaves black spaces on top and bottom, or left and right.
For this, the problem is that you're using a resolution with a different ratio to that of your monitor (eg. using a 16:9 resolution on a 16:10 monitor). Therefore, to counter this problem, you can simply create a custom resolution that's close to the resolution you want to use, but maintains the same ratio as your monitor.
2. Screen does not stretch at all, leaving black spaces on all sides.
If you experience this problem, then you need to go your NVIDIA or ATI control panel and look around for anything with regard to scaling for low resolutions.
For the NVIDIA control panel, it should be as displayed below:
(http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/1341/changeflatpanelscaling.jpg)
There might be other solutions to resolve these problems, but these are ones that I've personally used, so I know they work.
EDIT: Since I'm an NVIDIA user, I can't guarantee that the ATI control panel has the required features to resolve the above problems.
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1. Screen stretches, but leaves black spaces on top and bottom, or left and right.
For this, the problem is that you're using a resolution with a different ratio to that of your monitor (eg. using a 16:9 resolution on a 16:10 monitor). Therefore, to counter this problem, you can simply create a custom resolution that's close to the resolution you want to use, but maintains the same ratio as your monitor.
Clearify please.
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For example, you may have a monitor that supports a maximum resolution of 1680x1050. This makes its ratio 16:10, since 1680/1050 = 1.6 = 16/10. Now, if you were to play a game in full screen while using a lower resolution of say 800x600, which is a ratio of 4:3 (800/600 = 1.333 = 4/3), your system would not be able to completely scale the game to fit the monitor, since Windows 7 can't change the ratio while scaling low resolutions. The result would be two black bars on the left and right on your screen. Therefore, if you want to play on such a low resolution without having to deal with black bars, then you have to create a custom resolution that has the same ratio as your monitor. For the case of 800x600, which is 4:3, you can create an custom resolution of 800x500, which is 16:10, thus your system would be able to stretch it to fit the screen entirely. To create a custom resolution, you can to go to your nVidia or ATI control panel. Otherwise, there may be an option to do so in your normal display settings.
I hope that's clear enough.
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I guess, but how is it possible to force this 'custom resolution' to the screen because all I see is a restricted list of resolution settings, I use an ATI by the way.
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I use NVIDIA, so I can't really guide you through how to set up a custom resolution properly, nor am I completely certain that ATI fully supports it, but for the moment I'll assume it does. If it doesn't, then I'd advise googling for something that does, since I've heard that there's programs you can download to manage custom resolutions.
Anyway, once you've created a custom resolution, it's meant to automatically appear in the list of available resolutions in your game's graphics settings. If it doesn't, my only advice is to check that you've created it properly, check for any options that you need to turn on to allow custom resolutions to work, or update your display drivers.
Apart from that, I can't really detail any more, since I don't use ATI.
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I'll check Google, thanks a lot man, you've been a great help. :D
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No problem.
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Kitsune, ATM i have the same problem im on my ATI CC Menue but i cant see anything with scaling.
Can someone help me.
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I'm only knowledgeable on the NVIDIA control panel, but here's the result of a quick google:
Go to the ATI Catalyst Control Center (by right Clicking on the desktop and choosing to go to the ATI Control Center), On the top left there will be a drop down menu, click on it and choose "Desktop & Displays" On the bottom half of the screen Right click on the icon of your display, and choose "Configure," On the next screen choose "Scaling Options" tab you can then slide the rul all the way to 0% scaling and you should see the screen change to cover the full monitor.
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When i open NVIDIA Control Panel the mouse loads for 2 seconds or 3 and it don't display/Open
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Re-install or something, that's not Kitsune's problem.
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Im not sure if this will work, But could you right click on the desktop and edit it there? I know it works on XP, I got rid of Win 7 a while ago.
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When i open NVIDIA Control Panel the mouse loads for 2 seconds or 3 and it don't display/Open
Update the driver for your graphics card from the NVIDIA website. The drivers comes with the latest control panel, so it may fix your problem.
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Re-install or something, that's not Kitsune's problem.
It's not even his problem :)
THINK BEFORE YOU TYPE.
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You should re-read my post.
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I already did.
Post Merge: March 23, 2010, 04:24:34 pm
I downloaded My NVIDIA update and i found this error :
(http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/4136/51130735.png) (http://img683.imageshack.us/my.php?image=51130735.png)
I reinstalled it agin but same error/problem
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I already did.
Post Merge: March 23, 2010, 04:24:34 pm
I downloaded My NVIDIA update and i found this error :
(http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/4136/51130735.png) (http://img683.imageshack.us/my.php?image=51130735.png)
I reinstalled it agin but same error/problem
You did not.
It seems like the screenshot you've posted doesn't really describe an error, more like an installation process finishing..
But anywho, post a screenshot of what you see when this error occurs.
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I already did.
Post Merge: March 23, 2010, 04:24:34 pm
I downloaded My NVIDIA update and i found this error :
(http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/4136/51130735.png) (http://img683.imageshack.us/my.php?image=51130735.png)
I reinstalled it agin but same error/problem
Given that your screen shot doesn't much information, I take it that either you've downloaded the wrong drivers, or you've already got the latest version. Assuming you've got the right drivers (otherwise, go get the right ones), try doing a clean install by uninstalling your display drivers and NVIDIA control panel completely, then running the installation.
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I'll try again when i face another problem with any game because i fixed it with the games that i only play.