Posted By: Robert Gault
640x480 on new monitors - 08/17/17 10:05 PM
I think this has been asked recently but don't remember the topic. It would seem to be a common
complaint.
Some old and maybe some new games look best with a 640x480 screen. However, certain combinations
of video drivers and monitors appear to not permit selection of this screen resolution. Here is
an example of this problem.
I was replaying Beyond Time which looks best at 640x480. I was testing it with WinXP (it actually
will crash with WinXP but likes Win98SE) and tried to select 640x480. I have a GeForce 7600GS video
card, the 260.99 driver, and a Samsung SyncMaster 204B monitor.
I normally run the screen at 1600x1200 and both the Windows and nVidia software seem to give 800x600
as the lowest resolution.
I don't know what more modern OS give as options but here is what I did with WinXP.
Right click on the Desktop and select Properties. When Display Properties shows, right click on
Settings. My Screen Resolution was limited to 800x600 so I clicked on Advanced.
I clicked on Adapter and List All Modes. This produced a massive list of screen modes where I
eventually found 640x480 32bit color. When selected, what seemed to be an impossible mode started.
I hope this will help people with the problem.
complaint.
Some old and maybe some new games look best with a 640x480 screen. However, certain combinations
of video drivers and monitors appear to not permit selection of this screen resolution. Here is
an example of this problem.
I was replaying Beyond Time which looks best at 640x480. I was testing it with WinXP (it actually
will crash with WinXP but likes Win98SE) and tried to select 640x480. I have a GeForce 7600GS video
card, the 260.99 driver, and a Samsung SyncMaster 204B monitor.
I normally run the screen at 1600x1200 and both the Windows and nVidia software seem to give 800x600
as the lowest resolution.
I don't know what more modern OS give as options but here is what I did with WinXP.
Right click on the Desktop and select Properties. When Display Properties shows, right click on
Settings. My Screen Resolution was limited to 800x600 so I clicked on Advanced.
I clicked on Adapter and List All Modes. This produced a massive list of screen modes where I
eventually found 640x480 32bit color. When selected, what seemed to be an impossible mode started.
I hope this will help people with the problem.