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640x480 being output as 656x496

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First post, by d1stortion

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Apparently this is an old Nvidia-specific issue starting with 185.xx drivers. Not entirely sure which lines have it, it's at least on GF8+9 and perhaps on other ones as well. Causes this resolution to not being scaled properly (displayed with black borders). Anyone stumbled across this and is there an easy fix by now?

Reply 1 of 5, by Stull

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It's been several years, but I seem to recall this happening with a GF 6200 too. Never figured it out.

Reply 2 of 5, by robertmo

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nvidia drivers control panel allows adding new resolutions so you can try that feature.

Reply 3 of 5, by d1stortion

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Yup I use this feature. The problem with it is that it only allows for one certain color depth per resolution, so it's not quite perfect.

Reply 4 of 5, by jwt27

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Is it not your monitor erroneously displaying the overscan area?

I'm sure Powerstrip will be able to fix it but you may find $30 a bit expensive for such a simple issue.

Reply 5 of 5, by d1stortion

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It doesn't depend on the monitor. It's an issue that is there since 2009 (when going by the topics that come up when searching) and I doubt it'll ever get fixed, since those video card manufacturers don't care at all about legacy support. See the nonexistent 16-bit dithering, broken D3D/OGL legacy support etc

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