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[Nightcrept]

Hey guys

I have always played this game at 1280 x 1024 but today when I logged in it said my graphics card wasn't supported. So I updated my drivers.

But now I can't get the game to display in full screen mode above 1024 x 768.

What I end up with if I try to run above 1024 x 768 is what looks like a widescreen setting dvd with a narrow band of video and equally large bands of black above and below it.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled and patched the game.

Any thoughts?

[EternalCore]

@OP: What are your FULL System Specs?

[Nightcrept]

Do you want the whole dxdiag report?

Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.120824-0336)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: alienware
System Model: Area-51 X58
BIOS: BIOS Date: 04/24/09 17:30:57 Ver: 08.00.15
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 12278MB RAM
Page File: 4513MB used, 19967MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 64bit Unicode

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 260
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_05E2&SUBSYS_058510DE&REV_A1
Display Memory: 4069 MB
Dedicated Memory: 869 MB
Shared Memory: 3199 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver Version: 9.18.0013.0697 (English)
DDI Version: 10
BGRA Supported: Yes
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 10/2/2012 17:21:00, 18252136 bytes

I'm actually running dual 260's not that the game uses them though...lol.

[EternalCore]

Nightcrept, on 19 November 2012 - 07:04 PM, said:

Do you want the whole dxdiag report?

Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.120824-0336)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: alienware
System Model: Area-51 X58
BIOS: BIOS Date: 04/24/09 17:30:57 Ver: 08.00.15
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 12278MB RAM
Page File: 4513MB used, 19967MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 64bit Unicode

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 260
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_05E2&SUBSYS_058510DE&REV_A1
Display Memory: 4069 MB
Dedicated Memory: 869 MB
Shared Memory: 3199 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver Version: 9.18.0013.0697 (English)
DDI Version: 10
BGRA Supported: Yes
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 10/2/2012 17:21:00, 18252136 bytes

I'm actually running dual 260's not that the game uses them though...lol.

Your video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 are way below the minimum requirements and they won't either run this game or they won't run the game well at all. And that's why the engine says they're not supported. Time to upgrade your video cards don't you think?

[Nightcrept]

Yeah your probably right.

But i won't have the free cash until at least February i'm afraid. What cards do you suggest for my system?

[Nightcrept]

I am getting old and out of the loop about computer specs.

Just how out of date are my cards and can I get anything better for around a hundred to hold me over until I can spend more?

And how is my comp? I upgraded the ram a few months ago. Can it run the game with upgraded cards?

[EternalCore]

Nightcrept, on 19 November 2012 - 07:29 PM, said:

Yeah your probably right.

But i won't have the free cash until at least February i'm afraid. What cards do you suggest for my system?

It all depends on the amount of money you can get together. But I have and Like the Nvidia Geforce 660 Ti OC'd edition.

[Nightcrept]

i can afford around a hundred short term and after feb money isn't really a issue.

[Harrels Badgerton]

100 dollars is a rough price point for graphics, going by the minimal research I just did using Anandtech.com's Bench combined with Newegg.

If you go up to the Radeon HD6870 area, however, you can get a card for around two hundred or less that should be double your current performance at least. The rest of your PC is absolutely beautiful, so it would be a very worth while upgrade. Do more research though, I spend less than five minutes looking at prices and figures.

[Lord Swyftfire]

Also look into HIS cards they are good and cheep cards.

[Tarl Cabot]

1. Is 1280x1024 the native/max resolution for your monitor?
2. Available resolutions are dependent on the LCD monitor. Systems can get weird when you are running at anything than native resolution.
3. Also check your video card's settings. There will be settings on how a screen is displayed based on the attempted resolution when compared to the current or available resolution. There should be an option to fill/stretch the resolution to fill the entire screen.

example, with your computer settings as they they are now, any 4x3 resolution will have bars at top/bottom (provided you are using a wide screen LCD).

You can test this by going windowed mode and selecting different resolutions.

Edited by Tarl Cabot, 20 November 2012 - 09:16 AM.

[Flapdrol]

EternalCore, on 19 November 2012 - 07:14 PM, said:

Your video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 are way below the minimum requirements and they won't either run this game or they won't run the game well at all. And that's why the engine says they're not supported. Time to upgrade your video cards don't you think?

Nuh-uh, a gtx260 is perfectly fine to play this. Besides, the only downsides of an outdated gpu should be bad performance. Fullscreen should still work.

anyway, what driver are you running, try updating it.

Edited by Flapdrol, 20 November 2012 - 09:18 AM.

[Nightcrept]

I updated my card and it still didn't work.

I ended up turning off the custom alienware video controllers and turned on sli for the cards and somehow it worked. Thus far.

[EternalCore]

Nightcrept, on 20 November 2012 - 03:26 PM, said:

I updated my card and it still didn't work.

I ended up turning off the custom alienware video controllers and turned on sli for the cards and somehow it worked. Thus far.

I bet it runs slow and only one card is used(Because MWO isn't setup for SLI/Crossfire yet)... Also Your system is nice but your video cards are holding it back as you could be doing between 80-120fps smoothly with the GFX maxed out if you had newer video cards as I mentioned above.