Help with screen resolutions! Please!
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:28 am
I didnt know where else to post this, sorry if it isnt in the 'correct forum'.
Um, I know this is a long shot, but maybe someone here is more computer literate than I and can help me.
Ok, so heres whats up. I have a computer running windows 7, 64bit 2.8gh AMD II X4 925 processor, 8g of ram, video card ATI radion HD 4350. It is wired into my HDTV via HDMI and normally runs at a resolution of 1280x720. I have played RTC and DM on this exact computer at 800x600 without issue in the past. I havent played any DM (usually running RTC) for about 4 months, but recently decided to fire it up and play some of the new dungeons that have come out. When I start it, I get an error message saying that the resolution of 800x600 cannot be found. So I go to look in my 'display' settings on Win7, and find that, indeed, the lowest resolution it can be set at is 1280x720. The only other option is 1920x1080. But it didnt used to be this way. I used to be able to choose any resolution, up to and including very low ones with 640x480 being the lowest, and have had no trouble running RTC at 800x600. The problem is deeper than just RTC, as the resolutions settings themselves appear to be missing from my system. I have no idea what caused this, but would like to get it back, as now NO old games requiring low res will run on my comp. I tried to run some other old faves, and get various error messages (or having it run in a bizzarely small/cut off window) all boiling down to it being the computer not able to set itself to any res lower than 1280x720. Like I said before, it didnt used to be this way and changed sometime in the past 3 months.
If anyone knows what caused this or how to fix it, or even theories, I would be greatly appreciative as I cant play any old games with the thing like this and I dont know much of win7.
Um, I know this is a long shot, but maybe someone here is more computer literate than I and can help me.
Ok, so heres whats up. I have a computer running windows 7, 64bit 2.8gh AMD II X4 925 processor, 8g of ram, video card ATI radion HD 4350. It is wired into my HDTV via HDMI and normally runs at a resolution of 1280x720. I have played RTC and DM on this exact computer at 800x600 without issue in the past. I havent played any DM (usually running RTC) for about 4 months, but recently decided to fire it up and play some of the new dungeons that have come out. When I start it, I get an error message saying that the resolution of 800x600 cannot be found. So I go to look in my 'display' settings on Win7, and find that, indeed, the lowest resolution it can be set at is 1280x720. The only other option is 1920x1080. But it didnt used to be this way. I used to be able to choose any resolution, up to and including very low ones with 640x480 being the lowest, and have had no trouble running RTC at 800x600. The problem is deeper than just RTC, as the resolutions settings themselves appear to be missing from my system. I have no idea what caused this, but would like to get it back, as now NO old games requiring low res will run on my comp. I tried to run some other old faves, and get various error messages (or having it run in a bizzarely small/cut off window) all boiling down to it being the computer not able to set itself to any res lower than 1280x720. Like I said before, it didnt used to be this way and changed sometime in the past 3 months.
If anyone knows what caused this or how to fix it, or even theories, I would be greatly appreciative as I cant play any old games with the thing like this and I dont know much of win7.