Strange problem with 9800 pro

[viking12344]

I am using win xp pro and my specs are:

2.66 p4b
1024MB pc2700
gigabyte GA-8IK1100
9800 pro 256mb

My problem is, in every game I try to play at 16x12 my screen is out of alighnment.......meaning I can only see about 2/3 of the game screen..... I am using a 19 inch monitor and was able to play at 16x12 with my old ti4600. I just swapped in the ati today and everything works great except that.
Is it an ATI thing? Am I missing something in the control panel?

Thanks for the help.

[originel]

is windows correctly recognizing your monitor?

oh and what brand monitor do you have?

[viking12344]

It recognizes it as a standard monitor(which it always has) and the brand is optiquest.

[Prexaspes]

It sounds like a refresh rate issue. Can you raise the refresh rate for the API you are using to render the games?

[viking12344]

Ok, here is what I just did to get it to work. In the ati control panel>displays>monitor; the maximum resolution it was picking up was 1280x1024 for some reason. I switched it to 16x12 with a refresh of 60 and it seems to be ok. All advice would be welcome however and thanks for your input so far.

[viking12344]

......and I just wanted to add , the IQ on this card is just beautiful.....I just loaded up will rock and stared at the screen.

[Rephlex]

Hi everyone....

Having exactly the same problem as mentioned above.
Driving me mental~!

Config:
Ati Radeon 9800Pro 256MB [Sapphire]
monitor: Iiyama Vision Master 502 21" [S102GT]

all resolutions are ok,
exept for 1600x1200 >>
screen shows only 3/4 of desktop;
it moves when cursor is at border of screen.
Tried switching from 85hz to 60hz,
but that makes no difference

anyone who knows how to fix this?

[Rephlex]

Finally I found it...

Like I expected it had something to do with software settings.


The way to fix it:

open Display Props > Settings > Advanced > Displays

here you can find the monitor & change the props when you click on it
[my monitor was fixed to 1280x1024]

untag "use DDC information" > then you can change the resolution &
refresh rate [changed mine to 1600x1200@85Hz]

& voila: I'm in 1600x1200 game heaven now