TV-out resolution change

ExB · Dec 22, 2003, 03:44 PM

Hy guys, lemme get to the point. I kinda have a small TV (21'), and Gigabyte radeon 9000pro 64MB DDR. Drivers are Catalyst 3.9 (leeching latest omega atm).
OK, here's the problem. When I connect the TV and enable TV-out, the TV resolution is 1024x768. But as I mentioned before, my TV is really kinda small, so 1024 picture is way to big for it and so I don't see the whole picture on the TV. But, if I lower my monitor resolution to 800x600, I can see the whole picture on the TV too! So I'd like to set the TV resolution to 800x600 forever, if anyone knows how to do that, I'll be most gratefull.

murf62 · Oct 13, 2004, 02:49 PM

I have the same question as above, which has not been answered in nearly 2 years, so anyone know the answer now?

I'm using an x800xt at 1600x1200, adn want to see the whole display on the TV. The only time it all fits on is as stated above when in 800x600 or when in theatre mode.

Any ideas anyone?

Snypa · Oct 13, 2004, 02:51 PM

um maybe im retarded but dont all t.v.'s have only 640x480 resolution unless they are hd tv's or somthing?

murf62 · Oct 13, 2004, 03:24 PM

Near as damn it (on a PAL system anyway). But that's not the issue really. Can the ATI drivers, or Omega's version of them output 2 different resolutions is what I am asking. Maybe I didn't make myself clear enough.

Samir · Oct 13, 2004, 07:34 PM

Funny thing that you people asked; this 2 different resolutions output never seemed to be taken care of! Is there any way possible actually HAVE 2 different resolution output?

ViRuS2k · Oct 14, 2004, 06:26 AM

all your problems vanish with a simple program called : ULTRAMON 2.5

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best purchase i have ever made

ask Zardon he pointed it out to me

murf62 · Oct 16, 2004, 08:20 AM

Thanks for the advice. I have tried Ultramon 2.5, and it is almost what I need. It rescales the desktop down to fit when in mirror mode. The only problem is it won't work with Driect 3d apps, or games more to the point. Which is why I am trying to do this.

I need to be able to run a game at 1600x1200 on the flatpanel and have it displayed simultaneously full screen on a large widescreen screen TV via the SVHS i/p.

***Zardon*** · Oct 16, 2004, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by murf62

Thanks for the advice. I have tried Ultramon 2.5, and it is almost what I need. It rescales the desktop down to fit when in mirror mode. The only problem is it won't work with Driect 3d apps, or games more to the point. Which is why I am trying to do this.

I need to be able to run a game at 1600x1200 on the flatpanel and have it displayed simultaneously full screen on a large widescreen screen TV via the SVHS i/p.

You are running into a limitation of the hardware here. What ideally you need is monitor 2 to be mirroring the main monitor but at a lower resolution with this resolution also handling output to the tv via SVHS.

so monitor 1 would be 1600x1200 and monitor 2 would be 640x840 with the output theoretically to the tv at 640x480. The problem is you cant mirror a lower resolution of monitor 1 (1600x1200) to your tv at 640x480. Monitor 2 doesnt have hardware acceleration for gaming.... You either need to play the game on the TV or monitor not both at the same time. Domestic televisions are 640x480 anythig higher and you get clipping (I had clipping to a minor level in the past with 800x600).

murf62 · Oct 16, 2004, 10:01 AM

Thanks for the reply, I suspected that would be the case.

Samir · Oct 16, 2004, 08:29 PM

But what about Video overlay resolution (in Theather mode) on TV?!? Is there any way to change that?