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<blockquote data-quote="Mendingo" data-source="post: 42351" data-attributes="member: 19005">To force a widescreen resolution on an Nvidia board:First of all, I AM NO EXPERT. IF YOU DAMAGE YOUR EQUIPMENT, IT IS NOT MY FAULT!1.&nbsp;&nbsp; Right click on the desktop-&gt;properties2.&nbsp;&nbsp; Click Settings Tab3.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you're using dual monitors, select the monitor you're using4.&nbsp;&nbsp; Click advanced5.&nbsp;&nbsp; Click &quot;Geforce xxxxxx&quot; tab (where xxxxx is the name of your card)6.&nbsp;&nbsp; Clcik &quot;Screen Resolutions and Refresh rates&quot; in the menu down the left7.&nbsp;&nbsp; Click &quot;Add&quot; button near the bottom8.&nbsp;&nbsp; For a standard CRT tv, set a width of 1024, and a height of 576, color quality of 32bit and refresh rate of 60 Hz.9.&nbsp;&nbsp; Click Add, OK to the confirmation box, then OK again.10. Using the slider select the new resolution and click &quot;apply&quot; agree to the message and you'll have the scrolly screen thing.11. Click on &quot;Advanced Timing&quot; - In there, make sure the &quot;Front end active&quot; field in the horizonal pixels catagory matches your width (1024) and the Front-end Active in the Virtical lines catagory matches your height (576)12. Click OK, and you should have your nice, shiny 16:9 resolution!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mendingo, post: 42351, member: 19005"] To force a widescreen resolution on an Nvidia board: First of all, I AM NO EXPERT. IF YOU DAMAGE YOUR EQUIPMENT, IT IS NOT MY FAULT! 1. Right click on the desktop->properties 2. Click Settings Tab 3. If you're using dual monitors, select the monitor you're using 4. Click advanced 5. Click "Geforce xxxxxx" tab (where xxxxx is the name of your card) 6. Clcik "Screen Resolutions and Refresh rates" in the menu down the left 7. Click "Add" button near the bottom 8. For a standard CRT tv, set a width of 1024, and a height of 576, color quality of 32bit and refresh rate of 60 Hz. 9. Click Add, OK to the confirmation box, then OK again. 10. Using the slider select the new resolution and click "apply" agree to the message and you'll have the scrolly screen thing. 11. Click on "Advanced Timing" - In there, make sure the "Front end active" field in the horizonal pixels catagory matches your width (1024) and the Front-end Active in the Virtical lines catagory matches your height (576) 12. Click OK, and you should have your nice, shiny 16:9 resolution! [/QUOTE]

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