Innovision 8800GTS 320mb

DoGMaN X · 06-24-2007, 05:58 AM

I have the above running under Vista 64bit that i have hooked up to a crt tv through s-video. The picture is a bit cut off on all sides however, enough so that i cant the the taskbar and sidebar. I have installed the latest vista 64 drivers. There are no settings in the nvidia control panel that allow me to change any tv settings apart from input type, s-video, component etc.

I have another computer which is running XP pro and a Leadtek 7600GT. This works fine on the TV, the nvidia control panel on here also supports a lot more settings that allows me to change the desktop size on the tv to whatever i want. I cant do this on my Vista machine.

What could be the problem? Drivers not as efficient yet? The OS?

Any suggestions much appreciated!

Houndog777 · 06-24-2007, 11:01 AM

Hi, had a friend with similar problem and his wife solved it by using the TV remote control.
Worth a try!

DoGMaN X · 06-24-2007, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Houndog777

Hi, had a friend with similar problem and his wife solved it by using the TV remote control.
Worth a try!

Update! - Ive tried it on my larger TV downstairs and get the same problem through both composite and S-video. both TVs are panasonic.

Windows Media Center can actually solve the problem when i do the wizard, it seems to rescale the image so that it fits perfectly on screen, however i cant manage to do this on the vista desktop. Hence, when i quit media center the screen is out of proportion again.

Also, i can manage to get the whole picture on screen on my downstairs widescreen tv, in 640x480. It seems this is the only resolution that fits, the higher resolution i go the more of the screen gets cut off and seems enlarged.

640 sucks though, i cant even run any games. Is this what im gonna have to put up with?

Any more advice please!

edit - also on my nvidia control panel i cant seem to change the digital vibrance and another attribute (hue?), whereas on my 7600GT control panel i can.

dai · 06-24-2007, 12:10 PM

they are still working on the drivers
is this one later than the one you have
http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/ind...ownload&id=217

DoGMaN X · 06-24-2007, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by dai

they are still working on the drivers
is this one later than the one you have
http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/ind...ownload&id=217

thats great, so updated drivers will slowly but surely lead to full functionality right? and that i havent done anything wrong, this is the first PC ive built so just want to make sure.

DoGMaN X · 06-24-2007, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by dai

they are still working on the drivers
is this one later than the one you have
http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/ind...ownload&id=217

how did you get hold of them drivers?

ive had a look on nvidia website, Vista 64 Geforce 8 series and the latest drivers are 158.24.

dai · 06-24-2007, 12:21 PM

it's a news site i use,there are probably even later beta drivers available from a google search

DoGMaN X · 06-24-2007, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by dai

it's a news site i use,there are probably even later beta drivers available from a google search

oh i see theyre beta drivers, would u recommend them though? i mean wouldnt they be buggy?

dai · 06-24-2007, 02:13 PM

no they are listed as certified
ForceWare 160.04 64bit (WHQL)
what i was pointing out is that you can usually find later beta drivers floating about the net that have been leaked
with nvidia you find they are beta one day and certified the next
if those do not have the setting you require available you may have to lookfor the latest beta to get it
i quite often use beta drivers and there is usually a readme txt with them where it may list any known problem with them

06-24-2007, 05:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
DoGMaN X Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 5 OS: Vista Ultimate 64bit	Innovision 8800GTS 320mb I have the above running under Vista 64bit that i have hooked up to a crt tv through s-video. The picture is a bit cut off on all sides however, enough so that i cant the the taskbar and sidebar. I have installed the latest vista 64 drivers. There are no settings in the nvidia control panel that allow me to change any tv settings apart from input type, s-video, component etc. I have another computer which is running XP pro and a Leadtek 7600GT. This works fine on the TV, the nvidia control panel on here also supports a lot more settings that allows me to change the desktop size on the tv to whatever i want. I cant do this on my Vista machine. What could be the problem? Drivers not as efficient yet? The OS? Any suggestions much appreciated!

06-24-2007, 11:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
Houndog777 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 2,683 OS: XPpro sp3 My System	Re: Innovision 8800GTS 320mb Hi, had a friend with similar problem and his wife solved it by using the TV remote control. Worth a try!

06-24-2007, 12:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,630 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Innovision 8800GTS 320mb they are still working on the drivers is this one later than the one you have http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/ind...ownload&id=217 __________________

06-24-2007, 12:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,630 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Innovision 8800GTS 320mb it's a news site i use,there are probably even later beta drivers available from a google search __________________

06-24-2007, 02:13 PM	#9 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,630 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Innovision 8800GTS 320mb no they are listed as certified ForceWare 160.04 64bit (WHQL) what i was pointing out is that you can usually find later beta drivers floating about the net that have been leaked with nvidia you find they are beta one day and certified the next if those do not have the setting you require available you may have to lookfor the latest beta to get it i quite often use beta drivers and there is usually a readme txt with them where it may list any known problem with them __________________