Thread: new gts 250 not filling vizio 42" 720p

The vga cable fixed the problem, the quality looks slightly lower but this looks like the only fix to the problem currently. I have a feeling this is a hdcp issue. When the pc starts up the bios resolution 640x480? is mini. My older card(non hdcp) did not have this problem and my tv would take any resolution you would throw at it. Is there any way to disable HDCP? I tried a lot of searching and nvidia released a driver fix/hack for the 8800...

Originally posted by: dafuzzbudd I have the GV42L with 1080p. The tv worked perfectly with 1280x720 on my old 6800gt. This makes me think it's a driver issue, i tried a 4 month old driver and still the same. I'll try the vga cable if i can find one. The GV42L is not a 1080p set. It's a 720p set with a native resolution of 1366x768 (Otherwise I'd wonder why you're not running it at 1080p). There is absolutely no way to...

Then you need to try different drivers. Your resolution is wrong for your monitor.

Isn't the resolution 1366x 720 or something like that? I think 1280x720 is too big. My 37" Vizio Tv is 1366x768 for 720p. Set it at 1366x768 . Do you have the latest drivers?

Check your TV manual. TVs can be used to act like computer monitors, but the vast majority of devices used to output to TVs do not function like a computer output, so the TVs have to interpret things differently when you put a computer to them. Many TVs require using a specific port or setting a specific function to act like a true digital display, there should be info about this in the manual.

You have the use the VGA port to do native res.

When your 'pooter boots up, the GFX card throws out a signal that it expects most monitors to be able to process. This is a failsafe so that you can still get into BIOS, etc. on a relatively garbage display. It has *nothing* to do with HDCP. HDCP at this level of operation would actually be obscenely unwelcome. The output might be scaled differently from card to card, but regardless of that, HDCP tends to be driver level and not BIOS...

You're probably using the DVI port that reads as an hdmi port, and thus your card is trying to output to it like it's a TV. When I went from a 7900gt to a 9800gt, I had a similiar issue. Had to go into nvidia control panel and found it was set to 30 hz setting it to 60 fixed the problem. Also, make sure the TV isn't set to scale it on it's own.