Remilia Scarlet Posted February 1, 2004 Anyone experiencing some strange effects in 640x480 mode with the latest Catalyst drivers? With mine, the screen ends up getting stretched horizontally an odd amount, about an inch in each direction, and ends up looking more low-res than it should. On top of that, 1600x1200 mode (my normal one for games) is squished inwards about a half an inch on each side. 1024x768 looks fine. I'm using an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256mb, if that matters. 0 Share this post Link to post
Erik Posted February 1, 2004 And here I was thinking that this thread was somehow chemistry related... 0 Share this post Link to post
Manc Posted February 1, 2004 Erik said:And here I was thinking that this thread was somehow chemistry related... I did too. And no I haven't really experienced any of those problems with the latest Catalysts. I have a radeon 8500 64mb. 0 Share this post Link to post
AndrewB Posted February 1, 2004 I have experenced problem, most of which are related to missing graphics and things being transparent when they shouldn't be. This mainly applies to N64 games. 0 Share this post Link to post
sargebaldy Posted February 1, 2004 I had some major problems with a version that came out last month, but I've been OK with the newest drivers so far. 0 Share this post Link to post
nxn Posted February 1, 2004 Adjust the stretch and positioning on your monitor. It should save the presets for each resolution. So when you switch to a game that uses a different res the screen is still centered and the margins are the same. 0 Share this post Link to post
sargebaldy Posted February 1, 2004 heh, my monitor doesn't save presets for anything. monitors with onscreen displays and resolutions presets annoy me to no end. 0 Share this post Link to post
Remilia Scarlet Posted February 1, 2004 nxn said:Adjust the stretch and positioning on your monitor. It should save the presets for each resolution. So when you switch to a game that uses a different res the screen is still centered and the margins are the same. Tried it, but it doesn't save it for each res. I think I'll just roll back my driver today and say goodbye to the even higher framerates I was getting in Quake3. 0 Share this post Link to post
nxn Posted February 1, 2004 I find it usefull, especially because it would solve this exact issue very quickly. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sephiroth Posted February 2, 2004 Erik said:And here I was thinking that this thread was somehow chemistry related... not me, i thought of ATI when i saw this 0 Share this post Link to post
Amaster Posted February 2, 2004 No problems here. Note that the ati display property tabs can be used to adjust your screen size as well as the controls on your monitor. Maybe that's causing the problem? 0 Share this post Link to post
Remilia Scarlet Posted February 2, 2004 Assmaster said:No problems here. Note that the ati display property tabs can be used to adjust your screen size as well as the controls on your monitor. Maybe that's causing the problem? Checked 'em and didn't notice anything. As soon as I can force myself to stop playing Red Faction, I'll see if it's the upgraded drivers or not. Edit: Nevermind. I rolled back the drivers, and when I noticed that still didn't fix the problem, I reinstalled the newest ones. Now I'm back to having no problems. Wtf happened? 0 Share this post Link to post
gatewatcher Posted February 2, 2004 It's your monitior, it's probably not plug and play. I have the same problem. Who uses that res anyway? The gripe I have with newer Catalyst drivers is the fact that they never work on a cold boot. 0 Share this post Link to post
Remilia Scarlet Posted February 2, 2004 No, it's a plug-n-play monitor. I fixed the problem and I don't think it was monitor related at all. And some games, such as Dino Crisis, MegaMan-X5, and the MS-Dos prompt seem to use these low resolutions. 0 Share this post Link to post