Offering a reward to whoever solves this. Nvidia control panel no option for GPU scaling.....again

[Seelkadoom Bluestar]

Hello

I recently got a GTX 750 Ti. I have a VGA 1024x768 monitor (Samsung SyncMaster 740n).

when i try to play a game at a 16:9 resolution (1280x720 for example) the game is stretched and sometimes part of the game doesn't appear on the screen. on my old geforce 210, it had letterbox and the games looked neat!

I use a DVI-I to VGA cable in order for my monitor to work on the GPU.

I did some searching and people said I have to enable GPU scaling but GPU option isn't there in nvidia control panel. here's how it looks like: http://imgur.com/IBXYypo

Another thing that might be helpful is that NCP detects my monitor as 'Analog Display' instead of writing the model number of my monitor.

I have tried doing a clean install of the nvidia drivers 2 times in safe mode and the problem is still here.

I've been trying to solve this for weeks, that's why I'm giving a reward to whoever manages to help me fix it.

 

[RememberThe5th]

i've meant this http://www.tested.com/tech/pcs/457468-troubleshooting-dvi-and-edid-issues/
Further i cannot help cause im not pro. I would take it to the computer shop and let them fix it for that link i gave u ur going on your own risk.

 

[Seelkadoom Bluestar]

Well, I found something interesting in the monitor but it's still not what I'm looking for. Usually if I run a game at the resolution of 1280 x 720 or 1280 x 1024 , some parts of the screen doesn't appear on the monitor. If I press the Auto button on the monitor, the auto adjustment pop-up appears and fixes it so that the screen fits the monitor completely(No missing parts disappearing and all that stuff) But I still need to know how to force a letterbox.

 

[Seelkadoom Bluestar]

Any help, Ironsounds?

 

[RememberThe5th]

You can do that every time or play with registry files soo you can force win to do it.

 

[Seelkadoom Bluestar]

You can do that every time or play with registry files soo you can force win to do it.

Registry isn't something to play with. Any fatal mistake and Windows is dead.

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... Create a restore point before editing the Registry... TYPE Regedit and start learning.

 

[Falkentyne]

@OP:
As far as I know, you can NOT use GPU scaling on analog displays. Don't quote me on that, but GPU scaling is meant for digital displays and connections like direct DVI/dual ilnk DVI, HDMI and displayport. When you are using an analog connection, all scaling is handled by the monitor itself, and using a VGA to DVI Adapter doesn't make the monitor digital. You're just using it through an analog capable DVI port (some of the newest DVI ports removed the analog capability, e.g. Radeon 290X video cards). There are also some service menu settings that ONLY work through an analog connection. If the monitor has a service menu, if there are options like "Color Gain" " Auto Color" " Color offset", etc, those are only for VGA connections.

The video card (AMD/Nvidia) color/gamma hue/saturation and gamma RGB values are basically the digital equivalents of what the analog color settings do in the service menu (if your monitor has such a factory menu). Although that's getting a bit off topic.

 

[Seelkadoom Bluestar]

@OP:
As far as I know, you can NOT use GPU scaling on analog displays. Don't quote me on that, but GPU scaling is meant for digital displays and connections like direct DVI/dual ilnk DVI, HDMI and displayport. When you are using an analog connection, all scaling is handled by the monitor itself, and using a VGA to DVI Adapter doesn't make the monitor digital. You're just using it through an analog capable DVI port (some of the newest DVI ports removed the analog capability, e.g. Radeon 290X video cards). There are also some service menu settings that ONLY work through an analog connection. If the monitor has a service menu, if there are options like "Color Gain" " Auto Color" " Color offset", etc, those are only for VGA connections.

The video card (AMD/Nvidia) color/gamma hue/saturation and gamma RGB values are basically the digital equivalents of what the analog color settings do in the service menu (if your monitor has such a factory menu). Although that's getting a bit off topic.

http://imgur.com/AxW1yUf

GPU scaling CAN work on analog connections.... Only a VGA connection without a good EDID can't have it.

 

[Falkentyne]

Does your monitor have options for "4:3, 1:1 or aspect" settings?
Why not simply create a resolution in toastyX CRU?
You mentioned EDID.
CRU creates EDID overrides, so you can use that.

http://www.monitortests.com/forum/Thread-Custom-Resolution-Utility-CRU

I do that for my Benq XL2720Z for whatever low resolution I desire, then I simply use display scaling (through the OSD) to avoid all the GPU scaling nonsense.

You also said that your monitor is 1024x768 and you were using 1280x720.
Why are you running at 16:9 resolution on a 5:4 aspect ratio monitor? (1280x1024 is 5:4).
You will only have 1:1 mapping by using the 1:1 setting or you should use the same aspect ratio as the monitor so you don't get horrible interpolation. You can get away with that on the Benq gaming monitors, as they have screen emulation sizes and smart scaling features, but not many monitors have stuff like that.

Your monitor is 1280x1024, not 1024x768 (maybe you're running it at 1024x768 but that's not the native resolution).

 

[Seelkadoom Bluestar]

Does your monitor have options for "4:3, 1:1 or aspect" settings?
Why not simply create a resolution in toastyX CRU?
You mentioned EDID.
CRU creates EDID overrides, so you can use that.

http://www.monitortests.com/forum/Thread-Custom-Resolution-Utility-CRU

I do that for my Benq XL2720Z for whatever low resolution I desire, then I simply use display scaling (through the OSD) to avoid all the GPU scaling nonsense.

You also said that your monitor is 1024x768 and you were using 1280x720.
Why are you running at 16:9 resolution on a 5:4 aspect ratio monitor? (1280x1024 is 5:4).
You will only have 1:1 mapping by using the 1:1 setting or you should use the same aspect ratio as the monitor so you don't get horrible interpolation. You can get away with that on the Benq gaming monitors, as they have screen emulation sizes and smart scaling features, but not many monitors have stuff like that.

Your monitor is 1280x1024, not 1024x768 (maybe you're running it at 1024x768 but that's not the native resolution).

1024 x 768 is native resolution. check the older posts in this forum to find out.