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Fl4THeAdFl4THeAd Join Date: 2003-07-30 Member: 18587Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">screen resolution</div> After I rebuilt my computer a month ago I just pulled grand theft auto 3 of the shelf and started playing it, It runs really nice on my machine, but I can't get the resolution over 640x480. I got a Fx5200, the latest display drivers, and the game is patched, but it doesn't want to go over 640x480.
Any guesses?
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  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    Are you trying to set the resolution over 640x480? When is it failing? HOW is it failing? So far, you've given the approximate amount of information relating to 'I have a machine and a video card, and game X doesn't work like I want it to'.

    But just doing the Tech Abuse thing, I'd say that you have a budget video card that shouldn't be expected to perform much better than a GF2MX, if you can SET the resolution higher and it's just slow.
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  • ANeMANeM Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16267Members, Constellation
    edited October 2003
    Talesin, I'm going to guess that by fx5200 he means a Geforce FX5200... <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • Fl4THeAdFl4THeAd Join Date: 2003-07-30 Member: 18587Members
    edited October 2003
    In the video options menu, I click it to a higher ressolution, like 800x600 or anything. I leave the menu, I go back into video options, and it's back at 640x480. And no, im not hitting cancel.

    edit: yea a geforce
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  • RPG_JssmfulhudRPG_Jssmfulhud Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4006Members
    I don't know if you have this problem but... I had it and felt really dumb afterwards...

    I bought a new monitor (LCD) and it resetted my resolution back to 640x480. I changed the resolution in-game several times but nothing happened. Then I remembered that you have to actually change the resolution (using left-right arrow keys) and then pressing the ENTER key. Voila, it changed. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Now if you don't have this problem, I just got out really stupid, huh? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • Fl4THeAdFl4THeAd Join Date: 2003-07-30 Member: 18587Members
    The rest of my specs if you wanted to know are:
    P4 2.4 ghz
    512 DDR ram in dual channel mode
    Geforce Fx5200 128mb
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  • Fl4THeAdFl4THeAd Join Date: 2003-07-30 Member: 18587Members
    heh, enter... right..
















    I was gonna try that next! yea thats it!
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  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    edited October 2003
    Yes, I realized that it was a GeForce. The problem is, the FX5200 is an extreme budget-part, which could be having an effect upon performance.

    (edit) and the rest of the post was distilling down the post above it into the amount of information contained... just slightly more than the words 'It don't work'. I used to do phone tech support, and I had this problem occur all the time... people assume YOU know what THEY are doing. (/edit)
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  • RPG_JssmfulhudRPG_Jssmfulhud Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4006Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--C0BRA1450+Oct 20 2003, 02:00 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (C0BRA1450 @ Oct 20 2003, 02:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> heh, enter... right..

    I was gonna try that next! yea thats it! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Did it work or not? <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • SillyGooseSillyGoose Join Date: 2003-03-16 Member: 14572Members, Constellation
    Im also having nvidia card/detonator problem. Whenever I have to switch to 640x480 or 800x600 (going to NS menu) the screen becomes offcentered. Whats even worse is that when I get in-game it stays that way. <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo-->

    The following info is derived from Aquamark 3:
    ==========
    GFX Information
    ---------------
    resolution : x:1024 y:768 d:32 v:0 m:0 q:0 t:0 a:0 w:0
    driver : nv4_disp.dll
    description : NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400
    product : 6
    version : 14
    subversion : 10
    build : 4523
    vendor id : 10de (NVIDIA)
    device id : 251 (GeForce4 Ti 4400)
    subsys id : 87101462
    whql signed : no (warning: the current graphic card driver is not whql certified!)
    memory : 184549376
    vs avail : yes
    vs version : 1.1
    vs max const: 96
    ps avail : yes
    ps version : 1.3
    cube mapping: yes
    max textures: 4
    dxt1 : yes
    dxt2 : yes
    dxt3 : yes
    dxt4 : yes
    dxt5 : yes
    argb1555 : yes
    argb565 : yes
    rgba8888 : yes
    rgba4444 : yes
    rendertarget: yes
    bb color : yes
    bb depth : yes
    volumetex : yes
    occl. cull. : yes
    ===========
    Hope some of that will help
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  • BigMadSteveBigMadSteve Join Date: 2003-02-12 Member: 13472Members
    It took me a while how to change the res in GTA3. I just used the scroll wheel and clicked it. Voila!
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  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    Silly: Recalibrate your screen for the alternate resolutions. Quite a few monitors are not 'smart' enough to use your default setting as the one you do for other res modes... the bright side is, once you switch to those modes most ARE smart enough to remember to keep that calibration for that given resolution, and not lose the old one.

    (In other words, use the VCenter/HCenter and VSize/HSize buttons/menu options to make it on-center for 800x600 and 640x480)
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  • SillyGooseSillyGoose Join Date: 2003-03-16 Member: 14572Members, Constellation
    well before you posted that Talesin I got the new beta 52.16 dets and they seem to have fixed my problem but thanks for the help.
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  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Talesin+Oct 19 2003, 07:02 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Talesin @ Oct 19 2003, 07:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Yes, I realized that it was a GeForce. The problem is, the FX5200 is an extreme budget-part, which could be having an effect upon performance.

    (edit) and the rest of the post was distilling down the post above it into the amount of information contained... just slightly more than the words 'It don't work'. I used to do phone tech support, and I had this problem occur all the time... people assume YOU know what THEY are doing. (/edit) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    This is why video card companies are ****. Make one card for each version of directX at one flat price and give a gaurenteed amount of performance for said DX verison




    PS: I hate you nVidia and ATI.
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