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1920x1080 native resolution disappeared [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Secondary monitor does not display native resolution I use an on-board GPU on my computer (GForce 420 GT) with 2 screens, one is connected via DVI and the other VGA. For ...
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Low Resolution After Installing NVIDIA Drivers

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 and I tried to install NVIDIA drivers (both from "Additional Drivers" and from the nvidia.com website - Using Ctrl+Alt+F1). I restarted my computer and my resolution is now at ...
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Pixel doubling with NVidia card

I have a 2880x1800 display and I'd like to be able to run applications on Windows 7 at 1440x900. Unfortunately if I create this resolution on NVidia Control Panel the image becomes blurry, because ...
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Is it safe to dispose of NVidia installer files?

I am trying to free up some space...and noticed that c:\Program Files\NVidia\Installer 2 is pretty large. Is it safe to dispose of it?
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3840x1080 (2x 1920x1080) unavailable under Windows 7?

I miss a feature Nvidia had. I guess it was called twinview, works like eyefinity for AMD. I got different Graphiccards: GTX 650 Ti, GT9600GT and GT640(Club3D) My Driver's version is 310.90 ...
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How do I connect a high resolution (2560x1440) monitor to a laptop with HDMI?

I have an Acer Aspire-8930G laptop and i want to connect it to my 27" screen. The graphic card is NVIDIA 9700M, which supposedly supports up to two screens with 2560x1440 resolution. The laptop has ...
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video plays only in mplayer but not in other players

mplayer plays video with audio but vlc, totem players plays only audio. Tried reinstalling nvidia drivers, restricted-extras package, etc. I cant figure out how to troubleshoot
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Mix nVidia with ATI for 3 monitor setup?

I am currently working with 2 Monitors and a nVidia GTX560 Ti on an Asus p8p67 motherboard. Because one of my old monitors is kind of crap, I was wondering if I could buy a new one and setup the old ...
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Installed a new PSU and GPU and performance doesn't improve

I installed a new 500w PSU and a Geforce GTX 660 GPU. And after installing all the newest drivers from Nvidia. I upgraded from a Geforce 9600 GT. And I should be seeing a MAJOR upgrade. But it seems ...
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Windows 8 screen glitches after upgrading NVIDIA GPU

In the beginning, I had a NVIDIA 9600GT graphics card, and Windows 8 was smoothly running on it. Then, I bought a GTX 650 Ti, and inserted it into my computer instead of the 9600gt. When I booted up ...
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Secondary monitor does not display native resolution

I have a laptop (Acer Aspire 8730G) which runs a GeForce 9300M GS. Its native resolution is 1680x945 pixels. Now, I connected my monitor to it (LG E2250V-PN) with VGA (laptop only has a VGA or HDMI ...
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Does the Vostro 3460 have Nvidia Optimus technology? [closed]

I am researching this laptop if it has Nvidia Optimus technology. If it does I would not buy it due to problems with it. My research is unclear and comes from a Gentoo Linux install guides. Dell ...
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Can I force my laptop to use NVIDIA instead of Intel?

I have a Dell N5110 laptop with integrated Nvidia GeForce GT 525M and an Intel HD Graphics 3000 card; My problem is the default card is the Intel one, and it provides a very bad performance with ...
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Is my NVIDIA GT 540M having a hardware failure?

I'm using a Sager NP5160 laptop, which has an NVIDIA GT 540M dGPU as well as integrated graphics. I'm dual-booting Windows 7 and Linux Mint. I've recently noticed issues with games not performing as ...
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Overclocking a nVIDIA GTX 660M GPU?

I have a MSI GE60 0ND laptop with a GTX 660M GPU. When I play games like Minecraft or Portal 2, the core clock is stable at 835 MHz. Recently I tried to overclock it using MSI Afterburner but it ...
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Installing proprietary nvidia drivers while installing Ubuntu?

I've got a GeForce 6150 that unfortunately suffers bad corruption problems under the open source nVidia drivers in Linux. So bad sometimes I cannot see anything on screen. Is there any way to install ...
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Does ATI or Nvidia support HDMI 3D without proprietary glasses/hardware?

So I currently have HDMI going from my computer's ATI card to my TV. The TV supports 3D via standard 3pin hookup for an emitter+shutter glasses. It's an older ATI card which doesn't support AMD ...
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Nvidia Tesla K20 and video output

I have a workstation with Nvidia GTX 590, used for CUDA development, however since the release of new Tesla double-precision enabled K20 I was thinking about an upgrade. My question is, does this ...
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Using the Intel WIDI or Intel wireless display on the Toshiba X875-q7390

We are using a Toshiba Qosmio x875-q7390. We are attempting to use the Intel wireless display option on it. According to Intel and the Toshiba website it needs to use the Intel HD Graphics card. The ...
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ubuntu install specific nvidia drivers command line

In short only a specific driver works for my current step up. I know I can install current drivers with Sudo apt-get install nvidia-current But how would I install say version 2.91?
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Tesla C2075 as a VGA

I'd like to use a Tesla C2075's VGA (D-SUB) DVI output. I installed the latest Quadro driver (as suggested by the NVIDIA driver finder) on the 64-bit Windows 7, but it doesn't seem to be working. E.g. ...
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Graphics card isn't performing as expected [closed]

I have just upgraded from a Sapphire AMD 6670 2 GB graphics card to a Nvidia GTX 650 TI 2 GB SSC and my Windows Experiance index has gone from 6.8 to 7.7. When playing games I am seeing no ...
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ASUS K55VM Laptop unexpectedly shuts down

I've read quite a few questions on SuperUser of people having laptop shutdown problems but mine is different. My laptop specs: Intel Core i7 3610QM (IvyBridge) NVIDIA GT630M 2GB and Intel GMA4000 ...
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PNY Nvidia GTX 580 horizontal lines artifacts

Just got an old PNY GTX 580 from a friend (read: ebay). It is most definitely broken and out of warranty. I am attempting to find out what's wrong with it so I can repair it. Card output looks like ...
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Why is my computer SFOS-ing with KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE?

I have a custom built computer with an Intel i7 chipset and an nVidia 560ti. Randomly, mostly when using Google Chrome and opening new tabs / playing videos, the computer decides to SFOS (Sad Face of ...
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New graphics card reported as “standard VGA display adapter”

After installing a new hard drive on my Sony vpccw16fs laptop, I installed Windows 7. I installed drivers from a Driver Pack Solution saved from my old hard drive. My system now only reports a ...
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BSOD 116 after installing nVidia drivers in Windows 7

System: Windows 7 64-bit SP1 with updates, fresh install Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 3GB RAM MSI GeForce 210 1GB (passive cooling) Abit IB9 motherboard (no integrated graphics) nothing overclocked ...
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Can Intel HD Graphics and Nvidia GPU be both active at once, when using Nvidia Optimus Technology?

I have a laptop with the Intel HD3000 and a discrete Nvidia GPU. It is mentioned that the HDMI is linked to the HD3000. So, when I connect my laptop to an external display via HDMI-out, the HD3000 ...
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Updating NVIDIA

I'm trying to download an update for NVIDIA here. I need this update so I can run a program that needs OpenGL 3.2+. I currently have OpenGL 3.0. I tried to install it with the following: ...
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Nvidia Optimus shows Nvidia card is always active in Windows 8

I have loaded the new Asus Nvidia driver for my Asus Ux32VD that I have installed Windows 8 on. It has an Nvidia 620m and Intel hd 4000 integrated graphics. The problem is that the Optimus activity ...
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PC can't boot. Strange flashing screen

I am running the Windows 8 64 bit consumer preview on a virtual drive on a Lenovo Thinkpad W510 that natively runs Windows 7 Ultimate. This has been working for about a month. It has been fine, ...
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what are the rules for SLI ( GTX 550 Ti )

I got ASUS GTX 550 Ti and I want to SLI it with another graphic card. I heard that not all graphic cards are good idea to SLI, (or not all combinations) because sometimes the final performance could ...
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Testing memory on NVidia 660 graphics card

Is there a tool for testing the memory on my GTX 660 VGA? I am looking for something like the memory test tools for my "normal" RAM where I can run several test patterns (quick test, comprehensive ...
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In Linux, how do I correctly configure display geometry with multiple monitors on multiple GPUs (Intel and nVidia)?

My setup is as follows: Linux Mint 14 x64 Intel Core i5-2500k GeForce GTX 560 Ti Cu II A monitor on the far left connected to the motherboard (integrated graphics on the i5) A central monitor ...
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Fedora 17 x86_64 Nvidia R310 Driver

EDIT: I updated the question to be more clear. I am currently running Nvidia's proprietary driver (kmod-nvidia-3.6.7-4.fc17.x86_64-304.64-1.fc17.x86_64) on Fedora 17 x86_64. Apparently, there is a ...
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Asus N55SF build-in screen not working after Windows update

Today Windows 8 (genuine version) performed a Windows update. At the time my laptop was plugged into an external Samsung TV via HDMI. After the installation of the update it asked me to reboot the ...
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Black screen while watching youtube videos

nearly every time, while I'm watching a video on YouTube, my monitor losts signal from my graphic card. Sometimes the driver is resetting, but often I got a black screen and thats it. My System ...
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Windows 8 screen flashes

I have a Windows 8 64 bit installation upgraded from a Windows 7 Ultimate installation, with an nVidia card and the latest signed drivers(306.97 as of this writing, a single bundle for both Windows 7 ...
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Dell monitors keep blank after initial start

We have Dell T1650 PCs with 2 nVidia graphic adapters / Windows 7 and 4 attached monitors. At initial start all screens are blank, the computer does not show anything. If powered off by pressing the ...
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Will the Gigabyte GT640 run 3 vga monitors?

Spotted one of these going quite cheap: http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4255 It has two DVI outs, one VGA and a HDMI. I've found it it's locked to 3 simulations outs. Been ...
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Installing nvidia 173 driver extensions

I wanted to install nvidia drivers extensions i'm using Ubuntu 11.04 and nvidia-173 on kde I specifically want to run kivy but keep getting the error: undefined symbol: glGenerateMipmap so i want to ...
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Enable accelerated OpenGL on Windows 8 with NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

I have a HP EliteBook 8540w with a NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M graphics card. After installing Windows 8 (64-bit), the following graphics driver has been installed: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M (Microsoft ...
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multiple monitor, ATI EyeFinity vs NVidia Mosaic on HDMI

i have been googling much for answer but only someone with real experience can help here. my aim is to have 5 monitors connected to one computer in 2x2 full screen on all 4 monitors (video wall) with ...
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Adjusting color on one monitor in Nvidia Surround

I'm currently running three 2560x1440 screens using Nvidia Surround. Two monitors are Yamakasi Catleaps (cheap Korean jobs) and the third is the Achievia Shimian (also Korean). The Catleaps have great ...
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How to change resolution of first screen on startup?

When I start my pc, the first screen I see, has a small resolution, but by the time I get to the login screen, the resolution is good. My video card is a GTX 680. It worked perfectly before, but not ...
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HDMI Disconnects after TV has been off for a while

I have an EVGA NVidia GT 610 card in a media center PC running Windows 8 x64 When the TV has been turned off for a while and then turned back on, there will usually be no HDMI signal until I unplug ...
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Corrupt graphics during Windows 8 installation

So, I've prepared flash drive with Windows 8 Pro x64, booted from it (HDD was completely clean) and seeing something like this: Proceeding with installation this way, after first reboot display ...
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Is it possible to COMPLETELY disable audio output via HDMI on a recent nvidia video card?

I recently purchased a geforce 660 Ti. It works fine, no issues overall, but I use my computer next to my TV in a dual monitor setup. During normal operation I use my good speakers with my computer, ...
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Graphics failures on both linux and windows

On windows, if I allow the system turn the monitors off (due to being idle), about once a week, it will fail to resume. There does not seem to be a pattern to this. On linux (Arch 64, fully updated ...
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nVidia Driver keep crashing on Windows 8 [closed]

I have a little problem for about 2-3 weeks now. My nVidia driver crash. The screen comes blank, then one monitor works, the other one no. They flicker, my computer run a lot, like if it was writing ...

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