Macbook Pro won't display 2560X1440 res.

I have a macbook pro that was bought about 4 years ago with a NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M video card. I connect my laptop to a dell 27" LCD that is capable of 2560 X 1440 resolution. This has always worked until I installed the latest version of Diablo 3. Now it will only run at "1080p". I have done the hold alt while clicking on Scaled in the display settings and that does not display the 2560X1440 option. The closest I have come to resolving this problem is to reboot the laptop and reset the NPRAM (alt+command+R+P). When I do that, the system comes up in a lower resolution but the 2560X1440 is displayed in the display options. Clicking on that setting causes the setting to go away and the 27" LCD sets to "1080p"

OnceAPCLover,
can you still get 2560 × 1440 resolution on your external monitor in other programs? Is it only Diablo 3 where you can’t get 2560 × 1440?
Do you have access to a different monitor to try out, to see if the problem resides with the monitor rather than with the MacBook Pro?

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