Monitor resolution 1900x440 gone in mountain lion.

Hi everybody,
Just got a new MBP 15 inch. The resolution by default is 1680x1050. On my old MPB 15, it is 1440x900 which is better for me.
I saw different links explaining how to change this with the sudo command (since the apple.boot.plist is locked) as you will read on http://www.projectosx.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t313.html but either it is not working anymore on mountain lion or I don't do this
correctly, which possible. Anyway, I did what it says, used the "writeout" command and have the resolution written in apple.boot.plist.
It did not appear in the preferences application.
Any advice ? The resolution I have is too small...
Thanks and have a good day !

I don't understand why I have different settings.
Because my screen and graphics are different than yours.
However, 1440 x 952 seems like a strange choice, verify that it is not 1440 x 900.
If you have a new 15" MacBook Pro, non-Retina display, these should be your choices:

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