Screen resolution MSI Nvidia Gtx 960 Gaming 2 GB

i have a BenQ GL2750H and MSI Nvidia Gtx 960 Gaming 2 GB PCI-E Graphics Card but when my screen is at 1920x1080 (recommended) the picture, task bar goes off screen ?
is it a bad card ? or my screen doesn't work with it ?
i have attached a picture

You can adjust the desktop size and position under NVidia control panel or use your buttons on your screen. Have you tried them yet?

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Quote from: aatish579 on 08-May-15, 11:17:56
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I'm wondering if these are any good?
Seasonic S12G-650 650W 80+ Gold Certified PSU with Jap Caps and 12cm Silent BB Fan
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Quote from: keith3_16 on 20-April-15, 16:32:07
Yeah I know the wattage would be fine, I just want to make sure I had the amps I needed. Last thing I wanted to do was buy one with out the Amps needed.
https://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/power-requirements-for-graphics-cards
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I installed arch, xorg, nvidia's drives, openbox and gnome.
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# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder58) Thu Jun 5 00:08:24 PDT 2008
# File generated by xorgconfig.
# Copyright 2004 The X.Org Foundation
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
# The X.Org Foundation BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF
# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.
# Except as contained in this notice, the name of The X.Org Foundation shall
# not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other
# dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from
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# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
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# Identifier "spaceball"
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# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "spaceball2"
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# EndSection
# Section "InputDevice"
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# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "MinX" "1412"
# Option "MaxX" "15184"
# Option "MinY" "15372"
# Option "MaxY" "1230"
# Option "ScreenNumber" "0"
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# Option "ButtonNumber" "1"
# Option "SendCoreEvents"
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# Identifier "touchscreen1"
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# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "MinX" "231"
# Option "MaxX" "3868"
# Option "MinY" "3858"
# Option "MaxY" "272"
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# Option "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
# Option "ButtonThreshold" "17"
# Option "ButtonNumber" "1"
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# Monitor section
# Any number of monitor sections may be present
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# Device configured by xorgconfig:
# Screen sections
# Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes
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# Section "DRI"
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Section "ServerLayout"
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# the relative position of other screens. The four names after
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# right of screen 1.
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Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Screen 1" 0 0
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Section "Files"
# The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
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# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
# The module search path. The default path is shown here.
# ModulePath "/usr/lib/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
EndSection
Section "Module"
# This loads the DBE extension module.
# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
# This loads the font modules
# Load "type1"
# This loads the GLX module
# Load "glx"
# This loads the DRI module
# Load "dri"
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SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
Load "freetype"
# Load "xtt"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# Option "LeftAlt" "Meta"
# Option "RightAlt" "ModeShift"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# These are the default XKB settings for Xorg
# Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
# Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
# Option "XkbLayout" "us"
# Option "XkbVariant" ""
# Option "XkbOptions" ""
# Option "XkbDisable"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "logicd"
Option "XkbLayout" "pt"
Option "XkbVariant" "pt"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier and driver
# Option "Resolution" "256"
# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.
# Option "BaudRate" "9600"
# Option "SampleRate" "150"
# Mouse wheel mapping. Default is to map vertical wheel to buttons 4 & 5,
# horizontal wheel to buttons 6 & 7. Change if your mouse has more than
# 3 buttons and you need to map the wheel to different button ids to avoid
# conflicts.
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)
# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice
# Option "ChordMiddle"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto" # Auto detect
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
# Mouse-speed setting for PS/2 mouse.
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button mice
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
# HorizSync 30-64 # multisync
# HorizSync 31.5, 35.2 # multiple fixed sync frequencies
# HorizSync 15-25, 30-50 # multiple ranges of sync frequencies
# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
Identifier "My Monitor"
HorizSync 80.0 - 80.0
VertRefresh 75.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
# The chipset line is optional in most cases. It can be used to override
# the driver's chipset detection, and should not normally be specified.
# Chipset "generic"
# The Driver line must be present. When using run-time loadable driver
# modules, this line instructs the server to load the specified driver
# module. Even when not using loadable driver modules, this line
# indicates which driver should interpret the information in this section.
# The BusID line is used to specify which of possibly multiple devices
# this section is intended for. When this line isn't present, a device
# section can only match up with the primary video device. For PCI
# devices a line like the following could be used. This line should not
# normally be included unless there is more than one video device
# intalled.
# BusID "PCI:0:10:0"
# VideoRam 256
# Clocks 25.2 28.3
Identifier "Standard VGA"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
EndSection
Section "Device"
# unsupported card
#VideoRam 319488
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
Identifier "My Video Card"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "My Video Card"
Monitor "My Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
Modes "1440x900"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1440x900"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1440x900"
EndSubSection
EndSection
If I run "xorgconfig" and after that "nvidia-xconfig", my screen resolution is 1024x860, but after changed very mode to my native resolution ("1440x900"), is changes to "800x600".
Last edited by Nomearod (2008-07-23 09:19:07)

heleos wrote:
Widescreen resolutions are not possible with newest vista and linux drivers if the tft is connected with dvi.
Use an older driver or the vga-port instead.
There are maybe some hacks, but I tried many times in vista and linux. And it's always the same, only 1280x1024.
did some googling:
http://forums.nvidia.com/lofiversion/in … 20005.html
Thanks for the reply, but I don't believe that's the problem since that topic is from 2006 and I didn't had any problems last time I instaled arch (3 months ago).

Screen resolution of GS60 2PC003 Ghost gaming laptop?

I picked up a lightly used MSI GS60 2PC003 Ghost laptop and am puzzled by the screen resolution reported by several programs: 1366x768. I also see this when I boot Linux Mint from a USB flash pen drive. The MSI specs web page says
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The lappie has Window$ 8.1 and it's totally up to date. That's one thing the guy I bought it from did--he always kept the M$ stuff up to date.
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Linux runs a hell of a lot better than Window$ does on the laptop. After I make a recovery backup, I intend to replace Window$ with Linux. A live Linux CD ISO running from a USB flash pen drive shows I'm not using any proprietary drivers under Linux and that's the way I want it.
I have a 1TB desktop HDD in a USB cabinet. Window$ doesn't see that external HDD and Linux does. There are a lot of other reasons not to use Window$; ask Ed Snowden.
I did have to update the BIOS from 103 to 111 and install all the driver updates in the order listed on the MSI web page. Nonetheless, the touchpad works fine under Linux and terribly under Window$, no matter how I adjust the Window$ settings for the touchpad.
I'm running DRevitalize from Hiren's Boot CD on the GS60 now to try and repair the HDD; it's going to take another day or so to finish. I've also got WinDFT from HGST, the HDD manufacturer's drive fitness test. Unfortunately, it doesn't attempt repairs like diagnostic software from some other manufacturers do. If it still fails SMART like I think it will, I'll try some disk repair stuff from Ultimate Boot CD before I buy a replacement HDD. 1TB isn't big enough for me anyway.
The HDD failed a few days after I bought the lappie. I've attached a screenshot of diskmgmt.msc taken the day before the HDD failed. It was good then. Very strange.

Kde screen resolution with nvidia driver

Hi,
I am completely new to ArchLinux. I really enjoyed installing it and its a hoot to play around with!
I am having a problem getting the screen resolution to work well with the monitor and the resolution with KDE 4.3. I found that by changing the resolution to 1024x768 and changing the refresh rate to 53 or 54hz, the fonts that otherwise display horribly with the nvidia driver and installed nvidia card will suddenly become beautiful. I went to Kmenu, Settings, then display settings, and changed the configuration, and everything worked great.
But on next boot up after I have shut down the computer, X doesn't remember these settings and the fonts look terrible again. If I open the kmenu again and look at the display settings, they are still set at 1024x768 and 54 hz. Once I have looked at them, the screen on the monitor goes dark for a second. Then the computer knows that I want those settings without me changing anything, and adjusts to them without having to hit the apply button. Then the fonts look great again.
How can I get the display to start with those settings? I have tried several configurations of the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file without success, so I need some help.
Thanks
Last edited by munguanaweza (2009-11-13 17:06:17)

I know some time back using nvidia driver with my particular monitor, i had to tell it what resolution/refresh rate to use by default or else X would make a poor choice as to what it wanted the default to be (put me in 800x600 or something like that by default). I was able to tell X to default to what I wanted by adding in a Metamode line in my xorg.conf, i think under the screen section. I'm out right now and won't be back to my box to look up exactly what I did, but hopefully this might give a starting point if you havent tried it already. Metamodes in xorg.conf under the Display section if i remember right. I specified a resolution there and it now uses that as the default.

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