Video problems with games

hello,
i'm having problems playing serious sam and return to castle wolfenstein.
i'm using k7n420, onboard video, 1.13 drivers, 17 inch princeton monitor, windows setting is at 1024 x 768, 32 bit.
i first experinced this on serious sam, game video setting is at 800x600, color depth is windows default so i assume 32 bit. when playing at this resolution, the screen wont fit my monitor, its stretched, a little bent, changed to 1024x768 and 640 x 480, and its okay, but 640x480 is too low, and 1024x768 is just too slow for me, slows down my system. but it wasnt like this before, so i uninstalled the game then reinstalled it, then its okay, after a few days, it went back.
now, wolfenstein also acts like that...
thanks,
edison

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Originally posted by darkjedi
davel,
if i do that, then when i return to windows, it wont fit my screen also, because i'm using 1024 x 768 on windows and 800 x 600 on games
thanks,
edison
Ive got an option for you. Try changing the refresh rate for the monitor at 800*600. Some monitors are kinda funky and will actually alter the screen appearance with varying refresh rates.

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