Video settings

Hi,
I'm having a problem with a game not saving its video settings at the moment. Each time I load it, it defaults to the 640x480 display along with the rest of it's settings defaulting. I know this seems to be a game related issue, but when I loaded COD2 to see if that had the same problem it stated that 'Your computer had changed since the last time you played. Do you want to change the settings to suit the changes?" (Or words to this effect). I clicked on the 'Yes' box and again it set it up in 640x480 mode. The same happened with Doom3 & Command & Conquer so I'm inclined to think that something has happened somewhere that makes these games think that I now have a different monitor.
I can't think what might have happened, but I'm hoping (praying actually) someone might understand what is going on & help me out.
Thanks in advance.

Which iMac are you using? Sorry, I do not quite understand your system info (2.1/2.5). You have 2 iMacs, a G5 & Intel?
Which "model" & "generation" G5 iMac do you have?
Need this info so that the knowledgeable users can provide you with the proper troubleshooting solution(s).
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301724-en How to identify your iMac
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh355.html Getting information about your computer
You can have this info displayed on the bottom of every post by going to 'My Settings' which is located in the column on the right under your name, and filling in the information asked for.
Thank you
Have the games always changed your video settings on their own? Some games do that on their own, or there are settings on the games Option page for you to set manually.
Have you tried trashing the game preferences? If you do, I hope you saved their serial #s somewhere and/or you still have the game discs.

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