How do I change screen resolution?

[iphong]

Hi,

OK, so I installed Snow Leopard. Everything went well but I had one problem. I used DVI-HDMI cable to connect my Monitor. My monitor resolution is 1920x1200, and it doesn't have a DVI port. Only VGA and HDMI. Everything worked fine with Leopard, and I can see the 1920x1200 option listed in the System Prefs. But in SL, this option disappeared, instead they added 480p,720p,1080i, and 1080p.

Is there any way I can force the system to display 1920x1200?

Thanks.

 

[slpdLoad]

1080 is 1920x1200.

 

[iphong]

No, it's 1920x1080 . When I select this option the screen got stretched out vertically and it look ugly and blurry.

 

[Shake 'n' Bake]

Get an adapter to use the VGA cable.

Not many can help because SL is still a dev only thing.

 

[iphong]

I used a flashed PC 4870 card so I can't use VGA adapter.

My temporary solution which worked, is to plug in my GT 120 graphic card and use the VGA adapter.

I remembered I read somewhere about editing some .prefs file to get to hidden resolutions. Hope someone can help me out.

 

[Shake 'n' Bake]

I used a flashed PC 4870 card so I can't use VGA adapter.

My temporary solution which worked, is to plug in my GT 120 graphic card and use the VGA adapter.

I remembered I read somewhere about editing some .prefs file to get to hidden resolutions. Hope someone can help me out.

Like I said, not too many people will be able to help you out.

 

[slpdLoad]

No, it's 1920x1080 . When I select this option the screen got stretched out vertically and it look ugly and blurry.

Doh! You're entirely correct.

What OS version are you on? I know with 10.5.7 they changed some HD res stuff around. ScreenResX is always an option.