Is my graphics card defective?

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thread starter skao Jul 22 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

When i pop in dvds and watch them with power dvd9 they look terrible in full screen? i've tried installing an all in one codec pack and updated to the latest drivers for my graphics card. im using a samsung lcd 19inch with dvi wire. i have a PNY GeForce 9800GTX graphics card

ICantKs 07/22/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

What graphics card do you have? And that's normal if you have a fairly old graphics card along with a resolution like that of your monitor.

skao 07/22/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

its a 9800GTX/GTX+

ICantKs 07/22/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Hmm. I'm not too sure. It's a norm for the graphics to appear ugly when it's on a monitor though. Sometimes the ratio the video/movie was recorded in is 4:3 and your monitor's resolution is 16:9 or 16:10. So watching it full screen would distort the ratio. And so, I am unsure.

skao 07/22/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

also any videos in PC games look bad too like the cinematic scenes that show after you complete a mission.

ICantKs 07/22/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

skao said: "also any videos in PC games look bad too like the cinematic scenes that show after you complete a mission." Are you running on your monitor's native resolution?

skao 07/22/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

yes 1440x900

BobR 07/23/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

What exactly do you mean by "ugly"..? Are you saying the graphics are distorted, blurred or offcolor..? Or just that it doesn't look like the 52" HDTV in the other room..?

redhades777 07/23/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

got any screenshots?

Kid24 07/23/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

You have another computer you can stick the gpu to test?

eLeeTHaX 07/23/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

It's normal. It's because your computer is upscaling the DVD from whatever quality it was originally encoded at, and changing it to 1440:900. So, no, it's not defective. I'm not so sure what you can do about it, try using a better player.