Is it the drivers, game or vista?

Posted: 06-08-2006, 08:10 AM
Hi All,
Just doing some game compatibility testing on my laptop (Vaio VGN-A517B)
which has an ATI X600 256MB graphics card.

I am using Vista Ultimate (via MSDN) but cannot get a number of games
(specifically WoW) to increase the screen resolution past 800x600.

I have used the default Vista drivers and the lastest notebook ATI drivers,
both with the same result.

Can anyone shed any light on this for me?

Thanks

Vortal
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GM Collins
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Re: Is it the drivers, game or vista?
Posted: 06-08-2006, 04:11 PM
> Hi All,
> Just doing some game compatibility testing on my laptop (Vaio VGN-A517B)
> which has an ATI X600 256MB graphics card.
>
> I am using Vista Ultimate (via MSDN) but cannot get a number of games
> (specifically WoW) to increase the screen resolution past 800x600.
>
> I have used the default Vista drivers and the lastest notebook ATI
> drivers,
> both with the same result.
>
> Can anyone shed any light on this for me?
>
> Thanks
>
> Vortal
Having a similar issue with WoW on my Dell 2005fpw on a 6800GT. In my case
the monitor driver won't install in Vista so WoW will only give me standard
resolutions. Been looking high and low for a solution and have found quite a
few other people with the same problem, but no work-around yet.


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Gaius
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RE: Is it the drivers, game or vista?
Posted: 07-17-2006, 03:24 PM
Try to use the XP drivers, you won't get Aero Glass, but the game should work
fine..

"Vortal" wrote:
> Hi All,
> Just doing some game compatibility testing on my laptop (Vaio VGN-A517B)
> which has an ATI X600 256MB graphics card.
>
> I am using Vista Ultimate (via MSDN) but cannot get a number of games
> (specifically WoW) to increase the screen resolution past 800x600.
>
> I have used the default Vista drivers and the lastest notebook ATI drivers,
> both with the same result.
>
> Can anyone shed any light on this for me?
>
> Thanks
>
> Vortal
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