Jaxel
24th February 2008, 05:54
So I just put together my new computer... I am using the same NEC Diamondtron monitor and Sony 1080p HDTV I was using with my old computer...
My old computer had an ATI Radeon x800XT-PE, with some pretty old drivers and an old version of the Catalyst software. However, with my old computer when I cloned by monitor to my HDTV (in theatre mode), I was able to have my monitor at 1600x1200 and then my TV went to its maximum resolution (which I think is 1400x900)... using that cloning, I was able to keep my monitor at my preferred resolution, and the TV filled out with as much as it could (the screen scrolled to follow the mouse since 1600x1200 is higher than 1400x900.
So now I have my new PC with an ATI Radeon HD3870x2 and whatever version of the Catalyst Control Center that came on the install disk. However, this new catalyst software is completely diffferent from the old software, and unfortunately, it doesnt give me the same cloning options. Now when I clone my monitor to my HDTV, instead of putting the HDTV at 1400x900 and letting me keep my monitor to 1600x1200, it instead forces my monitor and my HDTV to be the exact same resolution... which of course means that I can only have my monitor at a max of 1400x900. Frankly, this is nowhere near as good as the old software...
What I want...
Monitor: 1600x1200 (display 1)
HDTV: 1400x900 (cloned display 1)
Theatre Mode
Is there any way to do this with the Catalyst Control Panel?
My old computer had an ATI Radeon x800XT-PE, with some pretty old drivers and an old version of the Catalyst software. However, with my old computer when I cloned by monitor to my HDTV (in theatre mode), I was able to have my monitor at 1600x1200 and then my TV went to its maximum resolution (which I think is 1400x900)... using that cloning, I was able to keep my monitor at my preferred resolution, and the TV filled out with as much as it could (the screen scrolled to follow the mouse since 1600x1200 is higher than 1400x900.
So now I have my new PC with an ATI Radeon HD3870x2 and whatever version of the Catalyst Control Center that came on the install disk. However, this new catalyst software is completely diffferent from the old software, and unfortunately, it doesnt give me the same cloning options. Now when I clone my monitor to my HDTV, instead of putting the HDTV at 1400x900 and letting me keep my monitor to 1600x1200, it instead forces my monitor and my HDTV to be the exact same resolution... which of course means that I can only have my monitor at a max of 1400x900. Frankly, this is nowhere near as good as the old software...
What I want...
Monitor: 1600x1200 (display 1)
HDTV: 1400x900 (cloned display 1)
Theatre Mode
Is there any way to do this with the Catalyst Control Panel?