im guessing ure using stock driver?
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Jeff <[email protected]> wrote: > Im using a Mac Mini, intel 1.83MhZ with intel 950 GMA, with intel 945 > chipset. Neither the Display Settings in the control panel, nor the > context menu from the desktop have a scaling option. I can indeed > switch resolutions, but the Display Properties only has options for > resolution, orientation (landscape, portrait) and Advanced option. > the Advanced options only have options for color quality (bit depth), > resolution, and refresh rate. No option for full screen scaling. The > GMA 950 control does not have options for scaling... or if it does, > please point me to where. I've tried all the options across all the > screens. > > Any help is appreciated. > > Thanks, Jeff. > > > On Nov 10, 4:43 pm, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > Despite being a Mac Mini, you should state your specs, hardware and > > software wise, so we can be able to help you. There is no need to use > > external apps as GMA 950 control panel does have scaling options, on > > xp, vista and windows 7. Either from the context menu while on desktop > > or directly through display settings in the control panel. You have to > > make sure that the right display device is selected, then stretching > > to full screen with no margins. > > > > On Nov 10, 9:37 pm, Jeff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > All, > > > I've dual-booted my Mac Mini to run both OSX 10 and Windows 7. I have > > > it hooked up to a 50 inch Sony LCD TV (Grand Wega). I have no issues > > > using various resolutions, however, one frustrating thing is that when > > > I run a game (e.g., any of the Big Fish games), in Windows 7 is never > > > scales the screen image to the full size of the screen (i.e., as if > > > flat panel scaling is OFF). If I boot into OSX and run the same game, > > > it works perfectly fine and the screen is scaled to the extents of the > > > monitor. This appears to be a simple issue with the Win 7 driver not > > > defaulting to flat panel scaling (stretch, zoom, etc). > > > > > My problem is there appears to be no way to tell the Win 7 GMA 950 > > > driver what scaling mode to use. The Intel GMA control panel does not > > > have an option for that anywhere. Evidently it used to -- I see > > > discussions where people said their Vista control panel did indeed > > > have a flat panel scaling selector -- but in the Win 7 control panel, > > > it's gone. > > > > > If anyone has an idea how to mod the driver or whatever, such that I > > > can have fullscreen games scale in Win 7, I'd be very greatful. I've > > > tried Powerstrip, GPU-Z, DTDCalculator, all to no avail as they dont > > > have a scaling option. Perhaps a registry setting?? > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Jeff.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > -- Laptop: Acer Aspire Core Duo T2300E @ 1.67GHz Intel GMA 950 IGP Intel 945 Chipset 1GB RAM (512MB*2) Dual Channel DDR2 80GB standard PATA HDD Win7 Ultimate 32bit / Ubuntu 10.04 -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
