Vista 64 bit, fonts and games   

I run a computer with a 30" Dell monitor, using an Nvidia 8800GTX card &
latest drivers, 4 gb ram and Vista Ultimate 64 bit. If I run Vista at a
desktop resolution of 2460 x 1600 (the native resolution of the monitor) I
find the fonts generally to be too small so I go to Control Panel -
Personalization, Personalize appearance and sound, Adjust font size (DPI)
and adjust the DPI setting to 150%. Everything is cool. However, if I try to
go higher, to, say 200%, then I find that many games won't work properly.
For example, World of Warcraft gets to the start up screen but the font
cursor remains stuck in the center of the screen, for Assassin's Creed it
gets by the initial publishers, etc. splash screens and then goes black
while the sound continues normally. If I change the DPI setting back to
150%, the games then run properly.

Now, my questions are: Why is this happening? How do I correct it? In other
words, how can I get Vista to run the DPI at 200% and still get the games to
work properly? Thanks in advance.

date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:38:21 -0600   author:   RiverDog

Re: Vista 64 bit, fonts and games   

"RiverDog"  wrote in message 
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>I run a computer with a 30" Dell monitor, using an Nvidia 8800GTX card &
> latest drivers, 4 gb ram and Vista Ultimate 64 bit. If I run Vista at a
> desktop resolution of 2460 x 1600 (the native resolution of the monitor) I
> find the fonts generally to be too small so I go to Control Panel -
> Personalization, Personalize appearance and sound, Adjust font size (DPI)
> and adjust the DPI setting to 150%. Everything is cool. However, if I try 
> to
> go higher, to, say 200%, then I find that many games won't work properly.
> For example, World of Warcraft gets to the start up screen but the font
> cursor remains stuck in the center of the screen, for Assassin's Creed it
> gets by the initial publishers, etc. splash screens and then goes black
> while the sound continues normally. If I change the DPI setting back to
> 150%, the games then run properly.
>
> Now, my questions are: Why is this happening? How do I correct it? In 
> other
> words, how can I get Vista to run the DPI at 200% and still get the games 
> to
> work properly? Thanks in advance.

Unfortunately not all applications support higher DPI settings very well.

You could try toggling 'use Windows XP style DPI scaling' under Custom DPI, 
but typically unless an application is DPI aware then it will start running 
into problems.

-- 
Paul Smith,
    Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:39:17 +0100   author:   Paul Smith

Re: Vista 64 bit, fonts and games   

Thanks for the response Paul. I do have 'use Windows XP style DPI scaling' 
enabled but to no avail. I think your right, it's the application's fault.

Regards


"Paul Smith"  wrote in message 
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> "RiverDog"  wrote in message 
> news:BBAEB4BD-6143-4E36-8F9D-12977CAF04E6@microsoft.com...
>>I run a computer with a 30" Dell monitor, using an Nvidia 8800GTX card &
>> latest drivers, 4 gb ram and Vista Ultimate 64 bit. If I run Vista at a
>> desktop resolution of 2460 x 1600 (the native resolution of the monitor) 
>> I
>> find the fonts generally to be too small so I go to Control Panel -
>> Personalization, Personalize appearance and sound, Adjust font size (DPI)
>> and adjust the DPI setting to 150%. Everything is cool. However, if I try 
>> to
>> go higher, to, say 200%, then I find that many games won't work properly.
>> For example, World of Warcraft gets to the start up screen but the font
>> cursor remains stuck in the center of the screen, for Assassin's Creed it
>> gets by the initial publishers, etc. splash screens and then goes black
>> while the sound continues normally. If I change the DPI setting back to
>> 150%, the games then run properly.
>>
>> Now, my questions are: Why is this happening? How do I correct it? In 
>> other
>> words, how can I get Vista to run the DPI at 200% and still get the games 
>> to
>> work properly? Thanks in advance.
>
> Unfortunately not all applications support higher DPI settings very well.
>
> You could try toggling 'use Windows XP style DPI scaling' under Custom 
> DPI, but typically unless an application is DPI aware then it will start 
> running into problems.
>
> -- 
> Paul Smith,
>    Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>

date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:43:38 -0600   author:   RiverDog