New PC, screen resolution Question...

Got a new PC, and i love it : 8800GT, Q6600, 2g ram @800Mhz, P5K-E, and i kept my ''old'' ViewSonic 17'' LCD.

Now when i play games (Crysis, Cod4), the only resolution i can use are : 800/600,1024/768, 1152/864, 1280/1024,

Is it possible to set my resolution to 1280/960, which is a 1.33 ratio andlooks better IMO than 1280/1024 (1.25 ratio)

thx.

Exactly what model ViewSonic do you have? If it's more than two years old and 17" I would err on the 1280 x 1024 side as it's native rez. In fact, if you are going to use LCD for your system then you always want to use it's native rez as anything else will make it look pretty nasty. If you're running a 8800GT on a 17" display then odds are you will have more than enough HP under the hood to run at the screens native rez.

If you're in XP (or lower) then just right click your desktop and left click the "properties" line on the pop up context menu. From there you will see a "Display Properties" tab. At the top of it click the "settings" tab. There you will find a simple slider bar that lets you change your display rez. You may find you have to reset the system after doing this. Thats pretty much it.

If you're running Vista (any viersion excluding the new server), then right click the desktop and left click the option for Nvidia (as you're running a 8800GT) and it will launch the Nvidia Control Panel. There will be a slider option in the screen settings tab for changing the rez.