Question about Vid card (GTX 260)...............

Hiya guys ,

Well this is odd. I bought my fiance a GTX 260 (Core 216) card. He built the PC himself and keeps up on PC tech (So doesnt like asking Q's is my guess) When we try to watch shows or movies on sites like fancast and use full screeen it doesnt come in too good. He says its because its streaming but when we watch not on full screen it comes in like HD would. The bigger the show or whatever gets the quality diminishes. Still very watchable but not the best quality.

Is their anything we can do to fix this or is he right?

Thanks and happy new year! :D

Oh yeah PS: we use just a 22 inch wide screen , Win XP Pro.

Your monitor or the software you are using to watch the video doesn't have good scaling.CellAnimation

Well , the monitor is a 2ms 3000:1 samsung 22inch wide. As far as software , well as far as fancast or others like it their is no software (that I'm aware of) kinda like youtube. just click what you want to watch and go.

Anything I can do to help him out?

Ok got some new info. I went to one of the sites we watch shows on. I just picked a show and left clicked it while running. The "streaming channel" has Adobe flash player 9 options. Also , you have the option (like on fancast/hulu) to go full screen.

Not sure if this info helps.:?

Wait. So you guys are watching streaming videos online, and the quality of said videos decrease as:

A. You enlarge the video screen by any amount.

B. You only put on full screen. (Like if you stretch the video to the point where its almost full screen but still has its window linings, you still have high quality. But then you press full screen and the quality drasticly falls)

C. Both A and B.

If your situation is A and C, your husband is right. For example, even if you watch YouTube videos in HD, if you put on full screen, the video won't retain its lower screen size quality.

If your situation is B, then ask yourself these questions. Have you updated your video drivers? Is there something wrong with your monitor / display settings? Is there something defective with your video card? (Instead of watching movies, try playing games and see if the problem persists)

Wait. So you guys are watching streaming videos online, and the quality of said videos decrease as:

A. You enlarge the video screen by any amount.

B. You only put on full screen. (Like if you stretch the video to the point where its almost full screen but still has its window linings, you still have high quality. But then you press full screen and the quality drasticly falls)

C. Both A and B.

If your situation is A and C, your husband is right. For example, even if you watch YouTube videos in HD, if you put on full screen, the video won't retain its lower screen size quality.

If your situation is B, then ask yourself these questions. Have you updated your video drivers? Is there something wrong with your monitor / display settings? Is there something defective with your video card? (Instead of watching movies, try playing games and see if the problem persists)

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I guess he's right then. Games , DL'd movies etc... work fine. Just streaming stuff. I checked with a random youtube vid and same problem just enlarging from the site option messes up the quality. I was kinda hoping he was wrong so I could get it fixed for him:|

Thanks for all the replies guys.

Have a safe/happy new year! ;)