I have an ATI Radeon HD 4800 graphic card, when I open CCC I can select many different resolutions. When I open Control Panel > Screen Resolution, I only get few resolutions (1920x1080x, 1280×1024, etc).
Now, the problem is that I get bad fps in Diablo 3 when I choose the recommended resolution: 1920×1080. I want to be able to select 1400×1050 in Diablo 3 (1280×1024 looks really bad), but I can't because it limits itself to what is avialable in Control Panel.
I've tried to edit d3pref.txt, installed PowerStrip (Advanced timing options is greyed out), updating driver (from dell site, tried Generic Non-PnP Monitor and Generic PnP Monitor), 'Hide modes that this monitor cannot display' option is unchecked and no success.
I just want to add a new custom resolution to the screen resolution list in Control Panel, so I can choose lesser and not so bad resolutions in Diablo 3 and other games.
Monitor: DELL S2309W
Best Answer
I upgraded to Windows 10 an encountered a problem with my TV's resolution (plugged in as a HDMI monitor): though I could still "set" a custom resolution in NVidia's Control Panel, it would keep the Windows 10 resolution, even after restarting and such, with fully upgraded drivers.
I fixed it by following the advice from here, which says:
Basically, go into (Windows) Control Panel, to change the resolution, select the monitor/TV you want to change, click "Advanced Settings" (in Windows 10 and I think Windows 8 too at least), go to the Adapter tab (first one), and click the "List All Modes" button. I scrolled all the way to the bottom of the list that pops up, and my custom resolution that was previously set in the NVidia Control Panel (but currently unused) was there. Select the resolution you want, click "OK", and then click "OK" or "Apply", and it will give you that resolution.
Update: sometimes this doesn't work... after my NVidia driver updated, the custom resolution reverted, and redoing it and restarting my computer didn't fix it - nor did the custom resolution show up in "List All Modes"! The solution to this problem was to simply unplug my TV and plug it back in, and when I went to Control Panel again the custom resolution finally showed up.