- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Alright well i have found something moderately interesting, i have a 22inch Full HD Dell monitor and connected that to my laptop through the VGA port and also the HDMI, if set as the laptops primary monitor halo 2 will go into full screen mode but only on this monitor! It seems to me that the monitor with the laptop is somehow preventing the game from going into full screen mode.
So in conclusion the gateway P-7811FX Monitor (1920x1200 resolution screen) is not compatible with halo 2 for vista in full screen mode. Other monitors will work through VGA/HDMI so it seems its not a video card problem.
Also it seems this specific laptop does not require OEM specialized video drivers, the generic ones from nvidia will work and i have posted a link below.
Here is a link to the video drivers that i used with this setup (currently most recent version)
This is for the Nvidia 9800M GTS
http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_notebook_winvista64_179. 48_beta.html
Version: 179.48
Release Date: February 11, 2009
Operating System: Windows Vista 64-bit
Language: U.S. English
File Size: 147 MB
Hopefully this helps some people out!!
Gateway P-7811FX Laptop
OS - Windows Vista 64-bit SP1
Ram - 4GB of DDR3
Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 @ 2.26GHz
Video - Nvidia Geforce 9800M GTS w/512 MB