Monitor resolution issue

[Shinigami]

I've a monitor capable of 1080p (says so on a sticker) but it's only letting me select upto 1680 x 1050,

also have a tv plugged into the pc via hdmi which is at 1080p no problem

if I try and force the monitor to 1080 it just says invalid range.

now the odd thing is when I plugged in my htpc via vga, that allowed 1080p

my card is more than capable so not sure what's going on, card is Radeon HD7870
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[Shinigami]

turns out i'm being a mong, checked it's spec and it's recommended is 1680 x 1050 despite it saying 1080p on it's label.

odd how the htpc allows 1920 x 1080 to be selected and work though

it's making dual screening with the tv awkward
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[oldpink]

try setting both to their best res rather than the same
I used to do that when I had an older Mac screen that wasn't HDMI
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[weasley]

At work I recently tried to use a monitor at 1080p which it was capable of, as is my graphics card. However the graphics driver wouldn't even offer 1080p as a resolution option. I installed an updated driver for the video card and tried again and all was hunky dory.
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[MarkJ]

Our TV has some funny setting for the inputs, where it sets PC inputs to a really funny resolution as default.

There's a menu on the TV that gives you a choice of 3-or-so resolutions for the inputs, so maybe try and look there.