Thanks for that link caffeinated.joy, I'm about to go put the instructions to the test.  As for the widescreen top/bottom cutoff bit, I'll compromise a little and use 2048x1536 instead of 2560x1600 and avoid the issue that way.

jase439, I've found this screen to be good in terms of not annoying me in terms of excessive brightness unlike other (mostly cheaper) LCDs.

I don't sit across the room from the screen either - I am arms length from it and have no problem seeing everything from there.  probably would need to sit further back if the screen were much larger (40" or above).

A good monitor is an excellent investment for your pc IMO, afterall its one of the main ways we physically interact with a computer (the other ways being sound and keyboard/mouse), so deserves to be as good as it can possibly be.

Thanks.  I was hoping maybe someone knew of a registry key or a setting in a config file that may work.

I've been away from the Sims 2 for a while, and in between times, have built myself a new system, which includes a Samsung 30" LCD (my old monitor was a 19" CRT).

Is there a way (other than the -r command line argument which doesn't do anything useful) to set the resolution of the game above 1600x1200?  The native resolution of the monitor is 2560x1600 and anything below 1920x1200 just looks disgusting due to scaling and blurring.

Don't reply worrying about graphics power please, -- I have SLI'd 8800 GTX's...