I suspect I know what's going on
the spec says the card goes quite high
but the monitor looks to be a standard 17" screen ... which doesn't
the monitor best I can make out isn't a wide screen?? - but 1280x960 IS a wide screen resolution ... so while you can force the resolution - at reboot ... plug and play kicks in and goes back to the default
will it hold 1024x768?
http://www.nvidia.com/page/gpu_mobo_features.h tml
300 MHz RAMDAC
Blazing-fast RAMDAC supports display with high, ergonomic refresh rates up to and including 1920x1440@75Hz.
Single-Link DVI Support
Able to drive flat-panel displays up to and including 1600x1200.
Feature only available for GeForce 6150/nForce 430.