Widescreen Gaming Forum

I got a 19" WS. I tried powerstrip and made it 4:3 ratio 1200x900. I set it and it appeared in my resolution options. Once I set it, half the screen was over the edge on the left side of my monitor, leaving this big black gap on the right. I tried repositioning it but it only goes so far, leaving ...

lol it's 1.8ghz. I got 2x 512MB sticks of PC3200 DDR400 RAM. My motherboard can take up to 2GB (2x1GB).

lol yeah thanks. Gettin a WS monitor was my plan originally. Didn't really want to end up spending heaps. I'm in Australia and Geforce FX5500 256MB is bout $80AU and I can sell my FX5200 for bout $40AU. Or I can get the Geforce 7800 GS which is the best AGP card isn't it? But that costs like $200AU ...

Yep I just ordered a Dell 19" SE198WFP. It's gotten good reviews and it's really cheap too. Would you know how much better the Geforce FX 5500 256MB is compared with my 128MB FX 5200?

Thanks..well I got a FX 5200 (crap I know) isn't that 5 series? So should I have the option in my control panel? I don't have a WS yet so would the option appear if I had one attached to my computer? If the drivers is what I need for aspect ratio scaling then I might need a new graphics card. So ...

Does anyone know what nvidia graphics drivers support aspect ratio scaling cause I wanna play with black bars on side too but my FX 5200 doesn't seem to do it so I might need a new graphics card..although I don't want to spend money..

Thanks, well I don't really play new games. HL2 being the newest game I've played on pc. My main concern is fixed aspect ratio. Can anyone tell me which nVidia graphics drivers provide this option for fixed aspect ratio scaling? Does FX series? I can't see the option in my control panel but would it ...

Oh ok thanks. But yeah...I don't really play new games mainly just the older classics.

Oh as in if i was to play HL2 for example in widescreen mode it wouldn't work?

Oh and so am i correct btw about this powerstrip program? is geforce fx 5500 256mb much of a big leap from my current 128mb fx 5200?

Thanks for the replies everyone!

Thanks ctrlsteef, at least I know it'll support 1440x900 once a widescreen is connected. What do you mean btw by 'It's totally not suitable anymore to do that.' when referring to fixed aspect ratio? As in nobody plays like that? I'm not much of a pc gamer but ...

Hey can anyone help me out. I looked around a bit and saw this powerstrip program. So does it allow you to play games in fixed aspect ratio with black bars on side? Is this an alternative to graphics cards/monitors that don't allow you to do this?

I got a geforce fx 5200 and im planning to buy ...