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| Author: | royal [ 23 Feb 2006, 22:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Question about resolutions |
I'm planning on purchasing the Gateway 21' widescreen FPD2185W. I'm only using a ati radeon 9800 pro with a 2.4ghz cpu and 1GB of ddr 400 corsair. Since this computer wont be able to handle the native 1680 x 1050 in most games, naturally i'll have to use a lower resoultion. Because of this, I have two questions. 1. For games that support widescreen natively, do they only offer resolutions such as 1680 x 1050 or do they offer lower resolutions around 800 x whatever it is. 2. What are the usual lower resolutions. For example, I'm an avid Quake 3 gamer. I looked that the Master Game List and saw I have to change the q3config.cfg file and tell the game what resolution to use. What would be my choices for widescreen resolutions that are lower than the 1600 x 1050 native res? I guess in simple terms, my question is to fill in the blanks. 1280 x ____? 1024 x ____? 800 x ____? 640 x _____? What would be the answers for using a widescreen setup? Thank you very much in advance! |
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| Author: | BongoTrumman [ 23 Feb 2006, 23:40 ] |
| Post subject: | Question about resolutions |
1. No problem using your own custom resolutions in WS games. Most of them you have to edit some file to get custom res even if it is a WS game. You have to put in some custom res in your monitor driver but that is easy with powerstrip. 2. Check out this thread in the tutorials section. Clickable. How-To: Choose WS Resolutions & Aspect Ratios |
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| Author: | royal [ 24 Feb 2006, 01:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Question about resolutions |
Oh wow, I completely overlooked that FAQ section. Well aren't I the moron. Thanks for the information. It's a tremendous help! Btw, I just bought the monitor today and I'm absolutely loving it! I'm about to adjust the video and then calibrate it and then play some games! |
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| Author: | BongoTrumman [ 24 Feb 2006, 01:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Question about resolutions |
No worries mate :wink: And congrats on your monitor. Have fun :D |
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