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| Author: | ammunix [ 31 Mar 2007, 02:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Non-native WS resolution |
Hi, I'm pretty new to widescreen gaming, I'm a CS:Source player, and played on 800x600 stretched till now, I tried playing at 960x600 with my new 19" Wide MAG screen (1440x900 native), but I keep seeing the game too weird, erm, how do I say this, it's like squashed, so like some rows in the screen are barely visible, really looking forward for an answer, I'm using a VGA input, if that is the problem, please tell me, or can I only play on my native res... Forgot to mention, when playing on my native res, everything is just fine, except my fps, that's why I want to play on 960x600, should work really nice. Plus I can play on 800x600 stretched, but I'm sure 960x600 will look much better. I'm going to sleep now, hoping to see some good responses in the morning :) Sorry for sounding stupid too :P Thanks in advance! good night - Amit. |
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| Author: | The_cranky_hermit [ 31 Mar 2007, 03:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Non-native WS resolution |
You're not going to be able to use any resolution in CS:S (or any other game) if it's not available to you in Windows. There *is* a way to add custom resolutions to your drivers, but the method depends on what your video card is, and you'll probably need a DVI cable. You'll definitely want one, because you need DVI in order to do GPU scaling, and non-native resolutions are liable to look terrible if you don't use GPU scaling. DVI looks better anyway at all resolutions. |
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| Author: | ammunix [ 31 Mar 2007, 10:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Non-native WS resolution |
Alrighty then, thank you. |
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| Author: | ammunix [ 16 Apr 2007, 17:40 ] |
| Post subject: | Non-native WS resolution |
Alright, I just got myself a DVI cable, it's connected. I can't see any non-native widescreen resolutions in CS:S... You said I could play with lower widescreen resolutions with GPU scaling, so first how can I use those resolutions again (I could with analog but they looked terrible) and how do I use that GPU scaling you we're talking about earlier... I can't play with my native resolution because my system specs aren't good enough to run it stable enough so it's playable... Looking forward to more helpful replies, thanks! |
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| Author: | The_cranky_hermit [ 16 Apr 2007, 19:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Non-native WS resolution |
What's your video card? The method for adding custom resolutions depends on your video card (it's easier if you have an nVidia card). |
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| Author: | ammunix [ 16 Apr 2007, 20:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Non-native WS resolution |
What's your video card? The method for adding custom resolutions depends on your video card (it's easier if you have an nVidia card). Oh but I do, GeForce6600 (non GTGS), thanks for the quick answer. |
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| Author: | The_cranky_hermit [ 16 Apr 2007, 20:49 ] |
| Post subject: | Non-native WS resolution |
Follow this tutorial: http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7682 |
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| Author: | ammunix [ 16 Apr 2007, 21:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Non-native WS resolution |
[quote]Follow this tutorial: http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/node/6998] Tried that with 960x600, screen just turns black :( |
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| Author: | The_cranky_hermit [ 16 Apr 2007, 21:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Non-native WS resolution |
Try other resolutions. I would recommend 1280x800. |
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| Author: | ammunix [ 16 Apr 2007, 21:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Non-native WS resolution |
Try other resolutions. I would recommend 1280x800. Not sure I could run that as good... tried 1024x640 too, still blank, I'll try 1280x800 to see if atleast something works. |
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