are some non-native resolutions better than others?

east1sider · Post by **east1sider** » 06 May 2006, 15:35

I have a dell 20" widescreen lcd with a native res of 1680x1050, and having recently purchased ghost recon advanced warfighter, am faced with a situation where I need to run in a lower resolution in order to have acceptable fps. I could swear I remembered reading somewhere that some non-native resolutions are better than others. Does anybody know about this? I tried running some of the stock resolutions offered in the GRAW menu and none of them look all that great. I know that non-native is always going to be a step down in quality but do certain non-native resolutions display better than others? Thanks.

TurboJAzn · Post by **TurboJAzn** » 06 May 2006, 15:41

Have you tried running the game in non-native widescreen resolutions, such as 1440x900, or 1280x800? Those should look OK.

east1sider · Post by **east1sider** » 06 May 2006, 17:14

I did, and it looked just OK. I guess I've been spoiled by 1680x1050. My two 7800GT's in SLI have been able to get me pretty good video settings at that resolution for most games, but GRAW is just a beast and I have to turn everything to low at that res just to maintain 30fps. Oh well...

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 06 May 2006, 22:28

The only box I've tried running GRAW on so far is my 2500+, 1GB, 6800GT system... it runs GRAW OK at 1280x800, with the default settings otherwise, which were actually pretty high on the scale...

1280x800 looks alright, although GRAW can't handle AA, so looks pants at lower resolutions.

I admit I'm looking forward to testing it on an X1900... :D

MoreGooder · Post by **MoreGooder** » 24 May 2006, 14:57

Have you tried a half resolution? For 1680 X 1050 that would be 840 X 525. Might surprise you. You'd need to add it as a resolution via your driver first.

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