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[quote]I played Ghostrecon with my 30" dell and it was unplayable even with SLI enabled geforce7800GTX in my FX-55 system with 2gb of RAM. :x

Which one? The original or GRAW?

I think he just means it is too slow to play because of the performance demands of the game and the insane resolution of 2560x1600.

I have tested and confirmed:

Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban
Leisure Suit Larry: MCL
Neverwinter Nights
Guild Wars
Crashday Demo
Lego Star Wars II

How did you make Neverwinter Nights work? That game came out at the same time as Deus Ex right? I could not make Deus Ex work beyond 2048x1536. Was there something special you did that I could try. I am desperate to play Deus Ex at 2560x1600. It was the game I was most looking forward to playing at 2560x1600. I Visual Studio 2003, is there anyway to maybe mod it or something. I am willing to learn c+ for it.

[quote][quote]I played Ghostrecon with my 30" dell and it was unplayable even with SLI enabled geforce7800GTX in my FX-55 system with 2gb of RAM. :x

Which one? The original or GRAW?

I think he just means it is too slow to play because of the performance demands of the game and the insane resolution of 2560x1600.

Bro Jupix, itz true like what Bro TonyM16 said.

so Bro TonyM16 howz ur X1900XTX perform in 2560x1600 resolution?
is it crossfired?

I've tested and confirmed,

Rome: Totalwar (native)
Pacific fighters (ini) (I think all Ill sturmovik games should work too) (ini)
WarhammerDOW 1.30. (ini)
Galactic civilisations 2(native)
Star wars: Empire at war (native)
Star wars: Knights of the old republic. (uniwins) (kortor 2 should work too)
Age of pirates (ini)
Sword of the stars (native)
quake IV (native)
X3- the threat (native)
Star wars: Jedi Knight 2: jedi outcast. (ini) I'm guessing jedi academy will also work.

Partial
Star wars Battelfront II (native)
The games has severe color problems on certain maps and the main weapon of the clone commander has a big square hole in it. Otherwise it runs fine.


Regards,
Zarkov

How did you make Neverwinter Nights work?

NWN is native. For Deus Ex, and other games, be sure to hit the MGL for the solutions.

I made an update with everything except "Sword of the stars" We don't have any entry for that in the site. Can you write a detailed report on it?

Here's a neat trick. Faux TripleHead2Go (Surround Gaming) on your 30"

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6570

Red Alert 2 Doesn't work

Red Alert 2, being a game made before widescreen monitors really existed, will run ANY resolution upon editing the config file. And the nice thing is, the higher the resolution you run, the more of the playing field you see! Although when playing online you must either choose 640x480, 800x600 or 1024x768 or it will revert to the lowest resolution.

I played Ghostrecon with my 30" dell and it was unplayable even with SLI enabled geforce7800GTX in my FX-55 system with 2gb of RAM. :x

I'm sure two GeForce 7800GTX's would blow away the original Ghost Recon at any resolution. He must be talking about GRAW. Don't even get me started on that steaming pile of crap... even if you turn all the details to the lowest, 800x600 resolution, it's still hard to get above 40FPS with any card. It's such a shame, because the game is way WAY too demanding, horrible gameplay, yet it's completley widescreen compatible...

Red Alert 2, being a game made before widescreen monitors really existed, will run ANY resolution upon editing the config file. And the nice thing is, the higher the resolution you run, the more of the playing field you see! Although when playing online you must either choose 640x480, 800x600 or 1024x768 or it will revert to the lowest resolution.

So I take it you have tried it at 2560x1600?

[quote][quote][quote]I played Ghostrecon with my 30" dell and it was unplayable even with SLI enabled geforce7800GTX in my FX-55 system with 2gb of RAM. :x

Which one? The original or GRAW?

I think he just means it is too slow to play because of the performance demands of the game and the insane resolution of 2560x1600.

Bro Jupix, itz true like what Bro TonyM16 said.

so Bro TonyM16 howz ur X1900XTX perform in 2560x1600 resolution?
is it crossfired?

Yep it's crossfire. The system runs great but it really is demanding even for my x1900's. I can understand how even two 7800gtx will struggle on a modern game. Some games are unebleivable while others seem to get a huge performance hit. Hitman Blood Money is not only gorgeous at 25600x1600 but runs great even at max settings and all that on just one XTX. I will try GRAW and see how ir runs on my system.


TESTS:

Condemned: Criminal Origions: Has native 2560x1600 support, fantastic. Out of the box .

The Godfather: No 2560x1600 no matter what. 1600x1200 is max.

Call of Cthullu: Native 2560x1600. Great out of box experience.

Fable Lost chapters: native 2560x1600. Great OOB experience.

Call of Juarez: Native 2560x1600 support but a total bxxxx on peformance with SM3.0. and soft shadows Also has crossfire , HDR+AA support with the chuck patch, by renaming exe. to Oblivion.

Does anyone know why some games und ip with a light blue color border on the screen. You can only see the top and left of it though. It's like the game looks like it's windowed except with bottom and the right line missing. The game is defeitley in full screen . I have noticed it in Tom Raider Legends, Call of Cuthulu and the godfather. It doesn't just happen at 2560x1600 but at other resolutions aswell. The thing is it appeard random to me , but once it comes it doesn't goaway no matter what i do. I need some help with this please.

On another note I did more tests:

Vampire Bloodlines: Highest resolution is 1600x1200, but with the resolution patcher , it can play at 2560x1600 and looks great as a result.

Deus Ex: I was able to play full screen finaly with a decent resolution. I made a custom resolution with power strip. 2048x1536 would play windowed and so wasn't ideal, 2560x1600 wasn't possible with directx 7. So I used 1920x1600. the game looks better as a result and is scaled properly, even though strictly speaking it isn't a wide screen resolution. At least i resolved this issue though.

The Sims 2: Max is 1600x1200. Although there is a config (it's called graphic rules) where you can change the values of the resolution , they don't take effect and the game remains at 1600x1200. The godfather game behaved in the same way. I don't think it's a coincidence that both games are from EA. EA should be ashamed of themselves , they are the richest game publisher in the world and so should hav plenty of resources and huge teams working on their games. I see no reason why they can't add HD and XHD resolutions into their games. Spoilsports. They really are messing up the game industry. How can the industry evolveif EA refuse to add high resolutions.

I got WOW and COH to play at 2560x1600 yesterday.

Just got my new Rig complete. :D

I called this one DaVinci-1 since its the very first time I built a computer myself from scratch!

Previously I was running an X-2 4800+ with 2 GB OCZ DDR memory on an A8R32 Deluxe...

Since I just completed the upgrade, I will come back here to tell you guys the diffrence I see in game. (3DMark06 has been improved by more than 1000 points, with 1 or 2 cards.

I appreciate this thread. Thanks!


Later.


Num

I have a question for the fellow Dell 3007wfp owners here. First question is

1. Does your panel have any dead/stuck hot pixels ? You may have to go up real cose to it to see them.

2. Do yu see any faint lines on the screen itself, that looks like the screen is worn or something? Look for it when the screen is dark.

3. Does your panel have any light bleed?

Red Orchestra, Hidden and Dangerous 2 and Quake 3 Arena.

I know H&D2 doesn't support ws properly, but any joy in getting it to run at whatever resx1600 4:3 aspect ratio via a custom resolution? If so could you post some screens (+ one at 2560x1600, but with distortion would be great too if pos).

Also bhess, how do you find you 30"ACD for gaming. Have made my mind up to get one of these, just looking for final reassurance ;)

Cheers,

Rob

I have a question for the fellow Dell 3007wfp owners here. First question is

1. Does your panel have any dead/stuck hot pixels ? You may have to go up real cose to it to see them.

2. Do yu see any faint lines on the screen itself, that looks like the screen is worn or something? Look for it when the screen is dark.

3. Does your panel have any light bleed?

1. No

2. No (are you sure it's not a sticking picture, that I do have)

3. Yes, a little in the bottom left corner.

Update,

I've also checked darkstar one and Operation flashpoint. Both support 2560 x 1600 right out of the box. I'm really impressed with operation flashpoint because the game was released years ago.

Greets,
zarkov

I played all kinds of game on my Dell 3007.


My general experiences so far, nothing like a detailed Report but still of interest I guess :

-Titan Quest at full native Res was looking perfect, though I prefered to lower the Res a bit willingly for seeing the writtings better... Titan Quest is a really demanding game which would elevate my GFX Cards temperature a lot and fast. Just tried the demo too, in its earlier version...so maybe its changed. The game looked great though. Im planning to get that one soon :D

-Countersrike and Half Life 2 always amazed me by their fully native supported Res. Easily playable too. Perfect display. Valve Owns tbh...

-FEAR at the "cheated" native Res of the 3007 is far from impressive. Images are distorded and the game play is impossible if you like a minimum of eye candy. Then again, FEAR was always way too much of an over-rated game imo... The times I played it, I switch back to 2048X1560, giving a better image (amazing graphics) and a little better gameplay.

-Battle for Middle-Earth 2 (and BFME 1) at native Res using the "Cheat", is not good to be recommended since it provides a little too-zoomed-in, and distorded image... Better play these at 2048X1560.


-Heroes of Magic IV is not providing a "true" Widescreen aspect either, whatever they might affirm... It will give you a distorded (strechted) image. Better play it at max 4:3 Res also.


-Star wars : Empire at War will give you a true native resolution at 2560X1600. A shame the game-play didnt get me enough... Good graphics, boring play.


-FARCRY : Its been a while, but I think FarCry was playable at full nativce res...with some modification/cheats??? Anyways, I remember the graphics to look just incredible.

-Battlefield 2 has of course no WD support. But at 2048x1560 the game looks and plays really nice. I tried it with a smaller 21 inches monitor and found I didnt have the will to play for more than 15 minutes. On the Dell 3007, the experience of flying a Chopper, for exemple, is amazing.


In fact, gaming of the 3007 changes a lot of what you will expect of PC Gaming in your future life.



Num

Since it was requested, I just got my Dell 3007 today and am loving it.

Words cannot describe the sheer magnitude of this beast, but you guys who own a 30" already know that.

Updated all the games listed since 9/18