surround gaming on a single monitor

mayday · Post by **mayday** » 04 Dec 2006, 21:36

guys, have a question
I have only one crt 19" 4x3 monitor :( but anyway think it is possible to run a surround on it - just set the screen resolution to 1920x1440 and with the help of some program choose the lowest surround resolution - 1920x480
then it would be possible to try it just on a single mon. in a form of narrow strip in the middle of the screen :cry: but anyway
now a question itself - does such program exist and where can i download it?
maybe somebody tried it?

JKeefe · Post by **JKeefe** » 04 Dec 2006, 23:24

1. You wouldn't need a special program to do that. All you would need are A) a monitor that supports a resolution 1920 pixels wide or greater and B) a game that supports 1920x480. You may have to add 1920x480 as a custom Windows resolution first.

2. I doubt a 19" CRT supports the require 1920-pixel horizontal resolution. My 21" CRTs have a max res of 1800x1440, so I would bet your

3. 1920x480 on a single 5:4 or 4:3 screen looks awful and really wouldn't give you a good idea of what gaming in triplehead is really like. I see that image all the time when editing triplehead screenshots on a single monitor.

mayday · Post by **mayday** » 04 Dec 2006, 23:25

oh twas so easy.. :oops:
shots in case someone interested
16x10:

surround (4x1):

mayday · Post by **mayday** » 04 Dec 2006, 23:30

thank you!
but i've already managed to do it myself just the way you explained )
but thanx all the same
by the way i 've LG Flatron F920p, so he can do even 2048x1536 :D
...but at 60Hz :(
p.s. it all was so easy.. i just added the custom resolution and set HL2 into window mode
thank everyone!

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