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    Help with external display with M11x r2

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Donovan36, Nov 10, 2010.

  1. Donovan36

    Donovan36 Notebook Consultant

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    I have my computer hooked up to a 1080p samsung and I am trying to play games at lower resolution, ideally 1366 by 768 since I will get much better frame rates at this resolution. The problem is I can only play games at full screen in resolutions of 1080p or 720p every other resolution gives me a small centered screen. My sony laptop with a nivia card will fit the resolution to full screen no matter what resolution I play in. Anyone know a way to do this with the m11x r2?
     
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    option is in the Intel control panel.

    right click on desktop. Graphics Properties. On the first page that pops up, last option is "Scaling"

    I set mine to "mantain aspect ratio"

    R2 uses the Intel GPU to drive the displays, while either the Intel GPU or nVidia GPU do the actual rendering.
     
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    I would like to give this a try myself. However, the only option I have under "General Settings" and "Scaling" is "Custom Aspect Ratio".

    There is no other option to select. Any thoughts?

    Cheers.
     
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    Donovan36 Notebook Consultant

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    Same problem here, although if I disconnect the samsung I get scale to fit panel option, sounds like a driver issue. Every resolution scales to full screen when not using the external display.
     
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    Ah, I see :(

    That only shows up if you are using the laptop panel, or are running your panel at nonnative resolution.

    I guess set the resolution to 1366.768 in the intel control panel just before launching a game, and set the image scaling then... [I did this for my xbox360, and I eventually ditched my old display over this, unrelated, but it had a brainless 1600x900 resolution that was unsupported :mad:]
     
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    Actually I can only adjust image scaling when using the laptop display, as soon as I connect the exernal display there are no options, it just says customize aspect ratio with no selections to click regardless of which resolution I am on.
     
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    Anyone else have any luck with this, maybe different drivers?
     
    Donovan36, Nov 11, 2010
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    well, Intel updated their Intel GMA HD drivers somewhat recently...

    I guess you may try those?
     
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    I tried the newest drivers from intels site, but I am having issues with the install process.
     
    Donovan36, Nov 12, 2010
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