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    16:9 and 4:3

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by metalneverdies, Feb 12, 2007.

  1. metalneverdies

    metalneverdies Notebook Evangelist

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    so my laptop is a 16:9 wide screen which works on some games. however on others my card isnt powerful enough to run them in wide screen. How do i get the "trimming/blackbars" to go on the screen so it looks good in 4:3 and its not all streched out. i would like to do this in several games, but i dont know how
     
    metalneverdies, Feb 12, 2007
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  2. Gautam

    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    You should have settings in the game to alter the aspect ratio.
     
    Gautam, Feb 12, 2007
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    You have an NVIDIA card, so you should be able to go into the control panel and enable "Scale Preserving Aspect Ratio" (or something similar... I'm on my work laptop now which has an ATI card). That has been the best solution from my point of view... if the game only supports 4:3 resolutions, it still scales nicely without weird stretching, but if it does support widescreen, there's no issue.
     
    Pitabred, Feb 13, 2007
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