Counter Strike Source Widescreen Help

Hey guys, ive got an E1505 with a 15.1 widescreen and x1400.
I just installed CS Source, and when i goto video options there are 2 aspect ratios for the widescreen.... which one do i choose? 16:9 or 16:10 ... whats the difference and what will give me better performance?

Also, and sorry to throw this in here, but figured i ask before i start another thread. I have outpost firewall, and have both Steam and HL2 in my trusted applications... but i cant ever seem to connect to a server unless i completely shut down outpost firewall? What else do i need to do to allow it? i get an "Ethernet Attack" host tampers its IP addresses message pop up when i clikc on join server to update the list.

Thank in advance guys!

 

should be 16:10.

 

rly? mines on regular 4:3

 

If you want to use the native resolution of your widescreen display, put it on 16:10 and the widescreen resolutions will become available.

 

is it bad for mine to be on 4:3? cause on 4:3 it seems normal without everything being too small...but i have no idea about this stuff...mines on 4:3 and i think its fine...what about u guys?

 

Your sig shows a normal screen for your laptop so 4:3 is fine for you. For the widescreen laptops 16:10 is the one to pick.

 

Im prety sure inspiron 6400s are widescreen only.

 

his sig only says xga so thats what i'm basing that on. Don't know if inspiron 6400 are only widescreens but if it was he would have put wxga.

 

The 6400s are 16:10 widescreens. You can play the game with a 4:3 resolution, but it will either put black bars on the sides or will stretch the picture to fill the screen. Change to a 16:10 resolution to make the picture look cleaner.

 

oh yea, mine is a widescreen...i guess i should change that
so i'll change it too 16:10 now and see how it looks and ill post later on to tell you guys what i think...see ya! im going to play now!!

 

so i changed it to 16:10 and put th res to 1280x800 and it looks smalles, but ive gotten used to it and now it looks way better than before

 

i've had mine set to 16.9 for a while, i kinda like it, i might give 16.10 a try tomorrow now tho

 

what is 16:9 like? well try 16:10 and then tell us the comparison

 

Hey,

i got Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 i know its weak but i dont care..
ok
my problem its when i play my deagle [Skin] color Pink and black squares -_- i know ineed fix something in my options but i dont know what to change -______-
and the pink thingy i show in some maps.
So if someone can help me that be cool
There is Some pictures from my Video Option~:

http://img508.imageshack.us/my.php?image=44542233cu4.png

http://img508.imageshack.us/my.php?image=91826086br8.png

Deagle Picture: http://img508.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2555jz3.png

 

M$, try validating your CSS files, right click on it in the Games tab, go to properties, it's under one of the menus.

Even though you could run 16:9, you will most likely loose your LCD's native res at that aspect ratio. If your not going to run native res, it usually doesn't look good. I have to run 1280x800 on my 1680x1050 in CoD4 MP just to maintain good avg FPS and the stretchness looks terrible.

 

So what i should run with 16:9 or other something?