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    Games displaying in standard view on widescreens

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by nix, Aug 14, 2006.

  1. nix

    nix Notebook Consultant

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    I recently updated my laptop with ATI's latest catalyst 6.7 driver update for motherboards (I have the ATI X200M).
    I noticed that now, games play on standard view instead of widescreen view. Was this supposed to happen?

    However, I think the standard view displays more crisp graphics; the widescreen view used to stretch everything. (the bars at the sides of the screen are kind of annoying though)
     
    nix, Aug 14, 2006
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  2. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    If the game doesnt support widescreen it will run standard.

    There is a forum that I forgot which has hacks to get certain games to work in widescreen even if they dont support it.
     
    usapatriot, Aug 14, 2006
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  3. fdlazarte

    fdlazarte Notebook Consultant

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    maybe your video card ATI X200M is not supported with this upgrade?!? it only shows X300 and higher...

    https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=27
     
    fdlazarte, Aug 14, 2006
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  4. PJStock42

    PJStock42 Notebook Geek

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    I know what you mean about "hacking" games to play in widescreen.

    There's something I had to do to BF2 to make it play in widescreen, it involved typing in some extension in the file name or something like that.
     
    PJStock42, Aug 14, 2006
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  5. tangent

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    most games don't display widescreen below 1280x800. your card isn't powerful enough to play many games at the res.
     
    tangent, Aug 15, 2006
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  6. jterp7

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    the config file usually *.cfg
     
    jterp7, Aug 15, 2006
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