New ATI driver, games dont fill up the screen?

I just installed the new ATI driver, and in HAWX the game doesnt even fill up the screen, theres two black squares at the sides, even at full resolution

how do I fix this?

 

same happened to me with nvidia drivers. its the scaling with fixed aspect ratio so have to manualy change but have no idea about where it will be found in the ati control panel

 

if you're using version 10.x, check out this link:
GPU-68: Unable to set GPU Scaling option in ATI Catalyst? Control Center

it shows you how to change the GPU scaling. i have forgotten how to get to that setting in 11.1 though, as i haven't used it much since upgrading. the option is the same, how to get there is the only change.

 

the new control center looks completely different than in those screenshots

 

What is your in-game resolution set at?? Make sure it's a 16:9 resolution (1280x720, 1366x768, 1600x900, 1920x1080).

 

ehh .gif files on web pages lag and play slowly now too..

 

that's why i said

 

CCC > My Bulit-in Displays > Properties > Scaling Options

However, the options are grayed out and unchangeable, for me at least. I'd assume it's your resolution setting unless proven otherwise.

 

I only have 2 options (translated from german) (greyed out too):

Full Display
Centered

Full display is selected and resolution is 1680 x 1050

 

thats as high as my display goes. what other options do I have? next lower resolution is 1400 x 1050
# edit what the hell, all other resolutions now cause the two black squares at the sides too..

 

Unless he has an old 16:10 laptop (I assumed a 16:9 screen, but I could be wrong on that point), in which case it's correct for the desktop. But what resolution the desktop is set at is irrelevant, the question is what resolution the game is set at, and whether it matches the aspect aspect ratio of the screen.

 

I wish my drivers would default to aspect scaling on...

every time i change resolutions it goes back to stretch. I cant see why anybody would use anything other than aspect, it will use the full screen as long as your resolution is the correct aspect ratio.

If it was not and you had a "full screen" mode on it will distort and destroy images and graphics making them look horrible both in quality and in composition.


Anyways to make the option "ungrey" so you can change it just change your desktop resolution to one lower than native, then the scaling options become available, after you change it you can change your resolution back to native and it will stick.

 

He never mentioned what his resolution was. Out of curiosity, I looked through his previous posts, and he has a GX640, so he does have a 1680x1050 16:10 display.

@ OP: scratch my previous resolution list. Make sure your game resolution is set at 1680x1050 (native), 1440x900, or 1280x800.

 

I tried to play Emergency 4, the game is fitted into a tiny box in the center and if I change the resolution to highest (1280 X something) it only changes the box's height, with the sides still black

 

Is that 1280x1024?

 

yea, and I tried something smaller (1024 x something) and all that happened was that everything got bigger inside the box, so that I couldnt see anything clearly

 

Is there a setting that allows you to change the aspect ratio?